When Toronto Maple Leafs goalie Vesa Toskala let in a goal on a shot by New York Islander Rob Davidson from his own goal line on Tuesday, it ranked as one of most embarrassing goals I have ever seen. (Watch the linked video from around the 35 second mark for the unbelievable play.) Of course, it also brought back memories of some of the other humiliating hockey moments I have witnessed - including one of the most painful moments in my life as a sports fan.

Thanks to the Internet, I can do more than just describe those other moments, I can provide video evidence. And so, beginning with the Toskala boo-boo, here are the rest of the top five most embarrassing hockey goals I've ever seen.

Nicklas Lidstrom scores on Dan Cloutier from centre ice in the 2002 Western Conference finals
Some people say that this goal not only turned the series momentum permanently in the Red Wings favour, it may also have shaken Cloutier's confidence so much that it ruined his career. He has since come to be known derisively as Dan "Beachball" Cloutier because some people say you can score on him with a beachball.

Tommy Salo humiliates himself in the 2002 Olympics
If there's ever been a flukier goal than Toskala's, it would have to be this one -- and this one was definitely on a much larger stage. Belarus defenceman Vladimir Kopat scored the winning goal that eliminated Sweden from the tournament on a 70-foot slapshot that hit Salo's mask, caromed up in the air, bounced off his back and went in the net. As they say on the Internet: EPIC FAIL.

Patrick Roy's "Statue of Liberty" goal
This one is for anyone who used to hate how Roy would embellish his saves to make them look more spectacular. In Game Six of the 2002 Western Conference finals between Roy's Colorado Avalanche and the Detroit Red Wings, Roy made an acrobatic save against Steve Yzerman and then brandished the puck in his glove in the classic "Statue of Liberty" pose. In so doing, the puck squirted out of his glove and into his own net. Somewhere, Nelson Muntz is watching this video and saying, "HA HA!"

Steve Smith scores on his own net in the 1986 playoffs
In the same year that Bill Buckner went down in infamy for costing the Red Sox the World Series by letting Mookie Wilson's ground ball roll between his legs, Edmonton Oilers defenceman Steve Smith taught this 11-year-old Oilers fan what a heart attack must feel like when he scored the series-deciding goal on his own net by banking it off the back of Grant Fuhr's leg. The opposing Calgary Flames went on to the Stanley Cup finals but I remember that play as the one that broke up the Oilers' Stanley Cup victory string from 1984 to 1988. To this day, I believe that if it wasn't for that play, the Oilers would have become the second team in NHL history to win five straight Cups.

If you've got your own memories of embarrassing goals, send them my way - especially if you have video links to go along with them. Don't let me the only one wallowing in misery in rememberance of that fateful night 22 years ago.

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