The Toronto Maple Leafs have tortured their fans many times over the years — but never quite this way.

In what had to be a Maple Leafs first, the star-crossed squad dashed the hopes of an astronaut just as he returned to Earth.

Chris Hadfield tells The Canadian Press in an interview that as he landed back on the planet Monday he asked his wife two questions.

The first was how she was. The second was, “What happened to the Leafs?”

What happened was a spectacular, perhaps-once-in-a-lifetime, collapse in Game 7 of their series against the Boston Bruins, where they dropped a three-goal lead in the final period to lose in overtime.

Hadfield says he was wearing a Leafs T-shirt under his space suit when he returned to Earth, after five months on the International Space Station.

Hadfield and two other astronauts, a Russian and an American, were barreling through the fiery atmosphere while the Leafs were playing their do-or-die game.

Hadfield’s wife, Helene, said she was sorry to have to tell him that Toronto went all the way to the end, but unfortunately didn’t win.

The astronaut’s reaction? That both he and the Leafs went down in flames on the same day.

But ever the diehard Leafs fan, Hadfield adds that he’s proud of the way his team played this year and he’s looking forward to next season.