[jollymania]

Reminded me of Stevens and suprise... Richards, though it was not as late as richards's hit.

[Lidstromboli]

can't wait til there's an actual rule regarding head shots

[drwscc]

That was shoulder to shoulder...? Looks clean to me.

[Echolalia]

These head shots are ridiculous. Edit: perhaps you are correct and it was shoulder to shoulder.

This post has been edited by Echolalia: 08 February 2010 - 10:37 PM

[Hockeytown0001]

It was a shoulder to shoulder hit. Clean, unfortunate result.

[dragonballgtz]

The replay at the 32-36 second mark looks like it was shoulder then head contact. Then the one starting at 41 seconds looks different but I dont think it was a late hit like the announcer claims.

These players need to stop lowering their heads down and stand up a little straighter. To me it look like that would of been shoulder to shoulder if the player did not bend down a little.

EDIT: Also a a blindside hit IMHO

This post has been edited by dragonballgtz: 08 February 2010 - 10:45 PM

[ZetterbergFourty]

It was a shoulder to shoulder hit. Clean, unfortunate result.

Yezzir. Brutal hit, but clean as a whistle.

[jollymania]

can't wait til there's an actual rule regarding head shots

shoulder to shoulder, head hit ice, WHAT?you wanna ban that?

[cupforwings]

it looked like a shoulder to shoulder hit and his head hit the ice... He was in a vulnerable position and got wrecked... hope hes ok

This post has been edited by cupforwings: 08 February 2010 - 10:45 PM

[drumshanbo]

i think maybe he could have tried to stop the goal instead.

[SiLkK19]

Just noticed a guy scraping what looks to be blood off the ice at 5:56

[Carman]

Great hit.

[dragonballgtz]

Just noticed a guy scraping what looks to be blood off the ice at 5:56

Oh yeah thats blood

[lfd250]

You guys are missing the bouncing of his head off the ice. Clean hit or not. He was out cold when he hit the ice with his head bouncing.

[Hockeytown0001]

You guys are missing the bouncing of his head off the ice. Clean hit or not. He was out cold when he hit the ice with his head bouncing.

That's what it is. I was thinking that he couldn't have gotten knocked out from the actual hit.

[dobbles]

yeah, as keith jones notes, he was out before he even hit the ice.

the hit does seem to be to the shoulder which is good, but these late hits have to stop. i know people like to take the manly position of 'well he should have had his head up' but in so many cases the hits are coming from weird angles and get there pretty darned late. i know the game is fast and its hard to time things perfect, but thats why you can't be going 110% towards guys like that. everyone has questionable hits, but i think if you look on average at the big hits from 10 or 20 years ago, most of them the player still had the puck. you take a hit like this where the puck was in the net or last year in the playoffs on hudler where the pass was long gone.

[Carman]

yeah, as keith jones notes, he was out before he even hit the ice.

the hit does seem to be to the shoulder which is good, but these late hits have to stop. i know people like to take the manly position of 'well he should have had his head up' but in so many cases the hits are coming from weird angles and get there pretty darned late. i know the game is fast and its hard to time things perfect, but thats why you can't be going 110% towards guys like that. everyone has questionable hits, but i think if you look on average at the big hits from 10 or 20 years ago, most of them the player still had the puck. you take a hit like this where the puck was in the net or last year in the playoffs on hudler where the pass was long gone.

Shoulder to head hits have always been in the game.

[Detroit # 1 Fan]

Clean hit. Arm came up after contact, too bad for Salmela, but a beauty hit.

[Lidstromboli]

don't think it was perfect shoulder to shoulder.

[superstarsingh]

Beauty. Keep your head up.