Jeff Carter Obliterates Anssi Salmela

[jollymania 162]

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

[Guest Lidstromboli]

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

[drwscc 212]

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

[Echolalia 2,961]

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

Edited February 9, 2010 by Echolalia

[Hockeytown0001 7,652]

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

[dragonballgtz 273]

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

Edited February 9, 2010 by dragonballgtz

[Guest ZetterbergFourty]

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

Yezzir. Brutal hit, but clean as a whistle.

[jollymania 162]

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

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

[cupforwings 138]

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

Edited February 9, 2010 by cupforwings

[sputman 1,268]

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

[SiLkK19 67]

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

[Carman 387]

Great hit.

[dragonballgtz 273]

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

Oh yeah thats blood

[lfd250 1]

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 7,652]

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 252]

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 387]

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 2,204]

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

[Guest Lidstromboli]

don't think it was perfect shoulder to shoulder.

[superstarsingh 23]

Beauty. Keep your head up.

[Datsyuk2Zetterberg 1]

if the Richards hit was clean, this one is too. If the NHL suspends him they will be inconsistent. Oh wait.

[Aussie_Wing 354]

Who cares about the hit, what a glorious, hard working goal.

[jollymania 162]

Shoulder to head hits have always been in the game.

that hit was crappy anyways though, it is only famous because of the aftermath

[Guest Four]

Little head action but mostly shoulder on shoulder.

[Datsyerberger 279]

While the contact of the hit itself was clean shoulder to (mostly) shoulder, it was a blindside hit, about which a number of NHL GMs and others have voiced their displeasure.