Linesman flying into the glass

[Petey21 1]

The other day I was at a game in the SEL between MoDo and Timrå, when a linesman was sent flying into the glass and broke it with his skates, here's a short clip of what happened, pretty hilarious stuff! :D

http://rapidshare.de/files/8031358/Ref_hit.wmv.html

[Michael9 57]

i think the guy that hit the ref was trying to hit the other guy and the ref got in the way

[delpiero81 0]

For sure it is not intentional, however the guy seems to think the ref IT'S the opponent and realized it a little bit late... :lol:

Oh, forget what i am sayng.

Actually referees are opponents! :lol:

[LuZZo 0]

Wow, that was crazy. Thanks man.

[ktang 34]

For sure it is not intentional, however the guy seems to think the ref IT'S the opponent and realized it a little bit late... :lol:

Oh, forget what i am sayng.

Actually referees are opponents! :lol:

There's a saying in Canada (OK, Quebec when I was growing up):

"There are 3 teams on the ice: home, away, and zebras."

[crutesie 0]

I am pretty sure that guy meant that

. Must have called a offside which wasnt?

lol

[technophile 0]

Yeah, that looked pretty intentional to me -- there wasn't any opponent all that nearby, and especially the way he kind of stood over the ref after the hit with his arms out wide -- kind of a "you want to mess with me?" sort of stance.

Did he get a penalty for it, or not?

[Kovy_Ribs_Fedo 3]

lol, craziest hit ever, I never laugh that hard.

[jjtt99 0]

Great find...that's got to be the best glass buster I've ever seen!

[2-Keys 1]

that was definatly intentinal. theres no way u can miss a hit by that much.

[notorious#29 0]

If you play it in super slow motion, you can see the player has his head turned and is looking down the ice, when he collides with the linesmen.

Sweet hit though. Was the linesmen ok?

[Deathmoves 0]

:lol: LMAO!!! HAHA!!! What a hit! that ref got it boi! Head over heals and everthing lol! :lol:

[technophile 0]

If you play it in super slow motion, you can see the player has his head turned and is looking down the ice, when he collides with the linesmen.

It's hard to tell with such a low-quality feed, but I don't think so -- it looks to me (playing it frame by frame) like his head is up. He maybe turns it away at the last second (lots of players do that so they don't take a helmet in the face when hitting someone) but it definitely looks like he knew what he was doing. It also doesn't look accidental in that he already has his arms up for the hit before he arrives, which he wouldn't if he didn't know the ref was there.

[pantherfan 0]

That looks intentional to me IMO