College Hit

[Vapor 0]

Did he leave his feet? Pretty close.

[Grinder 2]

His feet are on the ice when he makes contact.

[Tyler B 0]

looks clean to me

[Vapor 0]

I agree, found it on Digg, some people on there are saying its dirty, but I disagree. The kid cracked some ribs, and suffered a colapsed lung.

[Langenbrunner15 0]

Damn...BIG hit!!! It's clean to me..they both left the ice on contact..which almost every hit does..Looks like his helmet came off too?

[pat19 0]

yeah its not like he jumped up before hitting him or into him.

[NorthStar 0]

clean

[Chadd 916]

It's borderline but he does not leave his feet before contact. It's a cheap play, no doubt about it but the contact itself is legal. It does highlight how coaches have changed the way kids hit and why there are more injuries in hockey every year.

I would consider calling a boarding penalty as the guy went flying into the boards before he hit the ice. With an injury that becomes a major and game in USAH rules.

[M-Cohen 0]

Clean. Finished his check, nice play. The reason I say no penalty is cause the kid that got hit saw him coming and chipped the puck. Nice hit.

[The Stranger 0]

Wow, I played drop-in with that guy over christmas. I really like their glove colors.

I say clean, but Chadd brings up a good point.

[M-Cohen 0]

Also, Chadd after reading your post I don't understand why it is a "cheap" play? Not being a ref may hinder my view but maybe you can help?

[usahockey22 0]

Also, Chadd after reading your post I don't understand why it is a "cheap" play? Not being a ref may hinder my view but maybe you can help?

Because the guy just completely flattened him, more so than was necessary in order to take him out of the play...I don't know a lot about rules, but I've seen refs call unsportsmanlike conduct for vicious hits that are meant to injure the other guy (don't know if that's right or wrong)...but it just looks really brutal. Of course that happens in hockey, maybe it was just one of those games that got pretty vicious for one reason or another.

[Trooper 8]

Also, Chadd after reading your post I don't understand why it is a "cheap" play? Not being a ref may hinder my view but maybe you can help?

The guy's only intention was to lay the guy out. It was more than necessary to make a play in that situation. It's similar to Jovanowski's hit on Nasserdine in the Pens/Coyotes game the other night. Jovo comes in from the point as Nasserdine is coming around the net with the puck fighting off a forechecker. He moves the puck and Jovo killed him. Totally clean by the rules hit, but in reality just headhunting.

[Chadd 916]

Also, Chadd after reading your post I don't understand why it is a "cheap" play? Not being a ref may hinder my view but maybe you can help?

Because the guy just completely flattened him, more so than was necessary in order to take him out of the play...I don't know a lot about rules, but I've seen refs call unsportsmanlike conduct for vicious hits that are meant to injure the other guy (don't know if that's right or wrong)...but it just looks really brutal. Of course that happens in hockey, maybe it was just one of those games that got pretty vicious for one reason or another.

If the referee believes it was an attempt to injure the other player, the correct call is a match penalty. I love to see good hits when I ref a game, but I expect those to be clean hits and not charges or attempts to render another player senseless.

[CCC8190 0]

that hit was explosive! i believe it was clean, as his feet were on the gorund at contact. if a ref were to make a call, which call would it be other than a match?

[Chadd 916]

that hit was explosive! i believe it was clean, as his feet were on the gorund at contact. if a ref were to make a call, which call would it be other than a match?

Boarding as I mentioned or potentially a charge if he took enough strides before the clip started.

[Doctor Hook 0]

Clean and hard. Gotta keep the head up. Injuries are part of the game.

[Chadd 916]

Clean and hard. Gotta keep the head up. Injuries are part of the game.

Trying to kill the other guy wasn't part of the game until recently. Too many youth coaches grew up thinking the Bruins and Flyers of the 70's are the way you're supposed to play hockey.

[Datsyukiandeek 0]

Have you ever seen Ovechkin hit someone :lol: 4 foot vertical leap and they rarely call it. This was a massive hit and the kid had time to prepare himself for the hit, is there a massive size difference between the two of them?

[DamnLocust 0]

I'll agree that the hit was vicious, but sometimes a big hit like that is needed to energize your team.

Seems to be a clean hit within the rules, but may not have been necessary in this particular situation.

[Chadd 916]

Have you ever seen Ovechkin hit someone :lol: 4 foot vertical leap and they rarely call it.

That's because coaches have been teaching kids to jump into players when they hit them. It's also why there are fewer hits but far more devastating hits than in the past.

[Cavs019 710]

I've always been coached to simply hit to separate the puck carrier from the puck, attempting to murder kids just wastes energy unless you have a clean shot to unload on them which occurs maybe 2 or 3 times a season. It seems kids are more concerned with the hollywood factor of just lighting someone up rather then effectively regaining control of the puck.

[pwrfwd26 0]

clean or dirty... nice and clean!

[Langenbrunner15 0]

I bet it was a hit to get your team going as DamnLocust had said. Although it was a bit more than needed..it's a part of hockey. The kid saw him coming..and tried to take it...

[D-Wo 0]

Clean finish checking, and the checker stopped taking strides. The player that got hit should've known better than not to get low, and lower and turn his shoulder into the check. He was standing tall and square to the oncoming player. I believe the "explosiveness" is partly caused by the subsequent compression and expansion of his chest. I wish him well in his recoveries.