[NHL] The Hit of the Season

[Chris Allen Veteran]

[Billthy]

awesome, what a hit! Thank god i never had one against myself when i played

[Morphie]

nice clean hit. The look on his face when he's down is the mosst convincing part. Too bad I missed that game ;)

[Steffan]

Umberger's nose was broken on the hit and he's supected to play tonight.

[Ayepecks]

It was a good hit, but I don't know about best of the season.

And, no, before you ask, I can't name a better one off the top of my head. It was a very good hit, but I'm not sure if it was the best of the season.

[BroChaos Veteran]

i watched that game...very physical game. unbelievable hit though.

[davemania]

Unbelivable hit, I loved the crowds reaction.

The only other big hit of the season that i can remember was Sundin getting ran over.

Edited April 25, 2006 by davemania

[dotmike]

Yeah, he was absolutely leveled with that shot, I must've seen that at least 10 times already. :p

[Scudworth]

It was a good hit, but I don't know about best of the season.

And, no, before you ask, I can't name a better one off the top of my head. It was a very good hit, but I'm not sure if it was the best of the season.

That's what I was thinkin', too.

As much as the crowd loves it (that roar was likely somewhat reminiscent of the colosseum after a good strike:P), and it is aggressive and exciting, does it really show much of a level of skill? Would it have not been better hockey to be able to steal the puck from him while he was on the rush, instead of just leveling him like one of the Hanson brothers from Slapshot?

Not saying I didn't enjoy it at some level, just saying that it does raise an arguement in my mind.

[Matrix XII]

Actually no stealing the puck wouldn't have been better because it got the crowd really into it after that hit plus took a player out of philly's lineup.