Was Mike Richards' Hit on David Booth a Clean Hit?

[F3shotF]

Clean hit unfortunate but clean pay attention on the ice its hockey.. Not soccer on ice.

[Kesler17Snipe]

@spazzjam669 since he made the Bruins win the Cup...

[coby2232]

Why hit him? He doesn't have the puck. He passed it. He was skating away from the play. He was no longer involved in the play. The hit served no defensive purpose. As a result, you, Mike Richards, will be sent to Columbus as punishment.

[scumatron]

cheapshot, no question

[Robstailey]

dead on, booth wasn't paying attention. was it a dirty hit when johansson knocked the shit out of floyd patterson because he thought the round was over and turned away? no! he fucked up, and he paid. period.

[TaperGeek]

Fischler is biased to NY/NJ teams, he hates the Flyers. F that guy...

[TaperGeek]

Fischler is biased to NY/NJ teams, he hates the Flyers. Fuck that guy...



[UltimatePowerPlay]

It's sorta on the edge. He didn't mean to but he may have didn't need to throw a late hit

[0Justified0]

@blaughtmon The only guy who says Richards is guilty is a tool hm...

[phillyLOVE1000]

Clean Hit..get over it

[Flyers20Fan]

clean hit, he just got rid of the puck and his intention was shoulder to shoulder

[spazzjam669]

DON'T: keep your head down or admire your pass.

[bruinscrazy101]

mike keenan. youre a motherfucking retard

[spazzjam669]

@bruinscrazy101 actually he knows what he's talking about

[bruinscrazy101]

@spazzjam669 yeah im sure gary bettman would say the same thing. retard

[spazzjam669]

@bruinscrazy101 and since when is bettman a hockey geniues

[RigaFraction]

@bruinscrazy101 Pot calling the kettle black. Tell Mike that you're a referee and that means you're right and he's wrong. Doofus.

[bruinscrazy101]

@RigaFraction well i am haha. so he and mike milbury can go fuck them selves

[tuowls37]

absolutly clean, richards finished his check, booth wasnt looking. thats booths fault, yes it was high but there is no rule against hitting that way.

[Thoroldhawk]

@tuowls37 There is, but there shouldn't be...

[meds613]

@tuowls37 now there is. the hit was clean at the time, but would now be considered a blindside hit.

[showoff922]

keenan knows his stuff who the fuck is fischer some nobody retard

[20CentPat]

Fischler just made a play-by-play of the hit and made no valid argument...overall he sucks!

[baubret]

Fischer is an idiot. I feel bad for Booth, but he was watching his pass and not looking at the game in progress. Richards is innocent and did receive the appropriate penalty.

[MrBloodyMuffMacker]

Look at all the videos of Booth getting hit. Not the first time. He needs to learn how to either not get hit or learn how to take one

[MrBloodyMuffMacker]

in the head

[MrBloodyMuffMacker]

Gortons fisherman is just upset that the Islanders took his face off of their jerseys. Keenan and Goring are right. Richards didn't even hit him in the haed

[1200Media]

wow, stan fischler came down on a Flyer... shocking.

[Imthemastermind007]

stan fischler is a retard. he got hit a split second after he made the pass. its a good hockey hit and booth just needs to protect himself

[Boxingbear]

If Butch Goring says it was clean hit - it was clean hit, he would know.

[iplaybass89]

@blaughtmon so right

[Msik123]

shut the fuck up all u richards haters u all r faghots he can beat all

of u dicks 1000000000000-0 so shut the hell up

[123torrent]

What a SLIME ... what a PIECE OF GARBAGE Richards is....

[88lostprophets88]

do you think he would care about what people like you say with his 69 million dollar contract

[malkin2008]

well at the end of the day he makes millions of dollars destroys people on the ice then destroys women in the bed and you live your shitty life beating more meat then rocky balboa

[123torrent]

What a SLIME .... What a PIECE OF GARBAGE malkin2008 is....

[malkin2008]

once again nobody cares what you say cause your nobody

[Imthemastermind007]

@123torrent u dont know hockey you fucktard

[HiggsPat]

he jump and go for the head I say its a cheapshot even if league rules says its legal. going for the head like that is worst then slew footing or charging from behind. gutless play.HOPE he gets click sometimes

[hockeyfreak20200]

He didnt even jump richards to hit him. It was a clean hit and your aloud to hit someone in 2-3 seconds after they make a pass or shot. It was totally Booths fault that he got hurt real bad. If he wasn't stupid to look at his nice pass he did he would never got hurt. It was clean check by Mike Richards!

[Imthemastermind007]

@HiggsPat explain how he jumps exactly?... oh thats right he didnt. fucking idiot

[BugsMeaney]

why would anyone ever listen to Mike Keane?

[badfish1111]

Why would anyone listen to you when you can't even spell the guys name right?

[convictor11]

ya he wasnt suppose to hit him i think a pay deduct? like leave him 50k for 10year sign

[IcedEarth1792]

clean or not, you cant blame richards or booth. they didnt mean for it to happen and it didnt happen on purpose. just be lucky it wasnt a hit from players like pronger or chara. booth is back and everything is settled. hope it stays that way

go flyers! :)

[joyfulvulture]

@IcedEarth1792

"clean or not, you cant blame richards or booth. they didnt mean for it to happen"

yeah right... richards has done or tried that before. stop kidding yourself.

flyers fans are the dumbest in the league.

[IcedEarth1792]

hey man let us flyers support our flyers

you can go support what team you want. loud and proud flyers fan and i dont care what anyone says. i always cheer when they score even if they are losing by far behind

go flyers :)

[reated2]

@blaughtmon your right i think it was clean that guy does not know what hes talking about i look at it and it was clean

[mardgn81]

Totally clean hit. Goring and Keenan are right. Fischler is wrong, but then again he always is.

[assholios12]

That's cuz Fischler hates the Flyers.

[jar5136]

clean hit..its the same situation as if his head was down aka lindros's career..and youre allowed to leave your feet after the hit which is what he did..not before

[romansmk]

Keenan is a dick!!!

[hkynlax14]

stan fischler is retarded

[flyersyouth13]

clean hit. i dont get how u would get a misconduct for it. if he wasnt hurt richards wouldnt have gotten it.

[DancingArtichokes]

Yea, Keenan is 100% right, eh.

Shouldnt have been looking at his pass, eh.

God I love mah hockey, eh.

[fgb729]

after the play? that guys retarted the pass happened about a second before the hit

[spypengyn]

he went for the head. that makes it dirty. but it was also booth's fault for having his head down. i think it should have been about a 2 game suspension. the reason he wasnt suspended is because he is mike richards. if it had been someone like neil he wouldve been suspended

[ihatefatherjudge]

keenan... u are 100% correct... "shold not have been lookng at his pretty pass" GOODNIGHT

[hkyluvr19]

HE LEFT HIS F'ING FEET......LOOK CLOSE AND YOU CAN SEE HIS FEET LEFT THE ICE!!! its hard to see...its nto good hockey!!!! fuck you keenan!!!

[josh17beaton]

if you need to "look close" than its not suspension worthy, it has to be blatant, not so hard you have to see replay after reply after replay

[hkyluvr19]

its because the camera quality is so shitty!!! thats why you have to look close! if it was in High def it would be easy to see that he left his feet!

[hkyluvr19]

you guys are a bunch of morons!!!! that was a dirty hit he pushed himself up to make contact with his head at the last second he could have dropped his shoulder and hit him square in the chest. Richards is a dirty cheapshot artist along wth hartnell they make a great pair!!!! and its not pansying up hockey you twit (josh100p), its called preventing people from getting severely injured!!!! nice head shot, you guys are f'ng idiots!!!!

[hkynlax14]

you're an idiot

[hkyluvr19]

PLease explain to me how I am an idiot? I am dying to know!!! He left his feet...he is famous for shit like that!!!

[hkyluvr19]

go f**k your self!

[PaulGarafola]

CLEAN.

[girltant]

omg this isnt even a question!! for the love of god we all see that is was a clean hit!! it is a great hit! cant have your head down and your not gonna get rewarded for having your head down passing the puck..stan is a moron who is an old shit who needs to shut up

[fitguybri]

Eat a dick, Stan! GO FLYERS!

[theawesome1]

Fuck You stan fischler

[Imthemastermind007]

whoever stan fischler is has no clue... they timed how long booth didnt have the puck and it was clocked at less than a second. dumb geezer

[d1hotcity]

this new jersey anouncer is just a total homer...its like this. crosby kovalev all these guys are " stars" thus they get favorable calls because the league wants to protect them. thats not what hockey is about.. we need to stop pushing for more star power. a bunch of guys playing well is more intersting to watch than one star. Now we need to protect guys who like to watch thier passes by making hard hockey player lay off of hard hits?

[Imthemastermind007]

great comment

[Josh100p]

Damn commissoner wants to pansy up hockey.

[autopilotoff3323]

quadruple thumbs up my brother...times infinity

[BubbaHoTep01]

Clean hit to me, but why did Matt Cooke get suspended for the same type of hit?

[ShadowStalker999]

I think they said cause he left his feet or had a prior history or something like that.

[Decklann]

I like the hitting aspect of hockey but I dont like that uneduacated people think that hitting is all the game is. That is why I like Briere because he has skill and knows you need to skate good, be smart with passing and be able to shoot, not throw punches ( although the fights are awesome) but lately he decided to be a tough guy and fight and it got him a suspension and Flyers a lose because he is probably are best scorer and he couldnt play.

[TheJoe1956]

Richards left his feet and I remember all the Flyer fucks crying all the times Lindros went out with a concussion. Richards is cheap and dirty as is all the Flyers.

[ShadowStalker999]

Hahaha nobody here should take you seriously.

[eglsrule93]

he clearly didn't leave his feet dumbass watch the video

[Ruggerio1994]

crying about wut? clean hits from stevens?. we swallowed our pride and took it. n this is a clean hit. deal with it

[phishtrey]

Stan Fischler doesn't seem to have an idea of what "time" is. He says that Booth didn't have the puck...

Richards made contact with Booth less then a second after Booth made his drop pass.

And yeah, it's NEVER a good idea to skate in the middle of the ice - especially along the blue line - with your head looking at what you just did, as opposed to where you could be going.

[Philliefakeout]

Thank you Mike Keenan and Butch Goring!

Go Flyers!

[CourtyardPigeon]

These guys are fucking idiots...Richards left his feet...you can see it

[quinnyb1886]

dude r u high he was al ready half way to the hit when he dropped the pucked and he FELL didnt leave his feet and even that happned waaaaaaaaaaay after contact. u sir r way wrong.

[killerskillet]

fucking idiot.

[killerskillet]

he never left his feet you cockmaster.