Maple Leafs @ Hurricanes- Dion Phaneuf Hit Ruutu - 110124

[crazyguy2940]

HOLY MACKINAW



[drnick77]

In Dion we trust

[iLuvBarRefaeli]

This is vintage Phaneuf

[InspectorGADGET96]

keep pressing 5



[BretHardy1]

jay harrison to jiri tlusty? who are they playing the marlies?

[TheFlighter]

Phaneuf is real pussy

[Ctveezy]

@TheFlighter how?

[EHNOTTOOSURE]

TORONTO :D

[sheegan8]

The funny thing is that Ruutu took the worst of the first hit as well... he takes a run at Dion behind the net and ends up on his ass

[EVHisGODD93]

can somebody please clear this up for me? wth is he saying from 0:26-0:28? sounds like oh what a hit, holy mackerel or something haha, but he slurs it so much. its hilarious

[x123xBrandon]

SOLID

[cjvs1604]

Best part of this hit is that Phaneuf didnt turn towards Ruutu until AFTER the pass was being made. Its quick, but it is there.

[Ironriot11]

HOLY MACKINAW THAT ANOUNCERS SHOUTS REALLY LOUD!!!

[joshpeckrocks]

wayta give your teammate a suicide pass

[JPSS97]

I love how everybody in the Leaf bench jumps out of their seat lol

[LocoGroove]

Damn! Ruutu is one tough guy...I mean c'mon, Phaneuf just gave him a huge open ice hit and he just gets up right away. What a player!

[STTT2020]

lmao good hit.. i wahtched this live the commentators reaction scared the shit out of me though LOL

[Ruinedbad]

Lmao I love how there is air Canada center advertisement in Carolina

[MrToddskins]

Now thats what I've been waiting for Dion. Play like that every game.

[zoltron30]

@MrToddskins

i dont know about every game but consistency is needed....

[MrToddskins]

@zoltron30 Yeah, for sure! It would be just horrible if Dion started to lay people out with huge open ice hits every game. I mean, you don't want your team to get too full energy. Next thing you know the fans would be excited and the team would start winning more. Just a downward spiral.

[zoltron30]

@MrToddskins

well i just dont think that any player can play that high tempo game for the full season.....

[MrToddskins]

@zoltron30 He did it the first couple of years he was in the league. I used to watch those games and it was so exciting....that hit on rutuu......he'd throw three of those in the opening period. Also, not often did anyone look to fight him for it either, now you throw any kind of hit and everyone wants a pushing match.

[NHLfreak87]

Nice to see that the players didn't go full pussy and drop the gloves with him after that check. God job, Mr. Phaneuf.

[Ingvar0788]

Ovechkin fan))

[jkatzman333]

love the announcers voice when he hits him lol and mrfuhrer2009 well put ^

[IkarnJohal]

Phaneuf gets paid more than double what Schenn gets played however Schenn has been a way better player this season.

[DzekoSucks]

@IkarnJohal and semin gets paid double what stamkos does........ whats your point.................

[IkarnJohal]

@DzekoSucks my point is that schenn is doing better than phaneuf yet he gets paid half....lol i wasn't speaking french or anything, re-read my post if you didn't get it bro :)

[DzekoSucks]

@IkarnJohal my point is that schenn is on a rookie contract and therefore it is physically impossible for him to be paid any more... just like stamkos is way better than semin yet gets paid half of what semin does because hes also on a rookie contract... figure it out

[TheRevLives360]

Lol, his hit almost gave the hurricane player a break away/

[DzekoSucks]

im not gonna say dion is back because his offence isnt there but his hitting and defence has been awesome the last 10 games or so

[SundinOwnsYou]

jiri tlusty? lmao bowen wtf

[MrPiff17]

LOL at the entire Leafs bench jumping up when Phaneuf made contact, they got pumped...too bad we lost though... keep at it Dion!!

[ericb1233]

Beauty

[BlancoJustin]

Lol they're trying to give credit to ruutu on his first hit ....even tho phaneuf early won that one too ... What a hit though ....been loving phaneuf these last few games

[MattTrecartin]

I still like Subban's hit on Brad Marchand better.. but nice clean hit by Dion none the less.

[MrBigJeesh]

Just wiped him off the face of the earth

[jasonrwlock]

anyone else notice that "Air Canada" is advertising on Carolina's ice? tells ya how many american's where the market and the money is in hockey, get your act together Gary Bettman!

[jasonrwlock]

@jasonrwlock i mean tells ya how many american's watch, and where the markey and money is, north of the boarder!

[grims2626]

@jasonrwlock but obviously they don't teach spelling north of the "boarder"

[jasonrwlock]

beauty



[RageModeOn]

I wish Dion would do this more often

[MrFuhrer2009]

That's the first hit Dion has in the Toronto Maple Griefs uniform, but a good hit

[MrPiff17]

@MrFuhrer2009: have you not seen his HUGE hits on Heatley earlier tis month and against Anaheim the other night, and quite a few more earlier this year and last, he's getting at least one big hit a game like he used to...don't comment things you don't know about son

[EchoedEd]

You can see quite clearly that he left his feet at 0:40. Wouldn't that make the hit an obvious charge?

[NUProductions4Music]

@EchoedEd pause it at 46, and watch 44 to 47, you'll see he never left his feat till contact, where he got pushed up from the force of the hit.

[TheHockeyCentral]

They actually called that HIT OF THE YEAR on TSN??? Great check but not hit of the year. Actually I think that's the first nice hit I've seen Dijon throw in a Leafs uniform so fans should be happy about that.

[bongosaj]

Hit Dion, he will hit u 10 times harder

[LAMBORGHINI8910]

PHANEUF IS BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MrPiff17]

@LAMBORGHINI8910: he's been back, type in dion phaneuf hits heatley, that's from earlier this month, and type in Phaneuf hit vs Ducks from a few nights ago

[TheSpencel]

@MrPiff17 also his hit on TYREL

[hyrussk71]

good hit.