David Booth, no more tooth (by Mike Richards)

[zacandashleys1fan]

Best thing about this video: the title.

I just find the whole "no more tooth" thing funny because ironically, David's father is a dentist. :P

[RAABCAAK]

Boom, Headshot.

and by headshot i mean the ones that they are "trying to take out of the game"

[44dangle44]

BOOOOOM HEADSHOT . YOU JUST GOT OWWWWNED!

[TheTodd74]

Same hit Scott Stevens put on Lindros. Just like that one, it was clean but deadly... BOOM. Bottom line... Head up when you cross the blue line...

[mycompasstv]

textbook head shot....

[gunna34]

i cant stop replaying it over and over and over again, its just a devastating hit

[Patriot774]

Clean hit. Don't hate. Booth should have had his head up.

[123torrent]

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

[briantetley9]

PERFECTLY LEGAL HIT!! Stop bitching everybody....Keep your head up!!!!!!!!!

[denrbeach]

If its so legal, why did he get 5 minute major and a game misconduct?

[briantetley9]

Oh i'm sorry thats right i forgot that every call the refs make in the NHL are correct. Perfectly legal hit- thats why the NHL didn't suspend him. After they were able to sit down and review replay after replay it was clear and evident it was perfectly clean. He hit him with his shoulder. Booth should know better to NEVER admire your pass. Hockey 101.

[fingertipsindented]

@briantetley9 never admire your pass? where'd you get that from the richards/white hit. it was a dirty head shot, and richards is known for that, look at every single hit highlight he has, they may not be illegal hits but he's comming close every time and thats a cheap way to play a sport, i had the pleasure of seeing him in person at a carnival in kenora, i was even more pleased when i saw a local pop him in the face for lipping off

[briantetley9]

@fingertipsindented What does the Richards/White hit have anything to do with what happened to Booth. I was commenting on this hit..not what happened to White. And are you whining because he is "coming close" to playing dirty?? Your kidding right? Hockey is a hard-nosed sport...no room for pansies crying about "an almost penalty" ..and good for your local boy at the carnival - is this guy playing in the show or what? I'll say it again- this check was perfectly legal just as the NHL saw and ruled

[DCnader]

@denrbeach ... because it was a terrible call. Flyers see a lot of them. Thank god the league did the right thing and didn't suspend him for this bullshit

[Dhemi4life]

As much as I LOVE Richards and this is coming from a Wings fan. The hit was clearly dirty, elbow or not he was head hunting. And as usual the NHL hypocriticaly doesn;t enforce its own rules(Malkin on Zetterberg last year) and fails to suspend him cause he's Mike Richards not some margianl player that u better believe would be most certainly suspended immediately!

[metallica4lifegbm]

that was unnecessary... that was cheap

[Xito1]

I dont know if it was clean... sure it was with the shoulder but still he aimed for the head.

[terrificrick39]

very anal

[greggy93]

woooot

owned

that's what icehockey is all about!

[matthebrat1228]

devils fan here who is actually standing up for filthydelphia.... it was a completely clean hit, almost a scott stevens like hit actually... arms down, stick down, feet never left ice, not late.... completely legal and he gets 5 minute major... but Ovie deliberetly hurts somebody the other day but he gets 2 minutes cuz he gets treated special cuz hes so good.. come on... richards did nothing wrong here

[briantetley9]

Exactly- plenty of assholes giving me shit because i'm saying the same thing! Aiming for his head? Please- he led with his shoulder- never left his feet- awesome check.

[bpapirny77]

agreed

[phone1130]

booth was admiring his pass and philly boy is correct he paid for it

and olwe 666 is just a bitchboy whos probably never been on the ice

[CreativeVideoPro]

And if it was a so called clean hit, why did mike get ejected from the game..

[bakert4]

man the NHL ruled it as a clean hit

he got ejected because the refs saw otherwise.

yea he got ejected but the NHL isnt fining him or suspending him because it was a clean hit

[PoliceWillProtect]

it was a hit to the head tho

[CreativeVideoPro]

First of all his head was turn not down...

Second, he didn't have puck and the flyers players intentionally jumped up and hit him in the face and he got knocked out and carried on a strectcher...if thats what you call "LEGAL" then what is an illegal hit...

[FightinColts]

Yup, it's official, you are retarded my friend. Wtf does his head position have to do with anything? Second, he dished the puck off milliseconds ago and followed his pass, stupidest thing you can do. Third, his feet never left the ice until he hit him after and fell dumbass. And he got ejected because refs saw otherwise, they're not robots.

[mikelandry22]

it was a clean hit, it would have been called otherwise if he had left his feet off the ice and he never did that. but yes as a few other people said, its his own fault for having his head down, ive been playing hockey since i was little and now im an adult.

[xxxGWHxxx]

dkrooll16 is right. i play hockey so i would know.

[RockoSDMF]

Clean, very hard, hit. Richards wasn't even going full speed, and didn't leave his feet. It was all shoulder.

[PhillyFlya1080]

rchoas why dont we go back to the hit ballard had on hartnell, lets say hip check to the knees intent to injure and a trip. nobody cared about that, booth was admiring his pass and he payed for it

[rchaos]

Suspend. Shoulder to head is attempt to injure. Anyone who says otherwise is blind and stupid. Run richards all day knee on knee and watch all the philly fans cry their eyeballs out. go leafs go

[savard199191]

oh how are the leafs doing?

[bluesgurugod]

Clean hit.

This is the NHL not the National Ringette League. You gotta keep your head up at all times... just ask Eric Lindros.

Yeah, and Scott Stevens DID make a career out of these kinds of hits.

No suspension needed.

[olwe666]

wow... u are a stupid dumbfuck thats for sure.... Thats not a clean hit, any angle u look at this... he goes straight for the head.

Because its the NHL u can go hit someone even if u know he will get injured? what a fcking dumb statement.

AND u dare mention that bastard scott stevens? that fkcer doesnt belong at the hall of fame damn it, he should be in jail. Always hidint behind another player waiting to put a player out of the game...

[bluesgurugod]

Perhaps you should learn to spell before calling others "stupid". I realize that you're an idiot and, clearly, uneducated, but I'll take more time than you deserve to explain something very simple; hockey is a contact sport. If you don't keep your head up at all times you are asking for it. If Mike Booth died on that play it would've been his fault.

Great hit Mike Richards! Keep it up!

[manyoustink2009]

Dion Phaneuf hammered Kyle Okposo this season the same way no penalty or suspension Scott Stevens made a living doing these kinda of hits

[dkroll16]

that was so fucking clean i cant even explain it. anyone that thinks that was dirty just plainly doesnt understand hockey. great hit

[olwe666]

god damn its normal u cant explain dumbass... its not clean open ur fcking eyes, because its his shoulder... its clean? wow stupid... he goes straight to the head... and u finish with ... great it, im sure u are joking u cant be that much of a jackass

[Flyersrule9]

Richards is not a dirty player, i've seen him throw a lot of those hits. He did hit him in the head but i know he was not aiming for his head

[zandalis]

Booth most certainly does not have his head down. Had this check been to the body it still makes the highlight reel, because it would have been a sick check. But you can't aim for the head.

Even clean players make stupid decisions. Richards has to be suspended at least 3-5.

[PlacidDragon]

Nasty hit to the head as i see it. Booth doesnt have his head down, Richards comes in from the "blindside" and hits him with what looks like an elbow directly to the face. Not sure if Richards meant to hit him like that, but the end result was nasty.

[jakelfb]

An elbow? Are you retarded? He led straight with his shoulder.

[PlacidDragon]

I said "what looks like". Richards shifts his body before contact, and its difficult to see from this angle if it is elbow, upper arm or shoulder (or a combination). What *is* clear is that he hits straight to the head. If it is intentional is another matter.

Would have been a beautiful hit if it had been a body check (and yes, Scott Stevens was a perfectionist on this type of hit).

[NiklasEel]

What the hell are you people talking about? Clean hit blablabla. No way he should go unpunished. I dont care if it is a clean hit, the guy was out cold for 15 mins ffs. Careers get ended by stuff like that.

[Phantomeon]

That's completely contradicting. If it's clean, he can't be suspended. What are you going to suspend him for if the iht was clean?

[dkroll16]

dude hitting is part of the game. you always gotta have ur head up nmw. booth got his shit wrecked, he shouldnt have admired his pass, richards saw him admire a pass and fucked him up. thats hockey. go watch soccer if you dont like the contact. careers get ended like that when the player lets it happen

[Raminium]

Bad check to the head. Hope for a long suspension to show that checks to the head aren´t ok. And for all the brainless people who doesn´t know what a clean hit is, go back playing cricket.

[fvrzero]

Open ice tackle, no stick, elbow or fist.

I can't really see why Richards should be punished.

Still I hope Booth will be back soon.

[mengan87]

The thing is that he is aiming for his head.

[TheFlighter]

this bad hit on david booth head!! and LuBearr if that is clean hit you are stupid!

[biff768]

checking to the head. similar to the one bell delivered on alfredsson. These kinds of hits to the head are already banned in europe, but the NHL is one step behind on this one.

[LuBearr]

clean hit

[keithh85]

No cheap shot. NO ONE can honestly say Richards is a dirty player. I won't make that claim for all the Flyers....... Hartnell apparently bit someones finger in a scrum. I believe every second of that. Richards did not mean to hurt him. Boothy needs to keep his head up. Bet he does not forget that again..... Hope he is ok. I was at the game. Scary stuff...

[phillyx86x]

Nice video...the only thing missing was the cheap shot you mention in the title.

[oliver155]

WOW WHAT A HIT!!! FUCK FLYERS THOUGH