Willie Mitchell Big Open Ice Hit on Jonathan Toews

[411mcintosh]

that was a perfectly clean hit by Mitchell. Toews took it like a champ

[222Miller]

@411mcintosh Perfectly said.

[TobbeUndin]

Not a big Hawks fan but Toews took that like a man, what a hit.

[JakeWins77]

Clean hit

[ILuvBeckham15]

@Fykt watch the uploaded video of the same hit but announced by the Blackhawks announcers uploaded by NHL Archive 2:54 and listen to what Eddie Olczyk saves about the hit during replay. "That is a violent hit."

[ILuvBeckham15]

@Fykt if I'm a dumbass then so is Pat Foley and Eddie Olczyk because if you listen to their calling of this game they said the same thing.

[ILuvBeckham15]

I could also argue that the same year the Chicago Blackhawks not only eliminated the Canucks from the Playoffs but won the Stanley Cup. So, in actuality the Canucks suck not only that season but also last season against the Bruins when they couldn't even win then. CANUCKS SUCK!!!

[Hatchwork]

@ILuvBeckham15 So your definition of suck is any team that doesn't win the cup.. 29 other teams didn't either.

[ILuvBeckham15]

@Hatchwork Nope. Vancouver sucks in my book. Plus how the team was acting after they beat the Blackhawks last year to advance to the finals and they didn't even win. I hate the Sedin twins and Roberto Luongo.

[Hatchwork]

@ILuvBeckham15 You hate the Sedins twins because they have talent and donated 1.5 mil to BC Children's Hospital?

[ILuvBeckham15]

@Hatchwork I hate their work on the ice not off the ice. Whatever they do off the ice that's great! Of course I'm going to hate them on the ice...the Canucks are the Blackhawks top rivals.

[hamronD73]

@ILuvBeckham15 yea we suck even though we beat you to progress to the SCF.... we're horrible...

[ILuvBeckham15]

@hamronD73 Yes the Canucks do suck because that year when you beat us you spoke so highly of yourselves advancing into the Stanley Cup Finals after beating the Blackhawks and that you were going to win the cup and guess what....YOU DIDN'T!

[Consistently]

@ILuvBeckham15 All these "Canucks" fans seemed to pop up the same time they started to do well in the playoffs eh? I bet they don't even know who the goalie was before Luongo. Also, the only player they know from the past is Trevor Linden only because he has all these glasses ads on the Vancouver sky train stations and TV. Garbage fans, glad most of them got beat up when they visited the TD Gardens in Boston.

[ILuvBeckham15]

The announcer is full of crap...clean hit my butt...the entire time toews is looking for a return pass and then is blindsided by mitchell who added some force to that hit on toews. Shoulder-to-shoulder is a bad hit in hockey. What are u guys complaining about anyway both versteeg and michell got sent to the penalty box in the end. On another note this is why I'm pissed that Vancouver is the AHL affiliate to the Chicago Wolves.

[Fykt]

@ILuvBeckham15 did u just say shoulder to shoulder is a bad hit in hockey? Dumbass...

[Hatchwork]

@ILuvBeckham15 Regardless of what you says, that is a clean hit in the rule book when that hit was made.

[11brewjays11]

concussions are such a weird feeling. at least the ones i remember. felt like my brain was on fire lol

[GoBlackhawk88]

Clean hit?

[colincouture1]

big canuck fan, but there is no argument that toews is a warrior of hockey and absolutely insanely skilled. clean hit though!

[cheguevara8410]

this fucking pussy toews really exposed the canucks for what they are, lol

[louisn07]

@cheguevara8410 dude relax, they are just trying to protect their captain. Toews is a respectable player, he didn't wuss out and layed on the ice like most players.

[AnusOner]

Beautiful, clean hit.

[pkgod22346]

BLACKHAWKDOWN!! BLACKHAWKDOWN!!

[Magenta408]

Why is he penalized when it's a clean hit on the BH? Another referee protecting the preferred!! What a scam and ripoff. It's simply too obvious.

[pkgod22346]

@Magenta408 its cause he defended his self by droping his gloves

[TRIGGERxGAMlNG]

git shit on toews

[kingoftheswing000]

Damn, I miss Mitchell with the canucks.....

[Yashhh06]

Blackcock Down.

[NHLhockeyplayer15]

c'mon thats a clean hit shoulder to shoulder

[excitationz]

why a penalty?

[eppirf]

BIG HIT

[itsmefucker26]

Did anyone get the plates on that bus?

[Mineav]

Terrible pass. He should've seen that coming, and not have thrown Toews that suicide pass.

[zombieholic]

Great Hit too bad it wasn't Avery on the receiving end of that hit!

The ref's suck period!

[grimbl420]

This this is very very similar to the Thornton hit on Perron this year. 

[amccizzle012]

chicago crowd "oooooooooh"

haha

[Consistently]

Fuck Vancouver, they will never win a cup. Quote me.

[sportsgurl16]

@Consistently FYI. They are fuckin number ONE in the entire league right now. Chicago won the cup after 49 years. While, the Canucks, just celebrated their 40th anniversary. I really hope they win the cup. Don't get me wrong. I love both teams.

[budsecks]

@Consistently I will, in 2 months, you will be sadly mistaken.

[Consistently]

@budsecks

Don't know about that one bud.

[budsecks]

@Consistently we are leading every team in the league by at least 7pts, the hawks by almost 20. We have the 2 top players in the NHL, more Olympic athletes than any other team, and the best pair of goaltenders. Retarded Consistently is Retarded?

[Consistently]

@budsecks

Leading the NHL in points equates to Stanley cup championships? I think not. (i.e San Jose, Washington)

If you are a die hard Canucks fan, you will realize that your window is closing. Your stars are getting old. Hodgson will be a good player in the NHL though.

You are right, you have the 2 best players in the NHL and all the other things you listed. We'll see what happens, I don't think they can do it this year.

[Phalanx217]

@Consistently they should definitely get by the Hawks this year. Plus, we aren't Washington where they had as strong a team as the Canucks do this year. Stars getting old?! The Sedins are only 30 and at the peak of their career. You talk about them like the are as old as Selanne, who in fact, is still an offensive threat.

[Consistently]

@budsecks WILL I BE MISTAKEN FAGGOT?

"BERGERON IN ALL ALONE SHORT HANDED!"

Sound familiar? Yeah, so does 6 past Luongo and Marchand scoring in the open net. Loved the riots too, by the way. Classy

[TheMrteej]

@Consistently this guy is a tool thumbs up if you think so hes a toronto fan

[Consistently]

@TheMrteej Dumbfuck

[browneyist]

siden twins should get a penalty its unsportsmen like

[mnjbooth]

CLEAN HIT PERIOD!!! don't want to hear all the little girls crying....and what the hell is the penalty for?

[sundancekid9000]

TO ALL CANUCKS FANS 1974, 1982, 1992, 1994, 2006, 2008, 2009. Owned.

1934, 1936, 1961, 2010, Owned again.

[sundancekid9000]

@sundancekid9000 7-1 ouch. How's that feel?

[hayo456]

TOO ALL HAWKS FANS, how ya doing this season? 10-10-2? oooooooooooh impressive!

[SirBillyBobThornton]

Keep your head up bitch! What a beautiful hit

[richardboy316]

I'm a Hawks fan but boy did he get drilled

[wezzee297]

Gotta keep your head up out there boys

[vegasgm85]

Toews should watch where hes going

[hockeyfano27]

Clean. No question.

[overtenemy69]

big willy style!

[nipple543]

to bad hawks won

[biggsforwin]

clean hit, to bad they lost anyway bwahahah. hawks ftw

[str8rippon]

how in gods name was that a penality? the refs are so blind. the iraq national kniting club could ref better than these guys

[sundancekid9000]

@str8rippon it's a penalty because the Canucks are dirty pirate hookers

[str8rippon]

@sundancekid9000 that is an awful reason, in fact thats not even a reason. your probally just a hawks fan which is fine but come on if your going to defend your self dont be stupid about it.

[sundancekid9000]

@str8rippon you're an idiot.  Die.

[str8rippon]

@sundancekid9000 no you are an idiot, you clearly know know about hockey.

[sundancekid9000]

@str8rippon I do know know about Hockey, and No I'm not an idiot you lose thank you for playing.

[str8rippon]

@sundancekid9000 if you knew anything about hockey you would know this is a clean hit.

[sundancekid9000]

@str8rippon if you knew anything about movies you would have realized that I was making a reference to Anchorman. Now go get a life.

[str8rippon]

@sundancekid9000 the person who is referencing to movies tells me to get a life.

[sundancekid9000]

@str8rippon the person who is a moron is... guess what???!?!??! still a moron. Go die

[str8rippon]

@sundancekid9000 ??? o.k thank you for your atempt to be funny

[sundancekid9000]

@str8rippon who's laughing needle dick? stop replying.

[str8rippon]

@sundancekid9000 k go wipe your vagina, and change the tampon bitch.

[sundancekid9000]

@str8rippon ooo ouch my feelings are hurt. Oh god what will I do now?

[str8rippon]

@sundancekid9000 stop commenting?

[sundancekid9000]

@str8rippon no

[str8rippon]

@sundancekid9000 k

[sundancekid9000]

@str8rippon owned

[str8rippon]

@sundancekid9000 wtf i thought you said you were going to stop commenting, attention whore much?

[sundancekid9000]

@str8rippon but you keep commenting i cant let you have the last comment. Dick.

[str8rippon]

@sundancekid9000 well then you have to life.

[sundancekid9000]

@str8rippon I assume you meant no life. you stupid idiot learn how to proof read dumb ass.

[str8rippon]

@sundancekid9000 it was on my ipod and it has auto spelling on.

[hayo456]

@sundancekid9000

your refrencing a movie...on youtube...saying you know movies, and your telling him to get a life

...okay

[sundancekid9000]

@hayo456 Good job

[CursedSnowman]

Perfect timing on that hit.

[streetLAkings]

im glad Willie Mitchell will be patroling the Blueline for my Kings this next season hopefully we see plenty more of this

[jjjjjamez]

FUCK THE REFS!!!!

[galaxia14]

RIGGED

[getallgunzhere]

@galaxia14 how is it rigged its hockey not wwe

[jthittinger]

That's what's known as a buddy pass, i.e. "hey thanks a lot buddy!"

[1Amiel1]

The Canucks always get screwed over by a bad call.

Clean hit by Mitchell on Toews, that resulted in Mitchell getting penalized.

Another example is that 'hit' by Edler on Thornton.

Edler lightly tapped Thornton, which Thornton losses his balance and hits the boards awkwardly. Clowe, than decided to go after Edler and there was no penalty on the play.

[evcoproductions]

Whoever passed it to towes is an absolute dickhead and that shouldve been a breakaway goal toews was of the ice and CANUCKS FTW 2011!!!!

[PostmanPat13]

I respect the Hawks but Toews probably gave a little bit of money of his paycheck to the refs so it would get called even thought it was a completely clean hit.

[garrettcollins9]

SUICIDE pass...

[philliefan1313]

idk who passed it to him, but that was a hello hospital pass

[stedankorn]

There was no penalty on the hit, you stupid Canuck homers. The hit was very clean. The penalties were called during the scrum and the Canucks had the powerplay, scored on it, and came back to win this game. You can take that away from this game, Hawks fans will have to be content with knocking the Canucks out of the playoffs and a Cup parade in their backyard.

[boipinoi604]

heads up!

[ilovethebulls32]

i guess it sucked even more when Toews won mvp and the cup! haha suckas ..suck on that one

[ratkiller1]

What a fucking trooper, how often do players get back up from a hit like that?

[jkizzer90]

that was hilarious he could barely make it back to the bench, such a clean hit fuck the refs. go canucks in 2011

[jkrx]

Very similiar to the Konstantinov hit in the flyers series.. the canucks shouldve got a penalty shot and atleast a 2 min powerplay after.

[trexgoesmoo]

i wish mitchell was playing this playoff season so he could destroy toews again

[Bergtrollet]

Should have been a goal and no penalty on Vancouver.

[Bergtrollet]

Should have been a goal and no penalty on Vancouver.

[xxJuiccy]

OUCH!

[WildaretheBest]

This is the most biased commentating i have ever heard.

[NeilPeartisGod14]

@WildaretheBest How?

[WildaretheBest]

@NeilPeartisGod14 These homer announcers would probably not mind if Henrik or Daniel got crushed and the refs stopped the play. Even if it meant stopping the other teams rush to the other end. Therefore biased. Not to mention they suck!

[sivaband]

@WildaretheBest your wrong buddy, they are just pointing out how the game today is a joke, because all clean hits get goons going after the guy who did it. was fucking bullshit they stopped play, toews is a man, he can handle it himself. only dirty hits should get a response. if they wanted to fight willie, take a number and do it on the next shift, willie will gladly fight anyone

[rodpotatoes19009]

@WildaretheBest shut the hell up you have utterly no idea what you are talking about and respect all teams no matter how bad they are and if you are hurt bad enough of course they will stop the play.

ie lets see you take that hit and get up right away but thats impossible because you would be knocked out of your senses and also the fact you cannot skate to save your life.

[WildaretheBest]

@rodpotatoes19009 Yea alright. Fuck you bud. Lace up and bring your fucking best because i will fucking decapitate you son. I have played puck all of my life. So stick to tennis you little bitch.

[Pacebeats]

willie mitchell phoned toews the day after that hit and apologized toews is a real good player , i got alot of respect for him , thats coming from a canucks fan

[ridiculousnoble]

@Pacebeats I'm a huge Hawks fan but am also a fan of Mitchell. I think it was some B.S. that Malkin didn't get punished for the hit on him. I would have liked to play the Canucks against the defensive-minded, fiesty Mitchell.

[rusticnacho420]

even with the new rule about blindside he looked up after getting the pass so with all the other examples aside this one is very close to being a clean hit as far as i'm concerned

[FatTony1212]

what the fuck, completely clean hit, play shouldnt have been stopped and the game shouldve been tied, too bad, rematch this year though, go canucks

[LAVALLEE1991]

anyone see the little smirk Mitchell gave to his teammate at 1:23.

that was as clean as a hit gets Toews just had his head down and never seen him coming

[MotorolaGx]

Although I'm not too fond of the Canucks, this was a monster and CLEAN hit by mitchell. They should have scored if the ref didn't blow the play dead.

I'm hoping to see more of this during round 2!!

[Kartracer6]

@MotorolaGx What's saying they would have scored. The initial shot was blocked. Goal wasn't even scored till after the goalie left. Besides the reason for the breakaway was because of the fight, and also the injury stopped play.

[jacobreedijk]

I hate envgi malkin.. takes Wilie out with a cheap shot

[dre5922]

"this is a clean hit from willie mitchell"

[barkleysound]

Im a canucks fan but props to toews for getting right back up.

[jrc01718]

holy FUCK! too bad we will probably never see these again soon, with the rules the NHL is making now

[sportspwn]

@jrc01718 i know right? keep ur damn head up and injuries will be prevented!

[L3Gi7Cr4ckD34L3r]

clean hit, Toews even said it was a clean hit y did the Canucks lose a scoring chance and get a penalty over this. Fuck the Blackhawks!

[eliaslaing12]

clean hit

[Channnncey66]

I bet toews was all,holy shit where am i? am i at moms house?

[DLPanda]

He was hit in the front. It was shoulder on head, but it was a blindside hit because he didn't look forward. Coming out of the box, maybe he was looking for the check, but I don't think anybody expected the hit to be that brutal.

[Keystroke00]

clean hit and of course byfuglien and his band of goons have to protect their boyfriend and took away a scoring chance because it was two on none. Toews deserved the hit. Even the commentators kept saying it was clean over and over again and commentators are the most unbiased guys i have ever heard.

[LuckyBall81]

Yeah, so Byfuglien wasn't on the ice for this so why are you mentioning him again?

[thegreentree11]

the canucks would've done the same thing, you are biased against the blackhawks.

[FernandezZz23]

@Keystroke00 If Byfuglien ran over one of the Sedin's would you just stand there and say "Hmm, it was a clean hit i should just leave it alone." Obviously not, you'd wanna knock that fat fuck out right there and then, regardless if it was dirty or not.

[jkizzer90]

@FernandezZz23 if it's a clean hit yeah so i don't get penalized

[FernandezZz23]

@jkizzer90 Trust me, if you had any spunk or respect for your fellow teammates you would go after hiim.

[jkizzer90]

@FernandezZz23 if your retarded u go after the guy and cause your team to go on a penalty kill if ur smart u wait until you see him and whipe him out

[bowzer11121]

How do you get taves out of toes.

I'm just calling him toes from now on

[VanCanucksFTW]

would have been better if he hit Kane

[xandaman23]

@VanCanucksFTW

lol umad?

[bublez159]

@VanCanucksFTW Nah it should be Byfuglien

[hockeyyismylife]

@VanCanucksFTW that would have been HILARIOUS

[prokill00]

@VanCanucksFTW Kane is the man, scoring the game winning goal to win the Stanley Cup, but apparently you missed it after the Canucks were eliminated by Chicago in the Semi's

[NarutoDude134]

Towes had his head down, and Mitchell was right there, clean hit!

[brooklynmilan]

PWNNNNNNT.

[Tbagurdrumset94]

first rule of hockey skating

[mikecvet]

true, but whoever passed it did lead him right into the hit...

[Tbagurdrumset94]

@mikecvet

nothing like a little friendly fire, eh? lol

[Tbagurdrumset94]

its just too bad he didnt hit kane... i hate kane...

still a GREAT HIT

[bammargeraisgay]

hit of the year

[ThereIsNoOtherNames8]

best hit of the year

[JoJackHaw]

clean hit, it was perfect shoulder on shoulder, collision. anyone that thinks this hit was dirty is a retard.

[mcideeizpimp123]

this is a fucking great hit. whoever thinks this is dirty should shove it up their fucking ass.

[MrAwesome1111]

Toews said himself it was a clean hit, it was stupid though how they took away the break away chance from us.

[00StangGT00]

anyone that thinks this is a dirty hit either knows nothing about hockey or is a dumb blackhawks homer, it was a clean hit

[CaneyCane93]

@00StangGT00 yeah dude that was definitely all shoulder.

[willkim99]

@00StangGT00

I agree. That hit was cleaner than the virgin mary's vagina.

[peterbilka]

Just no idea zaco Mitchell got two minutes, about zato that Toews is a master and a young star, if it was Crosby as he could about Gary Bettman came to the ice and gave it 5min plus even match :)

[AEMoreira81]

To play a pun on Foghorn Leghorn: Jonathan, you gotta, I say you gotta keep on your Toews, TOEWS that is!

Keep the head up!

[emma8888]

hilarious

[watts40]

Biggest hit in the NHL this year.

[watts40]

perv.

[hckyboi19]

some ppl are funny he had his head down and wasnt paying attention clean hit

[qbc176]

That's a penalty? Why doesn't the NHL just become a figure skating league already.

[norcomanik1]

@qbc176 The hit wasn't a penalty. The fight that ensued was though

[qbc176]

Thanks for clearing that up...my bad.

[powergi]

@qbc176 no that's no the penalty. They got penalized for the skirmish after the whistle.

[derekwizzle06]

uhhh toews???? hes not a rookie you douche bag..

[garrettbosien10]

oo fuck i just realized i have been thinking the wrong guy fuck i fell like a HUGE dumbass fuck im srry my bad

[BonJov1luva]

YEAH CANUCKS FINALLY HIT SOME1

LOL JK

[greatone55]

atta boy Edler...way to put the puck in

[hellbound64]

YEA MITCHELL. toews gets fucking clocked. he was sent into next week. not even toews fault, suicide pass from the other guy so yea his fault more. i play hockey, and this kinda shit happens all the time, suicide pass and the guy gets lvl'd

[sjdesmone]

Condomshack you're an idiot. I was watching that game. Try watching it again, Toews jumps up right away and starts going back to the bench. There's no reason why play should have been whistled down for that. They only whistled it down because the Hawks players were going after Mitchell and rightfully so, you have to protect your captain.

[Opiv337]

he didnt really jump up, he kinda fell down a few times =P

[CondomShack]

yea it's a clean hit, but toews wasn't even expecting it, mitchell came out of the box and toews wasnt aware of it, but a suicide pass by whoever that was. And tara, your an idiot obviously they should've stopped play if theres a man down in the neutral zone from a hit like that