Erik Cole Headshot Hit on Adam Larsson (Multiview) Dec 17, 2011 (HD)

[Loki19810310]

What was the verdict? How many games did he get?

[SelSun83]

damn.. that gotta hurt

[2010subcriber]

funkin lil pussy

[thecrazygene1]

I don't know how people can compare this to the Chara hit. Both very different hits and Chara's hit was by far more dangerous and was an obvious attempt to injure.

[DevilsFreak17]

2012-13 explanation video sent to all teams:

"this hit is legal because even though erik cole is clearly targeting the head, it is legal due to the fact that cole is on montreal."

[FinnishBoytsi]

Hey, I`m Brendan Shanahan

[anonanon556]

wow he barely touched him and people want a suspension. players are such pussies these days, seriously, and their fans are too.

[jshrewsbear]

@anonanon556 if u got hit lik that u would b down too stfu ur the pussy

[DevilsFreak17]

next time they play boulton better fuck him up

[DevilsFreak17]

IT'S MONTREAL. they'd riot if he got suspended

[ThatBossGuy]

As soon as he hit him he knew that he was going to get suspended

[hockeyking1115]

the time dot is a snowflake :)

[soapkiller1234]

What a fucking pussy, go beat his ass like the old days instead of diving you panzy. This is fucking hockey not soccer, if you can't take a hit to the the head then don't play you tutu wearing fag

[Oll3EK]

@soapkiller1234 Maybe you should read before you post. Then you might be able to post something that doesnt give away that you are totally retarded

[CarloCondoman24]

@soapkiller1234 u take a fucking shot to the head see if you get up faggot

[MrMattan77]

@soapkiller1234 The old days? Did you actually experience "the old days" or are you going on the comments of Don "the failed dinosaur" Cherry's rants? Maybe you should tune into some soccer, clearly it's lack of action suit the lack of action in your brain. Oh! and your mother is fat.

[0Wgrant]

Flopping

[buttkick22]

looked like a clear suspension to me..

[Geoff819]

cole racks a risiprine



[bardock719]

Boom, headshot

[mikopile1]

I'm a habs fan and i'm disgust by the fact that Cole was not suspended. This was worse than Pacioretty on Letang. I don't know what Shanahan was thinking... Are they really willing to stop the hits to the head? A atrocious call, this, in my book, is worthy of 8-9 games suspensions. You can see around the 40 seconds mark that Cole never tried to avoid the head, it was aiming for that. I guess the NHL have some kind of lucky wheel to determine suspension time.

[SaRa2691]

I'm a Habs fan, and I think this should've been a suspension. Even if Larsson head was pretty low, it's still a headshot, and if the NHL really does want to put an end to those, it has to do something.

PS: To all of you who say "Habs fans are hypocrits", how about you stop generalizing?! Idiots and hypocrits are everywhere and there are some in every fanbase.

[Fifa0808]

@SaRa2691 I've explained this already. Im not in any way saying that ALL Habs fan are hypocrites, i just state that there are unfortunately many more Habs fans that are hypocrites than in any other teams.

[SaRa2691]

@Fifa0808 I guess the bigger the fan base, the bigger the number of idiots. I'm sorry, I didn't mean for you to take it personnally, I'm just tired of having our reputation being tarnished because of a bunch of idiots who don't know anything about hockey, or even respect for that matter.

And about that whole Chara story, yes some dimwit called the police, but I have never heard of one sane person who wanted him to get arrested. Suspended, yes, but arrested, nope!

[Fifa0808]

@SaRa2691 No it's cool, it was never my intention to be disrespectful against real Habs fans either.

[veetour]

The scariest words a hockey player will ever hear "Hi this is Brendan Shanahan."

[furny4d]

Im a habs fan.. and even i say that the NHL messed up with not calling that a head shot

[dmacharley1]

Good thing Cole didn't turn around or else he would have ended up with Larsson's head up his butt keep your head up kid.

[EricZoot]

pause at 1:10 he didnt hit anything except his head. he should go to jail for this one

[prorobo]

Fuck two-face Shanahan and his cronies. His reason for the non-suspension was "the significant change of position to Larsson's head as he bends over and lunges for the puck just prior or simultaneous to the check???" Are they watching the video? His head didn't move position at all from behind the net to impact and if he were standing up (and not in a defenseless position), Cole wouldn't even have hit him! Fucking ridiculous.

[WeavingElephant]

everyone who is saying this hit is clean are absolutley idiots. Yes Larson's head was down, but the was also due to the fact the he was being checked by an opposing player. Plus if you look 1 not only did Cole not avoid the head contact but 2 if you look closelyhe stuck his elbow out at the last second. Now being a ref who reffs minor hockey this happens in one of my games 5 min major right away for intent and the violent nature of the hit

[gfsfg111]

Had that been Chara, it would have been a clean hit. But this, no, this is a dirty hit.

[SamThePiratehalo3]

Another victim of not keeping your head up and aware of whats happening

[woussess]

@SamThePiratehalo3 Hard to do that with a backpack, wouldn't you agree?

[SamThePiratehalo3]

@woussess Nope Defencemen should know to keep aware of there surroundings behind the net, I use to tee off on kids in highschool hockey who put there head down and not looking around well going behind the net. If he wasnt so focued on poking the puck he would have noticed the train on the tracks heading towards him. #hockeyawarness

[Fifa0808]

@SamThePiratehalo3 Looking down? Are you serious? He is trying to reach the puck and get it away and therefor his head will be decently low. Stop making comments with your heart rather then your brain.

[SamThePiratehalo3]

@Fifa0808 Lmao go watch soccer kid im sure they will dive around for you. He had his down for a solid 3 seconds of course hes going to get dusted this is NHL not Swedish Elite league. Not saying that it wasn't dirty he should know better since his whole life he was told to keep his head up

[ATG144]

it's pretty simple to see why there was no supplemental discipline. nhl wheel of justice dot com

[jarw28]

how the fuck was there no suspension?!!!

[raptors11111]

After all Cole has been through (knee injury) you would think he'd have more respect than to go for a headshot.

[lvdon380]

as a habs fan, the hit could have definitely been avoidable and i'm definitely not excusing cole, but larsson needs to keep his head up here. if larsson has been more upright, cole's shoulder would've hit his chest (just search malone hit on campoli for comparison). i'm surprised he didn't get a suspension, though.

ps: people need to stop generalizing, just because a few habs fans think this hit was clean, that we all think it was, because that's not the case. man.

[xxZZPOPSxx]

What the fuck no suspension!

[cincynj85]

i'm a devils fan and i say borderline. but ppl saying that habs fans r hypocrites are dead wrong.

[NiCaoMa]

@cincynj85 fuck the habs. 

[mofoshit72]

I think the shoulder movement was useless, and it did seemed to be pretty deliberate... No clue on what Shanahan is trying to send as a message here.

Oh and by the the way, I'm a Habs fan. (No, we're not all stupid.)

[Cias13]

wow... cant believe he did not get suspended for this.

[iselin90]

u cant do that mr. cole

[BallerInferno93]

Habs fans are such hypocritical morons...

[mikmeunier]

I am a habs fan ,

This is atleast a 2 games suspension.

[veetour]

Suspension worthy. Hit to the head = automatic suspension.

[brandensimmons1987]

Cole Elbow Larsson Just an Stupid Penalty to take

[canadianguy009]

Anyone else having a laugh at the stupidity in the comments on this page?

[xtreamdog]

dam pea soup eaters. Need to learn how to play hockey. Bunch of bs. Quebec has the biggest bitches in hockey. Late hits, shitty hockey. : )

[Davio88]

I don't think anyone is thinking this is a clean hit.

As for comparing this with Chara...top comment needs to view both videos again.

[thebossof306]

What a cheap hit, looks like it hurt alot !

[kevinyeahh]

It's a headshot, Cole knew it was a headshot, there's nobody who thinks that's not a headshot PERIOD!!!

[CritikilDmg3]

Habs fan - If Shamahan doesnt suspend then hes retarded. Head was main target from blindside hit while Larsson was already pressured by MaxPac. Illegal hit should be 1 to 3 games.

[trportfolio]

@CritikilDmg3 Already confirmed that Erik Cole will not be receiving a hearing for this hit.

[trportfolio]

And as far as everyone saying he's going to be suspended, It's already been confirmed that Erik Cole will not even be receiving a hearing for this hit.

[ove8ch8kin]

CLEAN HIT! HE WAS GOING FOR THE HEAD

HABS FOREVA!

[trportfolio]

@ove8ch8kin "CLEAN HIT! HE WAS GOING FOR THE HEAD"

Congratulations, I think you've placed in the top 10 dumbest comments I've ever read on youtube.

[triplejk33]

@ove8ch8kin

"HABS FOREVA!" but you're username spells out ovechkin. wrong team buddy.

but what can you expect from a Habs fan. Good try.

[ove8ch8kin]

@triplejk33

umad because we won 24 stanley cups :s nice try bitch

[borjeman]

@ove8ch8kin It will probably take 24 more years before the canadiens win again ;)

[coloradoavalanche19]

@ove8ch8kin shut up

[WildDerpachu]

@ove8ch8kin Not surprising that the guy with "Ovechkin" as his name would be the biggest troll here...

[NHLfreak87]

Fuck Cole, Larsson the Swede ftw!

[3Carnifex]

Please, stop talking shit on Habs fan , i'm a habs fan and i completely agree that this hit was dirty. Cole isnt a dirty player tho , hockey is so fast now that these kind of hits happen all the time. He wasnt targetting his head, he just happened to hit it as he tried to hit larsson. Yes this kind of hit has to disapear, but please stop saying that we,re all fags cause some retarded fans keep saying this is a clean hit. It is not.

[lucky15gohabsgo]

I'm a habs fan and I think than Cole should be suspended for his act. That's clearly a head shot. It's voluntary or not, a head shot is a head shot and Cole should have a suspension of two at three games. I'm a habs fan but I have a head on my shoulder and can say when is a head shot who is voluntary or not for the thirty NHL teams.

[H0ckeyLuvr]

i understand he hits him in the head but hats obviously not cole's intention.. but given the NHL's 'cracking down' on headshots this will most likely be suspendable.

[skatevid2]

@Vinny19rocks When you get hit in the head like that, none of your muscles work. You collapse and all you can do is clutch your head. Imagine having a full boyd brain freeze. I can completely understand Larssons response, he was truly in pain.

[skatevid2]

Montreal fans have always been the laughing stock of the sports world. Such hypocrisy. They wanted to send Chara to jail for his push, but they cheered when Hall Gill did the same thing years before. People overlook that, it surprises me not many know about it.....This hit could have happened between any teams, but to see their fans defend a check that hit ONLY Larssons head...you Knew it would be MTL..

[MOMOarabe]

im a habs fan and this is clearly a head shot. cole is not a dirty player, but that was a terrible hit. deserves a suspension for sure.

[nevertweet015]

keep your head up!!!!!! clean shoulder hits are now considered dirty, fuck the nhl's new no hitting bullshit

[77Hesse]

Nothing but head... Air Canada, anything to say?

[FoxGoalie]

"Hi I am Brendan Shana-ban ..."

[1987JDA]

Un oh somebody call the cops

[TropicThunderKitty]

@Fifa0808 did Cole fracture this Larssons' spine?

[EvarLastLawls]

I'm a Habs fan, and I know that this is clearly against the rules as the principal point of contact was Larsson's head. Cole should have gotten a suspension, but didn't. I look at it as payment for the lack of punishment given out to Chara and Malone

[gaymingmatt]

It is a definite penalty but certainly not a suspension.

Just like how the Malone hit on Campoli was not suspendable, due to Sham-a-hans reasoning that Campoli lost the puck and "stuck his head out" giving Malone no choice but to crack his head.

Exact same scenario here, Cole going for a clean hit but suddenly the player is head first.

Penalty but no suspension, just like the Lucic boarding should be.

[KRYPTON1T3DD]

it wasnt an elbow, so why was it called. unfortunate but not horribly dirty.

[downeyfan20]

that's about as unnecessary as it gets, really a shame and I hope Larsson is okay; if we got rid of the Instigator this WOULDNT HAPPEN; let's tell the story of what would've happen if there was no instigator, Cam Jansen would've been on the ice the next shift and would've beat the living shit out of him and that'd be the end of it, and the idea of even havin to deal with that would've prevented Erik Cole from ever pulling a bush league move like this, disgusting

[Fifa0808]

Wow, never knew Hab fans were such hypocrites. Chara should go to jail for what he did, but this was a clean hit?

[OppressedAnarchist]

@Fifa0808 Habs fans are the most retarded fans alive. If Chara was traded to the Habs, the fans would be cheering in the streets. Habs fans hate every player not on the Habs but as soon as they are on the team they are the greatest players ever...

If the team loses one game the fans boo the team and hate all the players, and when they win one game, the fans think the team will win the cup.

Habs fans are insane and mentally ill ...

[iCoReYx]

@Fifa0808 wasn't clean at all, but not worth a suspension. Erik Cole was already engaged in the hit and then Larsson leaned forward to get the puck. Learn the rules, I am right.

[hkysniper]

@iCoReYx he was already reaching for the puck way before cole decided to throw an elbow

[coloradoavalanche19]

@Fifa0808 Hey, no offense, but there are a lot of sane fans out there too.

Team like Toronto and Montreal with huge fanbases always get called out for having stupid fans. All teams have dumb supporters, just Montreal has a lot more than most others.

[coloradoavalanche19]

@coloradoavalanche19 *teams*

[12peter96]

@Fifa0808 cause the moron had his head down and the closest thing to cole was his head...plus chara could have stopped and avoided the hit

[gleeson630]

@Fifa0808 While I agree Habs fan are pretty stupid sometimes this was a litttle different than that hit. This wasn't a good hit but its nowhere near the same level the chara hit, and im a devils fan. And no, im not one of those idiots who think Chara should be arrested.

[Fifa0808]

@gleeson630 I won't argue with you that Charas hit weren't bad, it was, all im saying is that it's ridiculous to come here and see all these comments by Habs fans about how every hit on their player is dirty and every hit a Habs does is clean.

[XKANYX]

@Fifa0808 yeah a clean hit to the head.. look at 1:01

[pbscooterpb]

nuthin but head

[ZzEoNzZHD]

Hit to the head no doubt, that's all that Cole hit was Larsson's head.

[dave021]

Classy Canadiens fans, as usual. Not a head shot? And people calling for "tougher hockey players" can just fuck off. Larsson does nothing wrong, he is already fighting for the puck with another player.

Learn the rules, I am right.

[HockeyDude1621]

Cole obviously did go for the head hes not blind he can see larsson stretching out for the puck it says in the rule book its the responsability of the player initiating the hit to make sure he doesnt hit the head. Elbo or not he still went for the head and should be suspended. i liked cole but this is classless

[OrlyYaRlyK]

great hit

[chubbyjenks]

Canadiens fans classy as always

[RawrMC12]

If Larsson didn't goes for the puck , his head wouldn't have been down , Cole didn't target his head , he shouldn't be suspended.

[Nj4bbeN]

@RawrMC12 So Larsson should ignore the puck and give it to Montreal. Also, Cole put his elbow out and hit Larssons head with it... if that isnt targeting the head nothing is.

[jonhaggqvist]

@JBhab30 Dude, get your shit together. Apparently you're a Habs fan, so you're out of the discussion. What do you say about Charas hit on Pacioretty btw?

[iCoReYx]

leans forward to get the puck, no suspension needed.

[Ssanttuu1]

Very dirty hit to adam larsson, why nobody fight with cole!!!!!!?????

[FevrGuy]

@Ssanttuu1 Nobody saw it.

[naud08]

Shoulder to the head. Suspend him

[JBhab30]

This is fucking ridiculous those commentators need to shut the fuck up and stop trying to influence peoples opinions , that was not a " Elbow to the head " So why the fuck would he just assume that ? and the player made HIMSELF defencelss maybe he should go back to Pee Wee if he cant keep his head up like everyone els , The player being hit is just a responsible pretty simple shit here people not rocket science , and if you dont want to be hit in the head or hit at all go play some curling .

[kewlnsimpguy]

@JBhab30 it was an elbow to the head

[JBhab30]

@kewlnsimpguy Get your eyes checked buddy that was not elbow to head it was shoulder , And this is hockey get fucking used to it if they want no head shots take out hitting , And that's not going to happen to get over it , WE CHOOSE TO PLAY THIS GAME KNOWING THE CONSCIENCES OK SO IF YOU DONT WANT TO BE HIT THEN GO JOINTHE WOMANS LEAGUE OR DONT PLAY AT ALL , IT IS VERY SIMPLE. Do you see UFC fighters whinning about head shots ????? They just made MMA Legal in Ontario So wtf is that ,

[blackwlf761]

@JBhab30 lol what about chara

[XowtHD]

@JBhab30 uMADBRO?

[JBhab30]

@XowtHD No shit bro , Go back to playing cod and eating cheetos bitch ,

[XowtHD]

@JBhab30 Don't have to tell me twice! :)

[dmacharley1]

@cadocss Why don't you print your real name coward so shanny can come talk to you about threatening his kids.

[mrvonfukustein]

@cadocss I'd pay money to watch you say that to his face...your beating would be legendary.

[ottawasens611]

Nasty hit!

[popdropshake]

ITS TIME FOR TIMS!

[JBhab30]

@popdropshake Time for hockey to start being Hockey again , this shit is crazy , I thought Crosby was a whinner apparently the whole league including the fans are ,

[ItsQuagmire1]

@JBhab30 bullshit... i'd like to see you get hit by a nhl with a shoulder to the head... not to mention that this was intended.

[NoQuarter57]

@JBhab30 Crosby is a whinner? What's a whinner?

[popdropshake]

@JBhab30 Why are u saying this replying to my comment?