Ryan Wilson vs Zack Stortini Nov 18, 2009

[UndeadSoldier32]

Hey! My name's Ryan Wilson!!!

[scotty18boy]

wilson is the man, 100% clean hit

[nailbomb777]

im a blues fan he hit oshie and polak, love this guy need to pick him up definitely.

[VivaLaEric21]

Clean shoulder hit. Sure, his arm came up...but his elbow never connected. That was clean. I had the pleasure of watching Wilson do that in Sarnia. One hell of a player. He's gonna be one of the greats.

[descendingplague]

that a boy wilson. hold your ground.

[southwp]

how the fuck is that a elbow!!

thats the good ole willy hit

[DUPioneerHockeyFan]

@southwp I would agree that's not an elbow because he didn't lead with his elbow. He drove his shoulder into him. the only way i can see that might be an elbow is during the hit the elbow just happened to catch him in the head but other than that. Just a go hard hockey hit.

[mitten13]

Moreau's fault.Keep your head up.

[buttkick22]

that wasn't one of those "clean hit then a fight" instances like as of late......that was someone getting his for throwing an elbow

[MrColtini]

Stortini is a pussy

[crackpipe76]

who gives a fuck anyways? they're only Oilers. It's not like they have any skill to lose

[peeweemcgee]

Go Huggy Bear Go!

[rancidbikram]

Did he get any elbow in there, i have no idea why but i think i'm being deceived from the follow-through, someone help me out here :S

[ThaHolyChronic]

ya big time elbow

[TinaCardillo1]

apparently people can't recognize a great hit when they see one .. i'm sure if it were THEIR team laying someone out with their head down it would be a different story ... GOOD JOB RYAN .. WAY TO MAKE YOUR PRESENCE KNOWN!!!!!

[ThaHolyChronic]

a little hockey fact for you: your not allowed to hit with your elbow, now you know

[ARod016]

and knowing is half the battle

[atticangles]

keep. yer. headup.

if you're gonna play hockey like that you're just askin' to get leveled.

[abar1204]

nice hit it was perfectly clean

[xXxtimmytoughguyxXx]

what the fuck are you guys complaining about now? stortini has been fun to watch this year. look at his dance partner, he didnt want any part of this fight. stortini was just doing his job not looking to impress keyboard critics. cant get a good fight going on when the other dude has no interest in fighting at all

[Zeebombgoboom]

I agree.

[rogers1101]

Stortini should just go and get beat up by Rypien again, or not fight at all. He Sucks.

[FoundUnconscious420]

Definitely a shoulder. Nice hit... and I'm both a diehard Oilers fan and Wilson fan!

[irfani00ca]

STORTINI kiscks ass

[gregsleafs]

stortini just simply cannot fight!!!

[bailey8852]

Another Windsor Ont. guy that knows how to play hockey. A Gordie Howe hat trick should be coming shortly!!!

[randomstick43]

Stortini may be a big guy, but he can't fight for shit, at least in this video. Good to see Wilson could hold his own.

[shanimal47]

honestly don't think it was an elbow, but that was a fight worthy hit.

[seehound619]

NEGATIVE...... fighting over a CLEAN HIT is RETARDED....and those announcers are doing a disservice sugesting otherwise.

[shanimal47]

So your telling me that he shouldn't be standing up for his captain after he got cranked? You can't let your captain get run like that. That's how team works in hockey.

[seehound619]

so your telling ME that a guy cant take a hit in a HOCKEY game??? then put a flag on the faggot and play flag hockey....this isnt golf....its a contact sport.

[shanimal47]

No, Moreau took the hit like a champ. Stortini did his job and stepped in. That's the whole point of fighting in hockey. To stand up for your teammates.

It's a contact sport, and fighting is part of it. Though this wasn't much of a fight.

[kneedeep56]

I agree 100%. Stortini stepping up for Moreau and killing off the 5 on 3s changed the momentum of the game. Goes to show you don't have to kill a guy in a fight to make a difference.

[thatskrazy82]

Nice clean hit, better learn to keep his head up or next time he might get hurt. Not much to the fight.

[sullivan0099]

I'm sick and tired of all you pussy Internet commentators, who cry and whine about elbows on every big hit in the NHL. It's why these players are such little bitches. Any of you ever watched old school(real hockey)? I doubt it, seeing as most of you are little 12 year old kid's who don't know anything about hockey or sports. Moreau had his head down, skating in open ice. And because of the NHL now, he expects that be able to do that and not get hit. Than we he does it's a cheap shot? Get Real.

[unwinsis]

Hard to tell by this angle if it was an elbow or a shoulder, but you're right. If you don't want get elbowed in the face, then don't skate with you're head down at elbow level.

[Dnicks17]

Definately an elbow, but he left his feet after contact, not before.

[zsswimmer]

It was shoulder,go on hfboards or hockeyfights forum and you'll find picture evidence

[ozzfest2010]

seeing better angles of the hit clearly showed it was all elbow

[valensolo1251]

looks like someone hugs more then stortini thats fucked up

and it was clearly elbow his arms off his waist and extended

[DaChOs70]

Hug and tug.....

[toml08]

nice hit

[downeyfan20]

not nice hit, he left his feet, and it was an elbow

[toml08]

still nice he layed him out

[thehockeygods]

looked like more of a shoulder to the head, but in any case a hit to the head. the only time the nhl with seriously take a look is when someone doesn't get up from a hit like that.

[tacgear01]

it was an elbow

[adamroy05]

that was a beauty hit, yeah i might have been a little hit but deal with it, its part of the game, props to wilson for dancing with stortini

[brutallyunbiased]

It was a total elbow...which is a penalty...which therefore makes it illegal, and NOT part of the game.

[MrJuha82]

Dirty hit, hands was high for sure.

Right move to drop the gloves! (:

Stortini with NARROW WIN landing only punches.

[blaketrumpf1]

just got home from that game..definate hugging match..and clean hit too ahh

[slugger1983]

man really? that looked like an elbow to the face.

[blaketrumpf1]

well when ur heads so far down u run into the dudes arm ya gonna look like an elbow...a hits a hit and if ur heads not up well bam..its happened to me before...i mean unless its a bertuzzi incident then droppin the mits after a center ice check is kinda meh..i love the tilts but theyre unnecessary unless its a check from behind or blatent goalie interference or sumthin

[slugger1983]

I agree. You can't throw a clean hit anymore without having to fight.

It just started in the last few seasons it seems.

[NOFXAK]

That hit very far from clean. Elbow to the face isn`t clean! It would have been great hit if Wilson had kept his hand down.

[ThaHolyChronic]

what the fuck? please dont tell me you think this is a clean hit...

[prorobo]

High definition is so awesome.

[pringals]

...another great clean hit resulting in a fight. I love the fights, but this season has been crazy with these clean hits leading to tussles.

[Rjdck]

Since when is an elbow to the face a clean hit?

[BoSoxnation1972]

cheapshot...he deserved a worse beating

[Nslandes]

how was that a cheapshot? he had his head down...

[alan22]

There was a bit of an elbow on that one...the kid better learn to keep it down or else one day he will get it..

[BoSoxnation1972]

how come I call it a cheapshot and get a thumbsdown, and you call it the same way and get 3 thumbs ups? lmao

[PartRussian]

this is the gay thing about nhl now. no one can let a good hit go.

[andrejosephguimond]

Good crunch poss an elbow mostly forearm, The fight, not much, I hate how every time a big hit is laid (provided its not dirty) that some one thinks they gotta start a fight?

[homsie33]

i was thinking the exact same thing man. and i look down and you mention the "reactionary" fights. never too thrilling, ever. new nhl just literally never amazes me anymore.

[explodingboy1987]

elbow

[ghjkfdhgfd]

huggy bear no more......... we well call him deadly pasta XD

[JerOutlaw]

he is fighting a non fighter..... he still sucks at fighting TBH

[prestonsk8man]

wow

[PokeBlitz]

Owch