James Neal's hit on Petr Prucha - Dallas Stars vs Phoenix Coyotes - 02/13/2010

[MartineKubousek]

chudák petr

[RaptorDirtbike10]

sorry prucha its called hockey... clean hit go NEAL!!!

[wackstaa]

@theawesometman21 WHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO give a fuck

[KatrinValuchova]

Heejj chudak je mi ho lito ale nastesti uz je v poradku

[XSixClawX]

Lol @ #88... he's got no idea what's happening or just doesn't care xD

[TaylorMylar]

lol 88 is like what happened at 4:00

[rip1100]

yall shut up u all say omg great hit its serious\

[DoOrDie898]

what a hit by James "The Real Deal" Neal :D

[predpis92]

Dangerous attack on the player - classic elbowing, James Neal should be banned for this hit. But nothing happened.

[predpis92]

clear attack on the player, idiot Neal

[Emoidiot187]

1911 feature makes it alot funner....

[typowarrior]

shady

[livinthedream5]

I love how they always make a point of talking about how the guy isn't a dirty player. Sort of like when you watch boxing and there's an obvious headbutt and they talk about how there's no way it was intentional.

[GoPensGo26]

welcome to pittsburgh.

[blinkjagr]

welcome to pittsburgh neal dallas just got robed on that trade

[luckymlem]

When was this

[jcawesome2]

love james neal, but thats not called for

[shotty2222]

@jcawesome2 yeah lets jus take hitting out of the game. what a dumb comment. hitting is part of the fucking game, whether its called for or not.. are you one of those fags that want it out of the game?

[jcawesome2]

@shotty2222 ok look cuz obviously you dont know what the fuck your talking about, first off the only reason I watch Hockey is becuase it has hitting. If it didnt I would think its as boring as watching soccer. 2nd off hits like that can end careers. 3rd off im assuming your a dallas stars fan becuase you are disagreeing with my comment. 4th off I am too and that hit was even worse than what the Boston guy did to Ray Sawada.

[shotty2222]

@jcawesome2 im not a stars fan, i just hate it when people critisize hitting in the game now adays... guys gotta keep their fucking heads up and maybe hits like this wouldnt be as severe because they could brace themselves. when guys talk about blindside hits or hits to the head i think about what if he kept his fucking head up maybe he wouldnt get smashed. i relise this isnt an open ice hit but its the same thing. guys should know when certain guys are on the ice they need to watch out.

[jcawesome2]

@shotty2222 you say that BUT.... Neal isnt a hitter it was a cheap shot now and you have to be tough to play hockey, if a guy is motionless on his back, it clearly is a cheap shot

[shotty2222]

@jcawesome2 no its not its because of these factors: A) he hit the glass really hard. if it was a open ice it it wouldnt have hurt so bad he was in that postition like 2 feet from teh boards where you smack them really hard B) he should have been aware. Neal is known for hitting and he is a very strong player. just becuase a powerforward doesnt hit really often doesnt mean he'll hit everyonce in a while.

[jcawesome2]

@shotty2222 where has neal ever been know for hitting?????? and plus from the hit its a clear elbow

[Morelloo1]

wow neil didn't even check to see if he was ok. Even OV does taht after a hit.

[rubberneck19er]

@Morelloo1 That's probably because Neal thought the little lady could take a hit.....He seems to be a little tougher this year....welcome to the NHL.

[OmgiitsEmma]

prucha belongs as a ranger

[bitch17376]

@OmgiitsEmma OMG! you're totally right! i love him</3

[lesliejay25]

its a questionable hit. prucha's my boy 100%, its a tough call. jovo did his job by showing that neal shouldn't hit a smaller guy like that. i say it could be a blind sided hit...i can just say that neal is a douche. so whatever.

[predpis92]

classic ELBOW faul - typical for russian players.

[delacroixwalrus]

Judging by the video, I would say that it is an intentionally clean hit. However, I do believe that Neal's elbow reached up higher than he intended on it reaching.

[OvenToasted]

A dirty hit is Neal's hit on Dorsett. A clean hit is this, Prucha got hurt by the glass, not Neal.

[GorgonTheMagicMan]

The problem isn't the fucking glass! Its That piece of shit and his fucking elbow!

[sark76]

everytime theres any injury on a hit...this is always debated. It's so annoying

[CF2VP]

These idot commentators are like the clueless phx fans. there was no elbow.

[19shanedoan19]

@CF2VP Your the blindest fuck in the world. Do you know what part of your body an elbow is? And the announcers are obviously clueless, One played in the NHL, and one has been an announcer for about 25 years. They obviously know nothing about hockey..... Idiot.

[Fifa09Wii]

yo dallas fans, do you know how much their self-imposed cap is?? and how much their payroll is right now??

[aqinthe]

@Fifa09Wii 45 million?

[aqinthe]

@Fifa09Wii I', Not sure what their payroll is right now but their cap is 45. They are trying to sell the team. Sooner the better.

[Fifa09Wii]

Do you mean their self-imposed cap is 45?? cuz i just checked a website and it says their payroll is 47 million with bonuses. I'm just wondering because I heard they don't have the room to sign Neal so someone will probably send him an offer sheet

[aqinthe]

@Fifa09Wii Their self-imposed cap is 45. since it is the off season I imagine they may have some players that could still get traded or let go. I thought they signed Neal to a 3 year contract. I'm not positive on that I should check it out.

[Fifa09Wii]

Ya i'd think so too, but they'd need to get rid of 5 mil and i don't think anyone would want to take Ribeiro off their hands. Someone might take Richards though considering hes a UFA next year. Who else do they have that makes significant money that they could trade?? because if someone makes an offer sheet than they'd have to find a trade pretty quickly

[aqinthe]

@Fifa09Wii It was Erickson i was thinking of. I would think they would let some other guys go to make roon for Neal since he is one of their core guys. We will have to wait and see.

[thesponge8]

funny how on the replay half the coyotes bench is bitching and the other half doesnt complain one bit, clean hit, unfortunate result though

[Slipknot5301]

@thesponge8 clean hit? are you fucking retarded?

try elbow to the head

[thesponge8]

@Slipknot5301 all shoulder, not neal's fault prucha was bending over alittle to dump the puck in, clean all the way...

[Idontfcare]

@thesponge8 lol no.

[thesponge8]

@Idontfcare its a pretty clear consensus, clean hit, sucks he got hurt though

[Idontfcare]

@thesponge8 yeah it's debatable but whatever I don't mind James Neal he's not a douche so it's cool. If it were Matt Cooke on the other hand...

[19shanedoan19]

@thesponge8 Your elbow is the part of your arm where it bends. Its about half way down. And that came in contact with Prucha's head.

[thesponge8]

@19shanedoan19 sure it did...

[ypodeswa]

You never like to see a player get hurt, but that was a pretty clean hit. Not even a particularly hard/malicious one, just bad luck really.

[igotthe2guy]

@ghockeygoalie that was clean hit he hit his shoulder. pruca was off balance and went head first into the glass these r coyote comentators and they are wrong. shit like this happens a lot in hockey. neal didnt hit his head at all.

[MrLavaFalls]

nice

[mustanboy2316]

CLEAN

[TheMajfy]

yea good czech gamer

[Canestigers97]

I HATE U NIEL

PRUCHA RULES

[Twigs1317]

oh look, no suspension for Neal...what does that mean? IT WAS A CLEAN HIT. All of you who think this was dirty obviously do not know hockey, so please stop watching this sport because you just embarrass yourselves by making wild accusations

[thebige315]

no suspension for Neal doesn't mean a thing NHL ref's suck

[ghockeygoalie]

@Twigs1317 I wouldn't go to say that it was a clean hit, but i would say that from the angles we were given, it is very hard to tell if Neal's elbow hit prucha in the head or if it was just the glass.

[thebige315]

extreemly dirty neil shuld b suspended

[LAK1NG5rule]

wow i went to this game and when i made my way to the seat they were calling for the stretcher.Hard to tell if it was dirty but the fans were really pissed

[paco62483]

Not a dirty hit. Prucha's injury came from when his head hit the glass. Hands down, elbow down, unfortunate that the injury happened. The problem is the hard tempered glass used in the arena. The NHL should ban that type of glass because this sort of thing has happened ever since arenas started installing that glass. The boards have no give to them whatsoever.

[MansfieldHockey26]

its hockey, there is hitting for a reason, these are men playing a man's game it's going to happen. Clean hit

[leetbarker]

dirtiest fucking hit of the year, should be fucking suspended

[thesponge8]

@leetbarker

dumbest fucking comment of the year, should stop watching hockey

[leetbarker]

if you cant see that this was one of the most vicious hits of the last 5 seasons your a moron

[thesponge8]

i dont see any reason to argue about it, im not saying my opinion, im saying a fact, if you truly believe that, you are retarded, you dont know much if anything about the game... i hate to base my statement on other peoples thoughts, but NO ONE would agree that is the worst hit in the past 5 seasons... especially with the cooke hit just happening...

[leetbarker]

cooke hit was clean, boston fans are whiney little bitches, this is dirty

[thesponge8]

sure it was, you keep thinking that...

[ghockeygoalie]

@leetbarker You're kidding right? If you watched that hit, it was a clear hit to the head, Which should've have been a penalty and a suspension

[panicxitsxbrea]

@leetbarker Oh fuck off, Bruins fans AND players are known for being able to take what they dish out and not overreacting. That was an obviously dirty hit. You're honestly going to tell me you know better than almost every NHL player in the league as well as the people who run the damn thing, what a dirty hit is or isn't? x) Even /Phaneuf/ called Cooke on that. When Dion Phaneuf has the gall to call anyone else an asshole, that person's an asshole.

[leetbarker]

@panicxitsxbrea LOL obviously not from all the butthurt bruins fans i saw after cooke got knocked the fuck out

[leetbarker]

@leetbarker *not cooke, savard, even though they both got knocked the fuck out LOL

[jbold5]

@panicxitsxbrea shut up. pussy. boston sucks dick

[panicxitsxbrea]

@leetbarker @leetbarker Oh fuck off, Bruins fans AND players are known for being able to take what they dish out and not overreacting. That was an obviously dirty hit. You're honestly going to tell me you know better than almost every NHL player in the league as well as the people who run the damn thing, what a dirty hit is or isn't? x) Even /Phaneuf/ called Cooke on that. When Dion Phaneuf has the gall to call anyone else an asshole, that person's an asshole.

[What3verz]

and sweet, I can watch hockey vids again by hitting the "watch in a new window" button. Thought I'd pass that along to anyone having the same problem with videos

[tormaster85]

Not a dirty hit mr so called ref!! listen to the comment at 1:40, its all about the glass! it wasnt a dirty hit, he hit him with the shoulder.. Neal is not a dirty player, and by the way, Way TO Stand up for your self neal when hanzel came at you!! You never like to see someone get hurt, hope he's alright, but clean hit, just a bad result

[What3verz]

Great comment and true. Those who will argue about the shoulder hit should watch the shorter one that shows another camera angle.  It's the vid that's a minute and 6 seconds long.

[g4ngst4crizz4b]

Plays like that are generally too fast for either player to react. Prucha couldn't have gotten himself in a better defensive position, and it didn't look like Neal could have stopped himself once he was committed to the hit. I'm leaning more towards it being dirty only because it was obvious that Prucha was pretty exposed. You only hit a guy like that if you are trying to make an extra point beyond finishing a check. An intent to injure? No. But more than a regular hockey play.

[Thrantos93]

I like how this moron thinks that James Neal is a dirty player, watch more than one freak hit then talk faggot

[leetbarker]

im also a registered hockey ref for the ECHL and i think you're wrong FAGGOT

[ShelbyGrimnes]

HAHAHAHA ECHL? So your ref minor league games because your not good enough to make it to the NHL, and obviously can't be mature either if your calling me a faggot

[leetbarker]

o ive been in the NHL alright, jealous?

[banananutpie7]

:( poor petr... hes so nice in real life... :(

[Ruggerio1994]

imo the few replays in the telecast r a disgrace.. the best view u can give us is from the fricken nosebleeds.. wtf.. i have no clue if it was a shoulder or an elbow,.. n never will

[Twigs1317]

Couldnt have said it better myself Fohill17

[Fohill17]

completely clean hit. maybe if Prucha wasn't admiring his dump in then he wouldn't have gotten hurt but this in no way was a dirty hit. The only that there's even a discussion about his is because Prucha's head hit the boards and he was concussed. If he didn't get hurt then no one would've had a problem with it. This is what bugs me. The second anyone gets hurt it's automatically either a cheapshot or a dirty play! Bottom line: clean hit; Prucha shouldn't admire his dump in

[nhallabough]

Watch the other video of this hit that is on youtube. Neal's elbow was down at his side when he hit Prucha. It was all shoulder. Clean hit, unfortunate result.

[mozely33]

Neal lead with his elbow, and he isn't exactly a clean player. He got suspended earlier this year for hitting Derek Dorsett of the Columbus Blue Jackets from behind. I think hes got another one headed his way.

[pbrncheez]

I am a Ranger fan, thus I got to watch Prucha begin his career. He was always a fan favorite because of his effort. However he ALWAYS left his guard down and once a week would get railroaded. He had a habit of keeping his head down, and sometimes watching shots and passes. Many times I could not beleive he got up. The hit was clean, if anything a tad late, but not really dirty.

[bluejays24]

freak accident, Neal isn't that type of player

[ba2shay]

I was actually AT this game, 7 rows back and a little to the right of where Prucha was hit. There was NOTHING clean about that hit! Neal is only 2 inches taller than Prucha; that's not enough to justify the elbow to his head, even with Prucha's head being down. Neal wasn't just finishing his check after Prucha dumped the puck.

That POS should have gotten a game misconduct and a suspension.

[brittweb1]

If you knew anything you would know that Phoenix is on the verge of being sold to someone who is gonna keep them in Phoenix. Gahh. Stop talking shit about Prucha. Neal hit him when the puck was long gone. That's shady right now

[SelfAccountable]

If you knew anything, you would understand this is a clean hit.

[Twigs1317]

@brittweb1 you've obviously never played competitive hockey if you think the puck was long gone.

[elhefe4]

fake

[johnsoncody17]

yeah good editing though.

[Essie77]

CHEAP SHOT but doesn't surprise me it was from that pussy NEIL! He is a headhunter who'll get his someday!

[hcky03dmha]

First off its NEAL. Second this happens in hockey all the time; it was a clean hit but prucha went into the boards weird. The only penelty that could have been called is boarding.

Prucha is known for taking big hits. He doesn't protect his body the way most players do. After getting rid of the puck, he admired his dump instead of bracing for a hit. Neal kept his elbow down on the play but he's 6' 3" and prucha was bent over. He never raised his elbow.

[Jared73]

This comment is probably the best explanation of the hit. James Neal is a tall player and, just like other tall players like Pronger and Chara, his hits look like elbows when its just a difference in height making the hit look bad.

[SelfAccountable]

Neal is a cheap shot? Looks to me like Prucha is a wuss who can't take a clean hit --- or an idiot who doesn't know how to get out of the way. Not Neal's fault Prucha was ill prepared.

[brittweb1]

@ jared73I've seen you guys play before. I saw you guys play and number 63 is a shit talker too. Barch is a POS and a waste of a hockey player.. If your guy went down like Prucha did and were as close as i was ( i was three rows away when he went down) you would say the same freaking thing that it was a dirty hit if you saw what i did. IT WAS DIRTY..

[Jared73]

Prucha should learn how to protect himself rather than letting himself get thrown into those stupid glass connectors that injure players all the time. And every good NHL has a "PoS" player like Barch on their team. Last time I checked they're called ENFORCERS.

[brittweb1]

I think that this hit was anything but clean. It was dangerous and very uncalled for. Dallas is a classless team. They have dirty players, and players who talk shit to fans. After Paul Bissonnette beat the shit out of Chris Bearch #13 came to the penalty box and talked shit to the fans. He has a temper so im glad paul beat the shit out of him, and im even more glad that Hanzal beat the crap out of Neal.

[Jared73]

Watch a Stars game before you say they're all dirty players. Also learn to spell a player's name before posting stuff about them. All it requires is a simple google search.

[TheWhiteFactor]

No... no dallas player deserves any credit. and nor does there deserve to be a team in fucking texas.

BAH

hahahahaha.

[Jared73]

I can't hear you over the Stars having won the Stanley Cup before and Phoenix on the verge of being sold and moved.

[DeathQuiet123]

Like HELL it wasnt a clean hit. Look at the rules, James Neal was finishing a check and Prucha should have been paying attention, hits like that happen all the time.

Second, Bissonnette is a GARBAGE fighter. He got his ass whooped BOTH times he went against Barch...Last I saw, Bissonnette almost ended up on the bench because Barch almost placed him there.

Before you come out talking shit get your facts straight. Learn the game, this isnt amateur/college. This is the real deal.

[DeathQuiet123]

I forgot, the Coyotes arent going to last long ON the ice because they cause enough drama OFF the ice.

[dono1222]

Actually its Krys Barch, and Bissonette did not beat him, with Barch getting five straight shots during. And Hanzal didnt do crap against Neal, and the Stars won

[stevedrums]

I wish him well. He was a good Ranger who didn't seem to get a chance. Best wishes.

[dono1222]

And the Stars won 3-0...

[bludgeon213]

Elbows to the head do not warrant a clean hit, Ban this piece of shit. and no im not a fan of the yotes. Hockey does not need cheap playes like this faggot.

[dono1222]

1. Not a dirty or late hit

2. James Neal has more talent and goals than any Coyote, he isnt a dirty player, he just has more talent

3. What about Sami Lepisto's blatant headshot to Loui Eriksson in the third. Is the only difference that Loui only cut his nose??? No, but i dont hear any dorkapotomus Coyote fans talking about that. I guess since its revenge on a totally different player (who also has more points than any Coyote BTW) that makes it cool right...

[dono1222]

What does the Coyotes fluke success have anything to do with Neal's talent?? I said that Neal had more goals than any Coyote? nothing to do with standings. And has Phoenix even been to the playoffs since moving from Winnipeg? so i think you are the dumb one for stating that when it was totally irrelevant

[ShelbyGrimnes]

Coyotes fluke success? Your just pissed that your Stars aren't even in playoff position right now when the Coyotes are pretty much in it for sure. Sure Neal as more goals than any Coyote, but he's still a dirty player, they still aren't better than the Coyotes, look at the standings, 4th in the conference vs. 9th in the conference. Oh and the Coyotes have been in the playoff's 5 times since Winnipeg, you might want to check your facts buddy

[dono1222]

sorry, they are so irrelevant that i dont even know. And yes considering you havent had a winning season since 2001-2002. this is a fluke. We have a Cup, you have a stdium with a retarded name

[ShelbyGrimnes]

Your Star's championship is a fluke, they just got lucky the ref's waved off Buffalo's goal, even though that goal was clean. That come back really sucks by the way, you spelled stadium wrong. Its actually called a arena to. You really are dumb or your a little 13 year kid who thinks the Stars are the shit. Once the Coyotes lost Roenick and Tkachuk and other good players, they had to rebuild and that's what they did, now they have a good team that is having a great season, not a fluke.

[leetbarker]

@ShelbyGrimnes LOL still mad about that eh, well enjoy dave "REGULAR SEASON WINNER" tippett

[kingsgrl]

what a d i c k move, elbows are not clean hits

[Bladooos]

Very Clean hit....

[leetbarker]

dirtiest hirt of the year, should be suspended

[jvacc26]

Very dirty hit, but did u see the Cam Janssen hit last night? That was possibly the dirtiest hit of the year. Either way, neither players should be playing for a few games.

[joelvinson]

Neal used his shoulder. .... Upside Prucha's head. Silly Dallas fans are just gonna be homers and blame it on anything but the the Stars. lolz.

[fjorten]

Some hits like this that are considered dirty is because the player is in a vulnerable position. I think this is just an unfortunate end, but a clean hit.

[nickg239]

kid shouldnt have stared at the puck. super clean hit by neal. this is hockey not basketball. btw who does bissonnette think he is? hes showboating and gets his ass and team beat. wtf?

[jjb1310]

This clearly was not an illegal play. The NHLPA needs to grow a pair and threaten to strike unless barns like these remove the seamless glass. The evidence is absolutely overwhelming. What good is a union if it can't protect the safety of its players?

[macattack82991]

Agreed. There is only so much that should be done for the fans. Sure, it's a great idea so one can see the play, but it's certainly not comfortable. I've played on rinks with this type of glass, and it really is, as the announcer said, like concrete.

[snowysnowcones]

They Coyotes player got hurt because of the glass, not the hit. Even if Neal lead with his Elbow (and the angle of the shot isn't very good in replays) he didn't use the elbow to the head. Not the cleanest hit in the world, but I can't say it really deserved a penalty.

[havoc00]

Good clean hit ,unfortunate end to it.

[xxx6141]

prucha czech king

[mephisto773666]

Unfortuante result, but it was a clean hit. Neal timed it perfectly, and it's obvious from the replay that he wasn't trying to injure him. Best wishes to Prucha on a fast recovery.

[paklaz00]

I´m disgusted by Marc Crawfords comments after the game. I guess this is what to expect from the coach that ordered the Bertuzzi hit, and was laughing afterwards. That kind of behavior does not belong in the NHL. Suspend him from coaching or send his ass to the minors.

[jasjacks77]

Oh shut up! Give me a break, when did hockey become full of idiots like you?!?

[StevePloughman]

clean hit, just bad result. Neal is just tryin to dish a bit more punishment throwing him into the boards after but the elbow stayed down.

[br19666]

worewer men

[cerwidwen]

Disagree. Legal hit. Hometown announcers said it well: "bad thing sometimes happen on good hockey plays" or something to that effect. Razor drom Dallas broadcast says it well too....he went through the list of things that might indicate an illegal hit and this hit didn't fit any of those either. It is just an unfortunate result of an ordinary hockey play. Hope Prucha is ok.

[br19666]

GO DALLAS

[jvacc26]

@br19666

That was a hit to the head, don't cheer that shit. Imagine if someone did that to Richards, you'd be livid. It's clearly a hit to the head. While it may not be clear if it's an elbow or not, it's still a stupid and dangerous play.