James Neal hit on Petr Prucha 13 Feb 10

In the Dallas-Phoenix game on 13 February 2010, James Neal (Stars) hit Petr Prucha (Phoenix) along the boards during the first period, with Prucha hitting his head on the glass.

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• Dallas
• Stars
• James
• Neal
• Phoenix
• Coyotes
• Petr
• Prucha

[SarahPaintedBlue]

It's a very innocent and routine looking hit. He clearly made contact along Prucha's shoulder and intended nothing more than that. It was the whiplash into the hard glass that likely caused the injury. Like it's been stated before: there was no elbowing, charging, or boarding. It's not illegal just because it ended badly.

[Jakeiscool1010]

Totaly clean nothing wrong. Neal didn't elbow he didn't jump it's just clean.

[EmOly1035]

Hockey without checking people is like football with out the end zone. That was a clean hit no doubt. I bet it hurt BUT thats hockey for ya(:

[Jakeiscool1010]

@tvrzanda Neal didn't throw an elbow don't be mad because a player got hurt on the team that u like. Neal kept his shoulder down and the guy that got hit didn't have his head up. So quit trying to stick up for your player. He got owned by a clean hit. that's it. And I'm obviously not stupid because I know hockey better than you.

[leetbarker]

they see me trollin' they hatinnn

[OrionWolf3]

@Stainlesssteez1 of course its like a qb getting blindsided expect the contact to come. but theres a difference between a body check and throwing a quick elbow as the player goes by.

[Stainlesssteez1]

I think defenseless and watching your pass/dump in are very different things. If you've just touched the puck expect contact.

[howler602]

clean hit. the thing that bugs me, this was the same ref crew we had the night before in colorado where hanzal got a boarding major and game misconduct in the final minutes of a close game for a hit that wasnt dirty at all. then they see this and not anything.

oh well hanzal did what he had to do taking on neal in the game and this is squashed.

[shaft17]

I've seen harder hits in my non-checking hockey league.. looks like a freak accident to me.

[thedawg14]

leetbarker, do you want them to all wear skirts on the ice?

[leetbarker]

.....its still REAL TO ME DAMNIT

[ghostmanual]

Obviously it's not good if the glass is too inelastic, but I don't think the glass itself was at fault here. It looks like Prucha hit his head right on the stanchion.