Huge Hockey hit (Europe)

Huge, clean hit in Finnish Elite league. No initial penalty but a match penalty for Checking to the Head after player did not get up. Two game suspension + fine.

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Sports

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• hockey
• hit
• Europe
• FInland

[benitogolf47]

This is fake, everyone knows that Euro's don't hit.

[c21allstar]

The hitter was a Western Canadian, otherwise I would agree with you lol

[GoHabs24Cups]

pitchfork

[c21allstar]

Doesn't the stick have to make contact with the player for it to be a pitchfork???

[spareparts8]

no doubt that is a match

(deliberate attempt to hurt another player)

[c21allstar]

Ha you must be a European ref. What do you expect the player to do? Let him walk around him? What if his poke check misses?

[usmc11able]

@bongosaj yea and scott stevens was canadien too

[NBKjerking]

@benitogolf47 sorry i dont have feelings to leave

[benitogolf47]

@NBKjerking Leaving your feeling while hitting an opposing player IS charging pal. Everyone knows that...

[bongosaj]

@NBKjerking I'm a European and I got your point and its rly true...but I just like rather the canadian way (which my teammates don't get), its the easier way in some ways, it goes straight to the point, to the net...to shoot the goal...on the other side european style is more nice to watch because of using more combinations and so...nonetheless I'm addicted to throw hits, I love it...maybe it's a brain desease...that's why I like the canadian hockey rather a bit more...bc of mega checks

[NBKjerking]

@bongosaj Europeans play a different style of hockey, not so much now as before but still. They prefer to keep the puck rather then dump it in the zone and give the puck to the other team just to hit him.

[NBKjerking]

@benitogolf47 leaving your feet doesn't make it charging.

[NBKjerking]

that's kinda stupid how he was handed a 2 game suspension + a fine. seemed like a clean hit. but then again every hit where the player falls to the ground nowadays is a suspension.

[bongosaj]

you guys are funny...Euros dont hit much, I agree...but I hit like 3 Canadians...depends on a person...Cindy Crosby don't even know what hit is and he's a Canadian

[benitogolf47]

@ymsekraffs Kronwall, the guy that leaves his feet on every hit? aka - charging. Yeah, Kronwall's dirty, Hedman, not so much. How about Murray's dirty hit on Lubomir Visnovsky in the final week of the regular season?

[ymsekraffs]

@benitogolf47 have never seen him pull off a cheapshot... i suppose you call kronwall and hedman cheapshot artists aswell?