Hit of the year?

[MNHockeyFan]

Last Thursday Minnetonka killed Armstrong 11-1, but Armstrong's Ike Smith easily won this battle:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIXHD5GKBhY

[breakout]

That looked like a TKO. Penalty on the play?

[hockeyfan893]

Kids head was down, looked like a clean hit though, glad to hear he's alright.

[starmvp]

Wow, big hit. Glad both players were ok!

[Roseauverrated]

Looked like a clean hit to me. Let this be a lesson, always keep your head up!

[blueblood]

nice clean hit on #3.

keep your head up rookie.....

[BrainerdHockey]

Eh that was ok come watch how the northern boys hit than we'll talk

[breakout]

Eh that was ok come watch how the northern boys hit than we'll talk

yaaa youbetcha!

[wblhockeyfan8]

"My names Ike, nice to meet you!"

Good hit, also Armstrong has got some NYR lookin' jerseys, pretty cool.

[fivehole628]

Nice hit! But no where near hit of the year...

[deanertronterry]

Looked Nasty. Wow.

[wblhockeyfan8]

The only reason this would be the front runner for hit of the year is because there isn't that many videos of HS Hockey out there.

[TheDon]

Eh that was ok come watch how the northern boys hit than we'll talk

That's a good hit, i don't care where you are...oh and by the way, Brainerd isn't "north"

[BrainerdHockey]

Tell me what u would consider north? Before u do I'd like to note I wasn't directly talking about brainerd, the style of play up north is a heck of alot more physical than the southern play. Back to the other part, brainerd is considered north in highschool hockey there pal compare how many teams there below St. Cloud to the amount above it for one. For two they are in a northern section. Third outside of talking about hockey there still above the middle of the state... I'm guessing u've never seen the brainerd goonsquad play. but this hit compares to nothing u'd see at a game up north

[TheDon]

yeah, brainerd's north

[no-fly-bys]

Good hit! But after seeing tons of games at the youth and high school level I see one of them per game!!!

[25 sheet power]

bemidjis as south as the north gets

[Mite-dad]

To be honest and for the sake of discussion, I wished these types of hits would go the way of the dinasaur. Too many kids are getting serious concussions and other injuries from these types of hits. Same thing in the NHL. Like the football penalty, unneccessary roughness, I think there should be a similar penalty in hockey. To me the intent of that hit is to hurt the player, not just to simply separate him from the puck. JMVHO.

[gophs16]

Tell me what u would consider north? Before u do I'd like to note I wasn't directly talking about brainerd, the style of play up north is a heck of alot more physical than the southern play. Back to the other part, brainerd is considered north in highschool hockey there pal compare how many teams there below St. Cloud to the amount above it for one. For two they are in a northern section. Third outside of talking about hockey there still above the middle of the state... I'm guessing u've never seen the brainerd goonsquad play. but this hit compares to nothing u'd see at a game up north

You can talk about physical play all you want. A big hit isn't going to put the puck in the net. Kids in the burbs have more skill and can dangle like my grandmas earrings.

[pebbles]

Tell me what u would consider north? Before u do I'd like to note I wasn't directly talking about brainerd, the style of play up north is a heck of alot more physical than the southern play. Back to the other part, brainerd is considered north in highschool hockey there pal compare how many teams there below St. Cloud to the amount above it for one. For two they are in a northern section. Third outside of talking about hockey there still above the middle of the state... I'm guessing u've never seen the brainerd goonsquad play. but this hit compares to nothing u'd see at a game up north

Is this typical of the type of spelling/grammar that comes from all that "physical" play? Perhaps your brain has been hit a few times too many...

[youngblood08]

MNHocfan, you had for a minute! I thought something went down at HILL again!!!

[DotaDangler]

When posts start becoming arguments about spelling and latitude, I think it's time to move on.

[Papa Bergundy]

Eh that was ok come watch how the northern boys hit than we'll talk

But you'd have to come down south to see a quality top 20 matchup.

With very few exceptions.

Just stirring the pot.

[underthenbar01]

Hello Wall!

[thebookmark]

the video failed to capture a shot of the 11-1 scoreboard. And the guys elbow was also quite clearly put into 3's facemask. I'm all for physicality but that was probably more out of frustration than just playing hockey.