WJC: Egli hit on Nylander (Egli susp. 3 games, no confirmed diagnosis for Nylander)

[UsernameWasTaken]

Mod Update: Suspended for 3 games.
http://www.worldjunior2016.com/en/news/egli_suspension/

Mod Note: No confirmed diagnosis as of 12/27/15 for Nylander, so do not state one as fact until we have official word from a reputable source.




To stop it from taking over the GDT...

In the first period of the Sweden/Swiss game, Egli hit Nylander up high




Nylander hasn't returned. Suspension for Egli seems likely.

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[Neutral Hockey Fan]

A useless plug nobody has ever heard of that will never be a real hockey player takes a cheap shot at by far the best player on the tournament. Such BS

Funny how dominating Nylander was before he got run with a disgusting hit

 

[JPeeper]

From the two angles I saw it looked like he got all shoulder. That second video you posted though basically shows all head shot though.

Would suck to see him get a concussion from this.

 

[Acallabeth]

I think the slow mode replay in the 1st vine pretty clearly shows that it was a shoulder to shoulder full body hit with some inevitable contact with the head.

All "predatory" talk makes little sense for me. The hit didn't break any rules, and yeah, I'm not happy that Egli went for a hit with no intention to play the puck, but it doesn't make the check illegal.

I hope Nylander won't get a serious concussion from this hit.

 

[chaosrevolver]

Hard to tell if he got the head or not depending on the angle.

He'll be suspended regardless though. A) He hit a top player and hurt him..and B) When it is a dangerous hit that is borderline, they usually side with the victim with the IIHF.

 

[dubey]

Clear hit to the head and obvious suspension

Anyone saying otherwise was blinded by Nylander's beautiful hair

 

[Esko6]

Did he look concussed? What an anticlimax if was...

 

[Bakayoko Ono]

Looks like a good hit to me.

 

[NarcoPolo]

Yeah he's concussed..

 

[ViewsFromThe6ix]

Did he look concussed? What an anticlimax if was...

He was wobbly heading to the bench and no sign of him so far, unfortunately yes

 

[TimeZone]

Dirty piece of ****. What a ****ing loser.

 

[Karl Eriksson]

Wow ! What a hit ! Beauty

 

[seafoam]

That's the risk you take sending a high profile prospect to the World Juniors.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Clear hit to the head and obvious suspension

Anyone saying otherwise was blinded by Nylander's beautiful hair

What a ****ing joke. The blinded aren't the ones calling it a clean hit.




That was Shoulder to Shoulder. I get the penalty being called because it looked borderline at full speed and Nylander is a top player. But slowed down it clearly wasn't dirty.


It would be ridiculous if Egli is suspended.

 

[PWJunior]

Beautiful hit, shoulder to shoulder.

 

[rduck1]

I think the slow mode replay in the 1st vine pretty clearly shows that it was a shoulder to shoulder full body hit with some inevitable contact with the head.

All "predatory" talk makes little sense for me. The hit didn't break any rules, and yeah, I'm not happy that Egli went for a hit with no intention to play the puck, but it doesn't make the check illegal.

I hope Nylander won't get a serious concussion from this hit.

This is pretty much how I feel about it too. Also looks worse(and probably hurts worse too) because he's leaning as he turns when the hit lands from the side; all the contact goes to the upper body and there's no way to push back against the hitter and try to maintain balance(not seeing him obviously also doesn't help). It seems to be within the rules to me, though unnecessary and suboptimal. Might've been able to make something happen if he had gone for the puck.

That said, the two angles make it look very unclear. Hard to make a definitive call on it. I'll leave it up to the experts to decide where the contact is made; I'm sure they have better footage to work with.

 

[Ben Matlock]

The hit looks very different from different angles. I first thought it was shoulder to shoulder with zero head contact, but the other angle shows he hits him a little early and gets the head from the front.

 

[Chimpradamus]

First of all, it was an east-west hit more than a north-south hit. Hence, blindside hit.

Second of all, if Nylander got hit in the shoulder, how did he get a concussion?

Suspension worthy, the best player of the tournament is gone after one period of play. What an anti climax.

 

[Arcade Fire]

A useless plug nobody has ever heard of that will never be a real hockey player takes a cheap shot at by far the best player on the tournament. Such BS

That doesn't matter at all tho

 

[Systemfel]

There's been suspensions for less violent hits than this.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

First of all, it was an east-west hit more than a north-south hit. Hence, blindside hit.

Second of all, if Nylander got hit in the shoulder, how did he get a concussion?

Suspension worthy, the best player of the tournament is gone after one period of play. What an anti climax.

Hahahaha are you kidding me?

 

[HoseEmDown]

You gotta keep your head up

 

[Canada4Gold]

I'm legitimately curious if half the people posting in this thread just looked at the first tweet's vine and not the 2nd tweet's video, it looks vastly different, you can't see the contact to the head in the vine.

 

[UsernameWasTaken]

First of all, it was an east-west hit more than a north-south hit. Hence, blindside hit.

Second of all, if Nylander got hit in the shoulder, how did he get a concussion?

Suspension worthy, the best player of the tournament is gone after one period of play. What an anti climax.

You don't need direct contact to the head to cause a concussion (although that's typically what causes it). You just need some sort of force that's sufficient for the brain to move around in the head.

 

[NarcoPolo]

Well, rip to nylanders career. Thats a big time concussion. He's down and out for a few minutes on the ice and by the time he's up and skating to the bench he's still disoriented... Beauty hit though right? What a beautiful hit. ****ing joke.