Orlov with the HOTY

[Bounces R Way]

Ass over teakettle.

 

[Revelation]

If that were Marchand, people would be losing their ****.

Marchands was way lower

 

[dechire]

Honestly, that was a dangerous play by Orlov and borderline clipping.
Would not call that a hip check

Agreed. Since Seguin's injury I hate seeing anything even borderline clipping. It can do a lot of damage. Can't applaud a hit like this.

 

[AvroArrow]

He almost took his knees out

 

[Filthy Dangles]

That was clipping according to the rulebook but that's rarely called unless there is malintent, an injury or a player with a reputation.

Aesthetic hit though.

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

Dmitry Vladimirovitch Orlov, son of Vladimir...

WHAT A ****ing hit!!

 

[snipes]

Looks well above the knees and more in the quads and upper leg to me. Fantastic well timed hit.

Hard to believe not too long ago that hit would be applauded by all. Great technique and timing by Orlov, absolutely nothing wrong with that hit. Wish we saw more hip checks, it's a lost art. Just good, physical hockey.

 

[Blueshirts 94]

Damn...

 

[Schenn]

I'm a fan of this hit.

 

[Sabresfansince1980]

nice hit. My favorite part of the hit was where Matt Duchene got up and continued to play hockey and nobody on the Avs stopped playing hockey to come over to punch Orlov for laying a clean hit

Who knew that in this day and age, players could still play hockey after a hit?!? Maybe there's hope after all. Props to both players.

 

[CapsJunkie]

beautiful old school hit

 

[rumrokh]

Awesome hit. It was technically clipping (shoulder into legs), but only because Duchene tried to avoid the hit. 100% fine with it.

 

[roflstomper]

It's crazy how many people on hf don't actually know what a hipcheck is. This is not it. Low and dirty.

 

[snipes]

Awesome hit. It was technically clipping (shoulder into legs), but only because Duchene tried to avoid the hit. 100% fine with it.

Yeah Duchene tried to cut last second, but Orlov's hip was still part of the principle point of contact (along with his ribs and shoulder).

 

[7even]

Hilarious to watch but the head-on feed looks borderline clipping.

 

[Neutral Hockey Fan]

Dirty, gutless Russian (sarcasm)

Beautiful hit. Love it, hope to see more like it

 

[FrozenJagrt]

My heart loves the hit, but my brain says it was a tad dangerous


Could have been a nasty result. Think Tucker on Peca

 

[PrisonMike]

I get it... when its Marchand with the exact hit it's dirty, but its not, so its a super awesome hit of the year highlight reel play.

 

[snipes]

My heart loves the hit, but my brain says it was a tad dangerous

When a guy goes head over tails that fast it actually doesn't hurt nearly as much as it looks like.

A hard hit along the boards, to the head, or getting caught with a shoulder to the chest hurts far more than being flipped like that.

 

[BLNY]

Spetacular hit. Emelin-approved.

 

[BLNY]

I get it... when its Marchand with the exact hit it's dirty, but its not, so its a super awesome hit of the year highlight reel play.

Go, learn what a clip and a submarine hit are, then come back.

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

I get it... when its Marchand with the exact hit it's dirty, but its not, so its a super awesome hit of the year highlight reel play.

It's not the same thing at all. Marchand got low enough to target the knees. Orlov was going for Duchene's hip but Duchene stood up at the last second.

 

[northeastern]

The result is fine. No injury, just keep on playing. But Orlov was REALLY low there.

Yeah very low. We've seen low hits described as dirty in the past simply because they were low...

But I like the hit and no one looks injured so nice.

 

[PsychoDad]

How is his a hip check? This is textbook low bridging, and nothing close to a hip check.

 

[snipes]

It's not the same thing at all. Marchand got low enough to target the knees. Orlov was going for Duchene's hip but Duchene stood up at the last second.

This. Not even comparable. Even with Duchene standing up to cut, Orlov still makes contact with the quads and upper legs as well.