Unreal hit

[HalfPastDan]

Not NHL talk, I understand, but the hitter, Darren Archibald, has played a few games in the NHL this year.

Just an unreal hit though, had to share it. I can't stop watching it. The kind of hit that makes you go "Ooooohh ****".

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[Devilsfan992]

Not NHL talk, I understand, but the hitter, Darren Archibald, has played a few games in the NHL this year.

Just an unreal hit though, had to share it. I can't stop watching it. The kind of hit that makes you go "Ooooohh ****".

Holyyyyy

 

[Acallabeth]

Perfectly clean too.

 

[Lawzy]

That second angle... hnnnggg

 

[Vankiller Whale]

That was a beaut.

 

[Walkingthroughforest]

Wowow. Hit of the year.

 

[Zone Starts]

Damn! One of the better hits I've ever seen.

 

[Jot]

Teammate gave him a suicide pass

 

[Captain Creampuff]

Amazing perfect clean hit.

 

[Arwin]

Holy ****! Hit of the year this far.

 

[Orca Smash]

Just waive tommy sestito and bring darren back already.

He also had a pretty devastating hit on andrew shaw last year.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

Rag
Doll
Physics.

Beautiful. And completely clean!

 

[ProjectPanthers]

Teammate gave him a suicide pass

No he didn't. This wasn't open ice and it wasn't behind him.

The defender cradled the puck for a moment before impact as well.

The hit was ****ing huge but I wonder how he got that sort of force without being called for charging. Would love to see another angle of it but probably not going to happen.

 

[ayoshi]

Awesome hit. Reminded me of Sarich on Hancock.

 

[Jot]

No he didn't. This wasn't open ice and it wasn't behind him.

The defender cradled the puck for a moment before impact as well.

The hit was ****ing huge but I wonder how he got that sort of force without being called for charging. Would love to see another angle of it but probably not going to happen.

You shouldn't make a pass to anyone not open.

 

[slocal]

Lucky to not have that skate come any closer to his face. Looks like it hit his visor.

 

[ProjectPanthers]

You shouldn't make a pass to anyone not open.

But he clearly was open since he got possession of the puck after the pass and cradled it. He just didn't turn his head in time to see the runaway freight train headed his way.

 

[Jot]

But he clearly was open since he got possession of the puck after the pass and cradled it. He just didn't turn his head in time to see the runaway freight train headed his way.

The way i saw it was he touched the puck for 1 second, then got destroyed.

Just keep watching the beginning on the clip, not the 2nd angle.

 

[ProjectPanthers]

The way i saw it was he touched the puck for 1 second, then got destroyed.

Just keep watching the beginning on the clip, not the 2nd angle.

I still think it's the receivers fault. He skates out at a different angle then most defenseman will do in that situation. Pretty careless position, but I can see how the pass restricted what he could once he got the puck.

 

[SenzZen]

Teammate gave him a suicide pass

Lolwut

 

[Brainiac]

Lucky to not have that skate come any closer to his face. Looks like it hit his visor.

Good point, it was actually getting dangerous for the hitter there...

 

[Bgav]

Archy!

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

Teammate gave him a suicide pass

Should he have passed it to him, no not really, however not really a classic suicide pass. Those generally involve a player moving up ice at a pretty nice clip of speed having to reach for the puck and/or look back causing him to get destroyed, not really what was going on here.

This guy receives the puck and heads up ice while not looking, the goalie should be screaming his lungs out as should the winger the D-man clearly thought the guy that buried him would stay on the half-wall with, but a decent amount of the onus is on the D-man himself for a careless turn up ice while performing a slow cradle to control the puck.

Suicide passes are more classically like the Gryba hit on Eller where Diaz sent him into just a horrendous area of the ice where he couldn't possible protect himself. The player here can let that pass by as it isn't traveling in the middle of the ice especially if his teammates are talking appropriately or quickly continue it on with backhand down the boards without attempting to cradle and shift up ice.

Also as pointed out above have to believe this was charging by the letter of the law, but would need a better angle.

 

[johan f]

The guy embelished....

 

[MountainGoat]

damn what a hit, is this Darren Archibald guy any good or just a hitter?