It looks like the videos have been taken down. I saw one earlier that was truly harrowing - blood everywhere, on the ice and down the front of the player's white uniform jersey, as the player was led to the sidelines by a teammate after having his throat slashed by an opposing player's skating blade.
If you didn't know better, you'd think it was a sacrifice.
Yeah, I saw it too. Absolutely unbelievable. I didn't see how it could have been on purpose, but now I'm not so sure.
Omg look at the slow motion version. Deliberate!
Yes, I just saw the slow mo. It's obvious it was deliberate.
I agree. That other player kicked his leg up like a kung fu master, right at the other guy's head. No way that was accidental.
I have played a lot of hockey....never seen anything like that. It looks like he was going to step up and drill him and realized he wasn't going to get him and then swung his legs high like weapons. The player is known as a high penalty minutes kind of player - these are the guys they have on the team to intimidate opponents with rough and often cheap play....and maybe even a fight or two. I can't tell if he clipped the one player's skates causing this to happen...but never have I seen blades recklessly flying like that except in well executed hip checks. Hockey blades are sharpened before each game...they are knives...I have been deeply cut by them...a painless razor type of cut the skates are so sharp. Not gonna watch the video again though...can only hope for that player that it truly was an accident....couldn't live with myself if it wasn't.