{"id":457,"date":"2010-03-19T07:01:06","date_gmt":"2010-03-19T13:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hockeyshare.com\/blog\/?p=457"},"modified":"2023-06-07T14:07:11","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T14:07:11","slug":"two-bad-hits-two-good-learning-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.hockeyshare.com\/two-bad-hits-two-good-learning-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Bad Hits &#8211; Two Good Learning Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The last two Hawks games I got to watch, I&#8217;ve had the displeasure of seeing two hits I&#8217;d rather not ever see in the game. &nbsp;The first was Alex Ovechkin hitting Brian Campbell from behind, the second was former Hawk, James Wisniewski with a head-shot to Brent Seabrook. &nbsp;Both hits unfortunately led to injury. &nbsp;Both plays were examples of hits the NHL (and USA Hockey &amp; Hockey Canada) wants to see out of the game. &nbsp;While many can argue over how many games each player deserves for their actions, I think these scenarios provide a great teaching opportunity for youth players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ovechkin on Campbell<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ovechkin Injures Brian Campbell and Gets Ejected\" width=\"774\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/14oUVVTY05s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this particular instance, Ovechkin and Campbell were racing to a loose puck near the goal line. Campbell, the first one there, was in front of Ovechkin in a clearly vulnerable position. &nbsp;Campbell was: 1) a dangerous distance from the wall 2) not facing Ovechkin 3) never had a chance to defend himself. &nbsp;Ovechkin proceeded to shove Campbell from behind. &nbsp;As bad as the injury sustained by Campbell was (collar bone and ribs &#8211; I think), it could have been a lot worse. &nbsp;In that split second, it wouldn&#8217;t have been impossible for him to have gone into the wall head first. &nbsp;Players need to understand the dangerousness of checking from behind &#8211; this single moment in lapse of judgement could have led to something far worse than it did. &nbsp;If the player isn&#8217;t facing you, don&#8217;t check or push him\/her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wisniewski on Seabrook<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"James Wisniewski Hit on Brent Seabrook - Longer\" width=\"774\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-9n-F7Brtdc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">This hit has a bit more ill-intent behind it than Ovechkin&#8217;s did. &nbsp;In this case, the check was clearly a retaliation for a border-line hit to the Duck&#8217;s Corey Perry earlier in the shift. &nbsp;Wisniewski&#8217;s hit had several different aspects to it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">1) Interference &#8211; Seabrook did not have the puck, nor was he the last one to touch it. &nbsp;The only intent of the check was to retaliate.<br>2) Charging &#8211; Wisniewski is a defenseman. &nbsp;He came in from the tops of the circles with his only intention to make a hit. &nbsp;When he finally came barreling in, he left his feet.<br>3) Head Contact &#8211; &nbsp;The hit was high to begin with, then he followed through with his hands to the face of Seabrook (see freeze-frame below) which drove his head into the wall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"157\" height=\"101\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hockeyshare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/screen-capture.png\" alt=\"Head Contact\" class=\"wp-image-458\" title=\"screen-capture\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">All these aspects of the hit make it a dirty one. Coaches must teach players the basics of proper checking technique, but moreover need to emphasize from a young-age that the only reason to check is to separate the player from the puck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Hopefully players and coaches alike can use these two negative instances and take positive lessons from them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two recent dirty hits in the NHL provide a great learning opportunity for players and coaches of all levels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[95,279],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.hockeyshare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.hockeyshare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.hockeyshare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hockeyshare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hockeyshare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hockeyshare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1732,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hockeyshare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457\/revisions\/1732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.hockeyshare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hockeyshare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hockeyshare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}