Video: Phaneuf hit sends Isles’ Okposo off on stretcher
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Here’s the hit everyone will be talking about on Friday: Dion Phaneuf(notes) of the Calgary Flames, regaining his reputation as one of the NHL’s most lethal open-ice checkers with an absolute demolition of Kyle Okposo(notes) of the New York Islanders (via Puck Central):
Full video over on the RDS site, including the goalies getting into the ensuing fracas and some really disturbing moments as the Islanders’ young standout was flat on the ice — the arena goes from ravenous cheering for a brawl to a library. Okposo was carted off on a stretcher after this hit, but Chris Botta on NYI Point Blank passes along some good news:
Bob Nystrom reports on Calgary radio that Kyle Okposo called his father during the second period to tell him he’s all right. Okposo was crushed by Dion Phaneuf as he was skating with the puck through the neutral zone.
Scary moments, and one heck of a hit from Phaneuf in a completely, utterly meaningless game. But hey, it’s hockey; there’s fights in the preseason, too. Wonder if Dion’s ever talked to his coach’s son about the Islanders and open-ice hits …
We’ll update here with better video quality when it becomes available, and with any news on Okposo’s condition. As the annoucers said on the air: Phaneuf’s hit appears to be a clean one.
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