@@TheBeesleys99 yeah, a frozen piece of hard rubber hitting you at close to 100mph, even with pads, hurts. goalies will even have bruises with their pads. blocking a shot is no joke.
I played goal and you would frequently have bruises from getting hit by the puck. I’ve seen shots (but thankfully never stopped any) that broke the face mask. Really enjoyed your reaction
ive tried to goalie at some practices and I got shot in the face mask its like being punched cauae you feel it on the jaw cause the jaw strap and hear nothing but ringing. and players have no protection wear he got shot. youtube shea weber slap shot you will know how fast and dangerous that puck is its fun to goalie but it has its risks lol
@@irvinepoker3187 Yeah I have played goalie for 17 years since I was 6 years old. Most of the shots hurt and dead on in the mask can be like a punch especially now in adult leagues. I actually had my mask broken once. One timer and hit side of the jaw "cup"(not sure how to say it in english). Mask had a crack in it already, but luckily i got away with sore jaw and one loose tooth lol
Puck hurts more then people think that don't play, got hit with a slapper in a spot where there is a gap in the gear, was so hard I had a bone bruise that lasted for months after the one skin deep one was gone
Valour is courage in the face of danger ….those players aren’t taking dives, they are sacrificing their bodies to stop the puck….a good recipe for broken ribs and face injuries.
That “he’s gone down like a stocker playing. Only took a little puck and he’s gone down” that play, it hit him in a spot above the skate but below the shin pad with zero padding. It was Dan Girardi. That was a 98 mph slap shot that broke his leg
If you want to compare hockey players to soccer players then here you go. It's the same for hockey coaches vs soccer coaches too. I left you two links at the bottom of this post. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zQCPb2yRK2U.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-41VmKS-VGiA.html
That tribute from Martin St. Louis to his mother is more meaningfull than you probably think. Martin was relatively small player at 5ft 8in. He was told is entire life he would be to small to play in the NHL, which was his dream. His mother was always there to support him, to tell him to believe in himself and to help him achieve his dreams. Martin was not even drafted in the NHL, he made his way through by playing in the AHL before having his chance. He never gave up. He went on to win the Art Ross trophy as the league leader in points, the Hart Memorial trophy as the most valuable player AND the Stanley cup in 2003-2004. 9 years later, in 2012-2013, he won his second Art Ross trophy at 37 years old.
nhL biggest hits ever.. look for it., shifts are short because you run outta gas after a minute, because stamina..and if the other team throws fresh legs over the bench, when your winded... you screwed. cheers from canada.
8:50 the reason that shot hurt so much and he fell like that, all of the hockey equipment only protect you directly from the front. if it hits you in the back of your body it’s very little padding and basically just straps (this is to keep pads light). I can promise you no hockey player just flops and dives because there’s nothing to gain (not a shot at soccer just saying), they actually give out embellishment penalties for players trying to flop.
Yeah I get you and a lot have said that. I completely take it back and would t want to be hit with it! And no shot taken mate o completely understand they dive in soccer to gain an advantage. Its now part of the sport
When you said "he kinda went down like a soccer player" do you know how hard is an hockey puck? the dude blocked a 90-100 mph puck (btw pucks are hard asf, like they hurt a lot) a soccer player couldn't handle stopping a 40 mph puck without feeling like he died
"Going down like a soccer player" does not happen...I think First time Hockey viewers need to know that there is a penalty for diving. (Embellishment) Hockey does not tolerate diving. If you go down from even a minor injury, you must leave the ice. No getting up and playing.
@@TheBeesleys99 pucks are 6 oz of rubber. They’re frozen before every game. So getting hit with a puck (especially by a Shea Weber puck) hurts like hell
You should try and find a puck to see how hard it is. I know a lot of people already mentionned that it hurts to block a shot but just to add perspective: The puck is 6 ounce of of vulcanized rubber frozen before the game fired at an average of 90mph. It's a litteral rock.
I deffo need to check it out mate! And yeah I do realise it probably would absolutly kill! Appreciate that mate and thank you for the interaction mate!
I'm back, here to answer your questions again. Brendan Shanahan was one of the game's best power forwards in the 90s, so he knows what he's talking about. I partly agree with what you say about marathon runners though, I never thought about that. You're right about Datsyuk, and your pronunciation was pretty good. One thing about goalies, the correct term in Goaltenders instead of Goalkeepers. Not your fault though. You're partly correct about any player scoring a great goal, it's much less common for a lower-skill player to score a great goal, though it has happened. You're also right of hockey players doing anything to help their team win. One player actually broke his leg blocking a shot and continued playing through the pain. One other player almost died on the bench, and had to be revived, and the first thing he said after waking up was asking if he could go back on the ice. If you want another hockey idea, you could do like you did for the AFL and choose a team! The season starts on January 13.
Brendan shanahan was not only a great power forward, after retiring he became the player safety commission leader or smthg like that for several years, and since then became general manager of a nhl team Also the player who almost died on the bench, do you mean the jiri hudler heart attack when he was playing for detroit?
Try taking a 100mph frozen balkanized puck to the ankle without dropping to the ice. I've seen a soccer coach roll around on the pitch after a paper airplane barely touched him.
Don't underestimate blocked shots, people break their ankles and feet and often worse from blocking shots. Puck might be small but its going 90+ miles per hour and it's hard as a rock. Shit hurts bad
@@TheBeesleys99 check out Shea Weber breaking bones with his shots. He's notorious for blasting 100 mph shots from the blue line and shattering anyones bones who dare get in the way
Thier stamina does need to be really good, they do work out with weights, they run, they use the exercise bikes religiously, I agree they aren't the same kind of athlete as a marathon runner as a marathon runner does not take a break from running. To further explain the maintainance of players stamina, it's not necessarily true that they are exhausted after 30-40 seconds of skating but they will be fatiguing and prone to make mental errors, the other teams counter for tired legs is fresh legs, so you literally have to match the speed of the other team. Also they don't want to burn players out so they always regulate thier shifts so they can be more refreshed quicker.
Lol where he went down like a soccer player. That broke his leg. The guy shooting that regularly wins hardest shot competition and tops out at 108-109 mph which is around 174 kph. And it's a frozen piece of rubber.
On the back of the body there’s not a lot of protection. So one thing is to always face the puck and don’t turn around. Also if you get hit by the puck where is some protection it still hurts a lot. great video
What you said about “going down from a little puck” makes no sense. These are pros who shoot that hard peice of rubber over 100 mph. I can tell you from experience, blocking shots hurts. Whether it’s 70 mph shots in HS or pros 100 mph shots
Just to clarify, slap shots can exceed 100mph. With the weight of a puck, that makes getting hit with a slapshot carries the same energy in ft/lbs as being shot by a .38 special bullet at 100 yards.
There's spots on the body that don't have padding so when you see a guy go down in a hump after blocking a shot, pucks can (and have) actually broken bones so it can hurt quite a bit lol. Love the reaction, one of my fav vids even though it's an older one. One of my fav parts is when a player does what soccer players would call a "cross" where in hockey it's called a saucer pass, for it to go in backdoor on the goalie.
a marathon runner runs a race one a month maybe, a hockey player plays ever other night. A marathon runner take a drink of water once every couple km's a hockey player need to after ever shift. A marathon runner only uses his legs, a hockey player uses his entire body, a marathon runner takes no body contact, hit slashes, hacks, punches, scrum, all of which hockey players have to deal with and if you think absorbing punishment constantly like that needs stamina you sir are very very ignorant. A marathon runner would give up after on e shift of getting hit. I think you should go tell a boxer how he doesn't need a massive amount of stamina because he's only going at it for 3 minutes and then getting a 3 minute break. Let someone beat on you ever other night for 164 days and tell me that you don't need the stamina of a marathon runner. Hockey isn't a one night, one event thing... 82 game regular season, 16 wins to get the cup in playoffs.
Never said it wasnt incredible and extremly tough. The endurance is high and its a whole different kind of fitness (which you literally backed up) .... all i said it was not the same as a marathon runner... never said it wasnt as hard... im really not ignorant and always apologise for my lack of knowledge
About the stamina you’ve clearly never seen a 5 overtime game in playoffs. Games take 2+ full games worth so after you have 50 minutes on the ice in a game you need a hell of a lot of stamina to keep up to game speed
Ice Hockey, this modern version, and Basketball were both invented by Canadians. As a Canadian, who grew up playing hockey and as a proud fan, you are welcome! and you can have basketball! This rough style of hockey is Canadian Hockey. It is the reason why Canada is the dominate hockey nation in the world - more than twice as many intetnational wins/medals than the next closest country - Russia. Thankfully, some US players and leagues have adopted the Canadian style of hockey and avoid the European Style of hockey. The NHL was a Canadian league that expanded into the USA. Historically, most NHL players are Canadian, but that has dropped from almost 100% down to 50% today. Even hockey teams in the USA are half Canadian players or more. Hockey pucks are vulcanized rubber that are frozen for game use, reduces bouncing of puck. Pucks are shot at average speeds of 88 mph up to about 110 mph. The glass is 1/2 inch thick safety glass. The boards, can move a little, but are not padded and are boards, hard. Body and Hip checks are legal providing 1) the head is not the initial point of contact 2) you can't your elbow or knee, 3) you don't hit people from behind, on the numbers on back of jersey and 4) hip checks must be above the knee. Hockey players move at speeds of up to 28 mph and collisions between two players can occur at over 50 mph. Even though hockey players are app 20% smaller than NFL players, NHL Hockey hits are known to be over 20% harder than NFL or rugby. Then they land on ice or are smashed into boards - lol can't run out of bounds, in hockey, to avoid getting hit. You are not allowed to hit anyone with your stick, unless it was a follow- through on a shot. Fighting is illegal and results in at least a 5 min penalty or more. Fighting usually results in response to a dirty play/player - retribution and punishment - see ' the code' Hockey players do not stay down unless they are really hurt, normally they pop back up and keep playing - other sports could LEARN from this Most common hockey injuries are stitches and loosing teeth aka 'spitting chicklets' - when this happens, hockey players don't usually even miss a shift Hockey players play through the pain on broken legs, broken feet, broken jaws, noses and facial bones. If at all humanly or inhumanly possible, hockey players finish their shift, the game and the series. Ice Hockey is rated as the SECOND most difficult and tough sport, just behind boxing. Less than a 1% difference between the two. It is followed by football, mma....but who really cares about that. Each game is a full 60 minutes, made up of three 20 min periods. The clock is stopped when game play is halted. The NHL regular season is 82 games ( also has pre-season) and Stanley Cup Playoffs where you must win '4' best of 7 series, hence a minimun of 16 games to a maximum of 28 games played! An entire football season just to win the cup! Hence, it is the hardest trophy in professional sports to win! Finally, THERE IS NOTHING LIKE PLAY-OFF HOCKEY!
Going through a hockey game is different from a marathon but it is as grueling. Its basically the hare vs the rabbit. Hockey players cover the same overall distance after 3 hours, but instead of doing it in a steady slow jog, its intense 30 second bursts of full sprint and parkour, followed by 45 to 120 second rests. For 3 hours
8:45 that puck is FROZEN. When shot hard and fast, that sucka HURTS!!!! There is little protection at the ankles.... you can be the toughest player... get hit there and you buckle
Stop start, stop start sport, at moments. If your lucky in a perfect world. Keep in mind, those players have one thing on their minds. Get that puck at all cost. In those 30 seconds as you say, you have men that are over six foot and weigh 220 lbs, (average NHL stat) going 25 to 30 km and slam you against boards that would right off most cars nowadays. They're not playing soccer. I know this because I played at JR level. To make this league, the skill level is a site to see.
The guys that are throwing themselves down aren’t taking a “ dive” they’re defencemen and if need be they sacrifice their bodies to stop the puck to help their goalie. It is a true sacrifice as a slap shot can travel 100mph and even with padding you can get a broken rib or worse.
Getting hit with a hockey puck anywhere really hurts even with pads. In fact the only reason they wear pads is to reduce the risk of breaking bones from getting hit with the puck. And even still it's not uncommon to break bones playing hockey.
love you mention the speed, during games the cameras they use actually make the game seem slower, and sometimes they'll show real speed just to show how insanely fast everyone moves. Like at 5:28, when they showed that in real time the announcers said "look what Martin (the defender) has to deal with" and you can't even SEE IT. 8:37 *the puck busted open his ankle during that play my guy lmao* he was out for 2 weeks after that.
@@TheBeesleys99 Diving like in soccer does happen, not all the time of course. For something fun, I suggest you react to "NHL: Embellishments". If you dive and get caught, thats a 5,000$ fine and a two minute penalty.
@@TheBeesleys99 they even will call a penalty on someone and then also give an embellishment penalty on the player that was fouled if they think that person was going down too easy
after a 1 minute shift in a good game of hockey you're usually pretty nackered. Worse if you're stuck on the ice for 3 minutes, you definitely feel like you ran a marathon lol
@@dylanlevy2107 You clearly are having problems with reading. It's simple, left to right, top to bottom. Go back and read what I wrote. You're welcome.
