One of the first things that gets hammered into us during hockey drills is GET UP GET UP GET UP. You can’t stay down you’ve gotta GET UP and go.

Ik you keep saying sorry for the pauses but I genuinely enjoy when you pause and explain what you’re seeing from your unique pov. It’s honestly what makes your hockey reacts so great cause you appreciate the insanity of the sport while knowing very little and drawing parallels from basketball which you’re very knowledgeable about. Been loving these, keep grinding dude.

The most dangerous spot on the ice is about 3 to 5 feet away from the boards; you have no place to go if you try to evade, and you’re too far away from the boards to use them as a dampener (new boards flex more than the old ones) so you usually end up getting launched in to the boards or slam down on the ice. The NHL hits a lot harder now than it used to because the equipment makes you feel nothing, whereas in the past it hurt the hitter to blow up an opponent so there was a tendency to let up if you had no ill will for each other. Scott Stevens hits would all be considered illegal these days. HMU if you ever want some clarification on the rules for hits and penalties.

@yojustmatt

2 жыл бұрын

Ahh I see I see

@krozeyy

2 жыл бұрын

Buddy remember those old boards and getting absolutely LAUNCHED into them??? My collarbone still hurts...

@jordan-sp4db

2 жыл бұрын

I’m only 24 and some old barns in Sask still have cage instead of glass lol

if you like these Matt, look up Nicklas Kronwall hit compilation and react to that. he was KILLING guys every night with huge hits, even got coined as "You got Kronwalled"

@Timmycoo

2 жыл бұрын

That pass on the far side vs Det was just asking for it.

@yojustmatt

2 жыл бұрын

Yessir, I plan on reacting to him next week

@Timmycoo

2 жыл бұрын

@@yojustmatt You are gonna learn the term "Kronwalled" lol

@zackford4497

2 жыл бұрын

@@Timmycoo passing out up along the boards was asking for it 😂

@Timmycoo

2 жыл бұрын

@@zackford4497 100% lol

Idk why but love ur energy in all the vids I swear your going to make it on top keep grinding

If you search the Stevens hit on Karia you can see after a couple seconds the gasp of air (breath) that fogs up his face shield. The trainer pulled him from the game to check for concussion and later he went back in and (if I'm correct) scored the game winning goal. When he later was asked he said he doesn't remember anything after the hit

I love when people react to hockey and see how hard the sport actually is and it needs more respect love your videos

The worst is when you are about 2-3 feet from the boards and get hit, it hurts worse a lot of times, than being right up against the boards and being hit.

As a hockey , football fan and less knowledgeable basketball fan these vids are great to watch lol

Gotta react to the 1997 wings/avs brawl

u should watch the red wings vs avalanche brawl videos

I appreciate your perception and your honesty. One of the most genuine reaction videos I've watched

You gotta react to Cale Makar, he’s 22 yrs old and is the McDavid of defense, he’s one of the most remarkable talents I’ve ever seen

Check out The Good Friday Massacre, a legendary brawl from the 1984 playoffs.

Keith Ballard is known for his hip checks. Your reaction made me grin a bunch. Ice is harder than the ground and it freaking hurts! lol. Gotta love watching people newer to the sport see how it is. I am excited for the Beauty of Hockey!

Someone getting put through the glass into your lap *IS* having a good time at a hockey game.

What I love about that video in particular is that the amount of dirty hit in there is far less than some other videos. Most of them don’t even get penalized, it’s actually the hardest on the limit hits!

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!

Haha you’re pretty funny! At the 9:15 mark in your video when you get out of the chair, it reminds me of Shaquille O’Neal jumping in the stands

Always like seeing new fans of hockey! Look up Nathan Mackinnon best dangles, he’ll blow your mind.

That Kapanen hit that took him about 20 seconds to get to the bench, his teammate held out a stick for him to grab and pulled him to the bench. his replacement on the ice then went down and scored a goal.

I def recommend reacting to Nathan MacKinnon and Jack Eichel

@jebus2382

2 жыл бұрын

And Makar

@williammcdermott9171

2 жыл бұрын

Black Jack Eichel . It will be nice seeing him with a rested recovered rehabilitated Golden Knights roster . Go knights Go

The Subban check on Marchand always brings a smile to my face

Psyched I found this channel-keep it up! ❤️❤️❤️

@yojustmatt

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, much appreciated 💯

I love your reactions! That’s the way it is at the game. A lot of those hits have been taken out of the game because of head injuries.

The Scott Steven's argument is a tough one. They have changed the rules since he played (retired in 2005) and today a lot of his hits would be considered dirty because he makes contact with the head. At the time those hits were legal though. That being said the hit in Paul Karia was a late hit and dirty when it happened. This is coming from a Devils fan too.

@pablovandyck

Жыл бұрын

Well not really a tough one. He gave head shots to both Lindros and Kariya. Neither player was ever the same again. Head shots, knee shots, and checking from the rear into the boards are illegal for a reason.

New to the channel love da vids already I recommend best saves of all time

Scott Stevens ended a career or two. Man was SAVAGE. He took years off of other mens lives.

Bro i be just like you looking at these old clips . I enjoy hockey and even though I'm not that knowledgeable like i am with other sports mostly because of where I'm from and we weren't watching hockey like that. I still enjoy this watching it and playing the games . also to all you die hard hockey fans thanks for showing him some love and dropping some knowledge in these comments because people like me who want to get into the sport learn so much

It's a travesty that they included the Paul Kariya hit without showing the visor fog up like he was coming back to life, and then the absolute ROCKET of a slapshot he scored on during his first shift back. It's just one of those moments that just sends chills, whether you're a fan or not.

My brother knocked out 1 sheet of plexiglass twice in 1 game. Refs told him, totally legal hits, hit someone that hard again, you'll be tossed. College hickey Minnesota

Watch the Steve Dangle video when his team lost to a Zamboni driver who works for the other team. He got the win. Huge moment - February 2020

In terms of the "clean vs dirty" thing, it honestly boils down more to how dangerous the hit is and the targeted players capacity to react and protect himself. General things like headshots and hits from behind are always considered dangerous and especially in this era they will almost always get called. A couple other things refs might look for are the number of strides taken before contact, whether or not the hitter leaves their feet, and if the hit drives the player into the boards wrong. Basically, the more likely the hit is to injure someone, the more likely it will be a penalty.

@codymacdowall1552

Жыл бұрын

My only problem with driving into the boards is with that one Pens game in 21 where Tanev hit a guy from around the hashes at blue line and he slid the 10 feet into the boards and it was game misconduct

Some of these hits are on the same person. Kessel took a couple & Stevens delivered a few! Lindros is taking some brutal hits. These are what sent him into early retirement! That Chara hit into the glass partition on a Canadian.. I believe was jaw dropping. Not sure how he survived

i honestly think Tory Krug's helmetless hit was less "I want you" and more of a, "to whom it may concern"

Always enjoyed your basketball reactions but seeing you fall in love with the sport that was my first love (and the only one I played to any serious level) is even more fun. I was a hitter so I extra like this one lol ALSO it's Sunday and you're well over 15k subs now so you're taking off! BTW it is easier to put a hit on someone near the boards but the ones that really hurt are the ones in open ice.

@11DNA11

2 жыл бұрын

Tell me about it. I was a short winger when i played as a 13-14 year old. Every damn big kid on the other team wanted to smash me through the boards :D Boards were fine, but open ice hurt like a mf.

love your videos bro have such a good time watching it laughing and reacting the same keep it up bro!

OK, Imagine what a seven game playoff series is like.

95%+ or more of these are completely clean legal hits. Clean and legal in hockey means no penalty even if the guy actually dies, it’s the way the things have to be.

bro I live watching your reactions after just watching hockey highlights for the first time not long ago. you need to react to nhl playing through injury and see some of the stuff these warriors will play through especially in the playoffs.

GREAT VIDEO

Hockey equipment makes it so They don’t feel A THING when they fall on the ice (as long as they don’t fall on thier faces, or twist an ankle) the equipment is like bubble wrap!

Yo matt, I think something that could be cool for you to see is one of the great black players in the league. 'PK Subban' was one of the more electric players thru the 2010s. Highlight factory has a pretty quick compilation of some fun plays. I wish i had a good NBA player comparison for you. i guess maybe some kind of blake griffin or something LOL, idk exactly. just giving you more ideas for a rainy day. its fun watching these

If you like big hits look up "the biggest hockey hits ever" by the Highlight Factory. It includes other leagues like semi-pro, and euro leagues, not just the nhl. It's a pretty good video

Ayo Matt you got to react to best shootout goals you won’t regret it💯

Aye, just got done watching all of your hockey reactions… just wondering if you could watch or react to Lacrosse hits, goals, saves, etc because I am a really big hockey and lacrosse guy. The sports are really alike with the hand eye coordination. Keep up the good vids.

@TVSharks9311

2 жыл бұрын

The hits and stick checks are huge in lacrosse

You need to understand something about a lot of those Scott Stevens hits.. The CURRENT NHL prohibits deliberate, targeted shots to the head. This is a result of the league's player safety protocols. However, at the time that Stevens played those protocols had not been put in place. Under the rules at the time, all of those hits were considered "legal". Stevens was known as one of the hardest hitters in the league, and was also one of the most respected and admired players during his carreer.

@mypud4068

5 ай бұрын

I mean he was considered dirty back then to regardless of their legality even, yeah he is for the most part a respected ex nhler but he is not unanimously loved around the league like a sakic or messier

React to Auston Matthews NHL debut and teams winning the Stanley cup. Can you also mention what state you’re from and if theres a nhl team there?

Nothing led up to Stevens flattening Kariya other than Stevens played on the edge of legal... and crossed that line on a regular basis.

I hope you are watching the finals on right now. 2 of the best teams fighting it out this year.

Here’s the thing though with you saying all these hits are unnecessary. While that may be true, you know for a fact the next time the dude that got clocked is going to touch the puck he’s gonna want nothing to do with it. He’ll either hesitate that one second or make a bad play once he has it. The big hits set a precedent for a 7 game playoff series that every time you touch the puck, you’re going to pay for it with your body.

you gotta react to marc andre fluery mans not human

I’m he thing about Scott Stevens is he’s use his elbow. And if you’ve ever played hockey you know elbow pads can do damage. None of his hit were ever clean. Scott Stevens was a menace. He was out there to hurt people.

love these bro

7:34 #16 Z 6’6” 235Ibs #43 Wilson 6’4” 220Ibs Just seeing and hearing that was epic

It’s a nice collection but if you really want to see the nhl’s hardest hits, look up a Scott Stevens, Wendel Clark or Larry Robinson collection... better yet, look up Larry Robinson hits Gary Dornhoefer 😉 hit so hard, the boards at the Forum were knocked 4 inches out of place and they needed hammers to get them back in place 👍

Welcome to the Toughest, Most Talented, and Totally Committed, sport on the PLANET !! LOVE YOUR REACTIONS !! HAHA

My favorite part of this video is when you meet Chris pronger 🤣🤣

Love the videos!!!!!!!!

guy that was helmetless would have been called for a penalty today. if you lose your helmet, you have to now immediately go to the bench, if you try to make any kind of play, it's a penalty. also, if you're targeting the head to make a check instead of shoulder to shoulder, that shit is foul. Lindros had a short career because of concussions. thanks been liking your reacts!!

Unrelated to hitting, I think at some point you should watch an NHL best passing plays compilation or something like that if you haven't, I think the creativity on them is a signt to see

There was a player that got his jugular sliced with a blade. That poor mom watching that!

You should watch Cole Caufields Highlights from this year! Anyways love your vids!

You can hear on those green light hits, especially the ones along the boards, the bench yelling warning the player about to get hit.

You take the five all time meanest football players in their prime against the real men in this sport and they would look like little girls out there....this is a real man's game for sure. I played 16 years of ice hockey and I gave a ton of hits but I also took my share of hits. You don't complain it's hockey and part of the game. You do try to catch the number of the guy who just laid you out. You will see him again and may GOD have mercy on his soul.

Haven’t been watching long so idk if you’ve done this but have you done “reacting to team brawls” or something along the lines of everyone on the ice fighting

2 reactions u gotta do are recent electric playoff overtime goals and nathan mackinnon

a hit is considered dirty if the player doesnt have the puck, the primary point of contact is the head, the player hitting jumps into the hit, or if you stick your elbow out llike a chicken wing.

@eggoswithsyrup4232

2 жыл бұрын

or if they hit a player from behind head first into the boards

Check out the greatest rivalry in the nhl between the Detroit Red Wings and Colorado Avalanche, there us a great video called "How one violent hit turned into years of championship hockey" you won't be disappointed

That hit at 26 something when he went through the boards . That was closest thing to death I think I’ve seen in hockey even with the cuts

Best sniper in the league, Steven Stamkos, his shot is fucking wild nothing else like it

Let me jus roll u out lmao😂😂😂😂

Welcome to hockey...greatest sport on Earth.

Hey bro, been watching alot of your vids lately.. love them great reactions not hating what's so ever man but when you react to players like Matthew's, price, Crosby just do a little research on them like years they were drafted things like bro again no hate you have an amazing channel keep up the very solid work

@yojustmatt

2 жыл бұрын

Aye thank you man, and definitely, you’re right about that. I’ve also been seeing other people to telling me the same thing so I’ll definitely keep that in mind for now on. I didn’t look up players at first cause I wanted to give people a chance to inform me about them in the comments and have a little back and forth interaction. But I definitely get the message so will do💯

If you want to know some of the biggest hitters I’d recommend checking out Kronwall, Scott Stevens and Dustin Byfuglien

Need to react to best NHL shoot out goals

Like you said in last video, let's get our minds set right

Feels like half of the video was just Dion Phaneuf

You are great. New subscriber here. My wife and I love watching your videos. Her recommendation is React to NHL Goalie Fights.

@yojustmatt

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I appreciate the support fr, and I’ll add that to the list 💯

Hey dude you gotta react to biggest hockey injuries

@catherinelynnfraser2001

2 жыл бұрын

Don’t. It is so disturbing.

Look up Trevor zegras roomie season highlights, his skill is utterly insane and it’s only his first season

Scott Stevens, the most feared player in NHL history.

The one two three is about the hockey-ist thing ever. That’s Dustin byfugkien. Arguably the baddest dude in hockey. And he’s a poc if that matters

@Gnomojo

Жыл бұрын

If I saw that dude on the other team I’d be like. Peace. I’m out.

they teach you to skate with your head up, if you get pounded looking down, well your part at fault for that too.

You should watch sportsmanship in hockey after this and compare it to the nba

the scott stevens hits effectiviley ended the first two players careers. they were superstars in the league until those hits happened and they were never quite the same after. i personally think their both dirty

I played football and hockey and there wasn't much in football that equaled the multiple hits in hockey.

React to Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid combo

The Steven's hit on lindros was clean, unfortunate he had his head down but it wasn't headhunting, the one on Kariya was close but I think it was barely too late. The hit itself was fine just late

@11DNA11

2 жыл бұрын

Clean at that time. Not anymore. Same with the Kariya hit.

There’s a code in hockey. Much like football. If you’re gonna give a hit be ready to take a hit. Most of the hits in this montage are completely fair. No penalties. But Scott Stevens. Was different.

Scott Stevens was the hardest hitting, "legal" crusher of souls, to ever,... EVER, lace 'em up. (Actually met him in Edmonton after a game against the Oilers)... (long story, 😆 🤣) he had/has, the biggest f*cking hands I've ever shaken, and the meakest, most humble... est?...??...(ummm... anyway) demeanor and friendly personality while hanging out at a pub in Edmonton, (he had relatives there) that you couldn't help but to like him, and admire his "on-ice" heroics. Hall of Fame !!!!!

Bro you should watch some Ovechkin highlights, he is the whole package

Hockey and Basketball are both Canadian sports. That’s why the feel similar.

Nathan Mackinnion and jack eichel

I wanna see you react to Dominick Hasek!!! Dude was Insane in net !

NO Scott Stevens was NOT a dirty player infact a legend and one of the best hitters ever period. And hes in the hockey hall of fame so....

16:08 .. this hit ended the guy's career.. he was young too

You should watch “Ryan Reaves Fight highlights” he’s a monster of a hockey fighter

They’re not dirty hits just because you’re not going for the puck. The goal of hits is to separate the player from the puck or slow the player down. Hits are dirty when the intent is to injure. Yes injuries happen but that shouldn’t be the intent.

Ryan Reaves highlights 💯