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Before Washington’s Brooks Orpik delivered his thundering check to New York’s Dan Boyle in Game 7 of the series between the Capitals and Rangers, the biggest hit of the post-season belonged to Ottawa’s fleet-footed defenseman Erik Karlsson.
While Karlsson isn’t exactly known as the most devastating hitter in hockey and hasn’t often been confused with Scott Stevens, but in the first round Karlsson absolutely blasted Montreal Canadiens blueliner Nathan Beaulieu with an open-ice check that put Beaulieu out of the series and into the second round. It wasn’t until Game 5 of the second round against the Tampa Bay Lightning when Beaulieu returned to the Habs’ lineup.
In game 6, the Lightning eliminated the Canadiens, with Beaulieu skating just 13:15 in the contest. Far from the average 16 minutes he averaged during regular season. But once the Canadiens revealed the list of injuries players were dealing with, things started to make a bit more sense: Karlsson'’s hit broke Beaulieu’s sternum and he was playing through it.
http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/er...round-1-check/
Ouch :eek5:
While Karlsson isn’t exactly known as the most devastating hitter in hockey and hasn’t often been confused with Scott Stevens, but in the first round Karlsson absolutely blasted Montreal Canadiens blueliner Nathan Beaulieu with an open-ice check that put Beaulieu out of the series and into the second round. It wasn’t until Game 5 of the second round against the Tampa Bay Lightning when Beaulieu returned to the Habs’ lineup.
In game 6, the Lightning eliminated the Canadiens, with Beaulieu skating just 13:15 in the contest. Far from the average 16 minutes he averaged during regular season. But once the Canadiens revealed the list of injuries players were dealing with, things started to make a bit more sense: Karlsson'’s hit broke Beaulieu’s sternum and he was playing through it.
http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/er...round-1-check/
Ouch :eek5:
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