Watch as New York Islanders defenceman Alexander Romanov catches New Jersey Devils forward Miles Wood with a massive open-ice hit before scrapping with Michael McLeod.
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One of the best hits in the last 10 years. Incredible hit.
@HockeyJock6476 Жыл бұрын
One of the best clean hits I’ve seen in a very long time; years! This check should be shown around the league as an example: Of how defenceman can incorporate & utilize good clean checking into their defensive game. Miles Wood (being the stand-up guy he is) said it was a good clean check after the game.
@kenduffy539711 ай бұрын
Clean hit like we rarely see nowadays. Absolutely crushed.
@PierLuc111 Жыл бұрын
how did wood start bleeding from his nose if the hit wasn't high?
@codyhastings2516 Жыл бұрын
@@codyhastings2516 look at his head, completly down. Major league hit thats why his nose's bleeding
@etiennepoisson2480 Жыл бұрын
@@codyhastings2516 He hit his own head, if you get a nose bleed doesn't mean it wasn't good clean hit. And we see good hard hits in the league these days. More would be nice though.
@droogiesouls8635 Жыл бұрын
@@codyhastings2516 maybe because he's a Yankee Sissy Boy?
@danieltokar7404 Жыл бұрын
@@droogiesouls8635 if you skate head down it's your problem... Clearly a good hit not matter what you think
@duduff1359 Жыл бұрын
A player can’t skate across the ice like this without fear of being hit. Great hit!
@HarrisonHollers Жыл бұрын
Yes, it's not figure skating! Beautiful hit!
@dronlaa Жыл бұрын
I haven’t thought of that…
@MkDesjarlais-nk6qe3 ай бұрын
Thats got to be the biggest hit this year. That Trouba hit was hard too but i think this takes the cake.
@8JFJK8 Жыл бұрын
Lyubushkin hit on Holloway was worse.
@perrinayebarra Жыл бұрын
The C on trouba's sweater stands for clown
@donny_chang Жыл бұрын
@@perrinayebarra Yeah that was a great hit as well but i still think the other 2 were worse personally.
@8JFJK8 Жыл бұрын
Trouba no doubt put his elbow into the hit(like he always does). Dirty f'in POS. Can't wait till someone lights him up and all his wuss teammates stand around & watch.
@jamesmorris2236 ай бұрын
Ref made the perfect call with giving extra 2 to NJ, that was a solid clean hard check. I’ll also just point out, as commentators failed too, that under league rules any head contact as part of that check is absolutely legal as the check itself is through the trunk of the body, the head is not targeted, and the player put himself in a position where minor (lower chin/neck) contact was unavoidable. Know I’m not alone in thinking today’s league needs more checks like that.
@Max_m Жыл бұрын
I miss when there was a check like this every game
@yooowhatupribs Жыл бұрын
They never said the check was illegal. All they said was there was some contact with the head which is absolutely true.
@MynameisMikeee Жыл бұрын
Yea the problem I have is the consistency, 7 times out of ten, refs are calling that a penalty and were all chirping the refs
@DjDcraz Жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing regarding the call on the ice. Picture perfect open ice hit...glad Romanov is one of ours now! Let's Go Isles!!
@robplante8631 Жыл бұрын
BEAUTIFUL HIT!!!
@adski1348 Жыл бұрын
Another reason to miss him. I’m happy we have Dach but I mean, imagine Romanov and Xhekaj together. That would be terrifying.
@Enraged. Жыл бұрын
That's a threat to public safety for even mentioning that
@TheBulbasaurKing Жыл бұрын
I miss Romanov, but we have depth on D and needed Dach. Trade helped all involved except for Chicago
@rmaguire1000 Жыл бұрын
@@rmaguire1000 i mean they got a good player from the draft
@AKAKATTACK_YT Жыл бұрын
@@TheBulbasaurKing LOL
@AKAKATTACK_YT Жыл бұрын
I totally agree
@JoE-kx7dw Жыл бұрын
Clean hit, knocked the wind out of him pretty good.
@spartan2693 Жыл бұрын
Ive been hit like that before , wind knocked out of ya right away and being dazed at the same time
@Shawni161 Жыл бұрын
And knocked his nose up. Still, think it should be considered clean.
@joakimhausswolff9728 Жыл бұрын
Knocked the wind out of his brain. It was clean by the letter of the law, but it's the type of borderline hit that people get mad about when Tom Wilson makes them. Caught the body with the head, but still a good amount of head contact, and was a blind side/predatory hit. IMO it's clean in the way Scott Stevens was clean when he played.
@marshallmykietyshyn4973 Жыл бұрын
@@joakimhausswolff9728 That was is helmet
@scottmcfarlane7524 Жыл бұрын
Romanov is really becoming the next best defensive D-man. Love to see a nice clean hit like that. Teams would kill to have a guy like this on their back end.
@evan9536 Жыл бұрын
He is still making a lot of defensive mistakes, but fixable things, should be great once he fully develops
@declanf.5532 Жыл бұрын
You’re 100% correct Declan. We (me) Isles fans forgot just how young he is. (He just turned 23) It took him a good 3/4 of the season for him to figure out our scheme/system and to find his place is on the team. He was a much better defender the last 2 months of the season before he was got injured. Also, as you know (because I can tell you know hockey) he’s already an important part of this team, but the more time that goes by & the more his play improves. He’ll become an essential part of this team’s success moving forward. If Noah Dobson actually progresses next season. (Unlike this season where he regressed) And if Romanov keeps progressing as he is? I don’t see any reason why they shouldn’t be D-partners? It didn’t workout this season. However, Dobson & Aho can not be D-partners. Aho is to small & with a player like Dobson, you need a player like Romanov or Pelech as his partner, not Aho! Ideally, Alexander and Noah will be become the dual pairing we envisioned when we required Alexander from Montreal. Which by the way; was an excellent move on Lou’s part.
@kenduffy539711 ай бұрын
Loved him on the habs. Hes grown so much and has looked his best on the isles by far. Will always be a fan, his best is yet to come defensively imo
@Somethingsomethingmorbid09 ай бұрын
@@declanf.5532 Well it’s been a year and he’s not putting himself out of position for the big hit. He’s turned into one of our top 4 defenders. Great trade by Lou and the way things are going this year? That’s a hard thing to say about Lou but he got Romanov right and getting Mike Reilly off of waivers was just straight up robbery! I have no idea how a player as good as Mike Reilly gets put on waivers?
@kenduffy53972 ай бұрын
@@kenduffy5397 I’m not sure he’s worth 13th overall yet but it’s looking good. He’s really showed off he has a secret wicked release and has been a lot better on defense and I agree Reilly is a great bottom pair guy
@declanf.55322 ай бұрын
Devils fans should appreciate this hit. Obviously not for Wood getting hit but for it being a true homage to Stevens.
@VompoVompatti Жыл бұрын
Probably high like most of the opponents would say too lol
@johnnyversaci7091 Жыл бұрын
Appreciate wood getting right up essentially tho tough guy for sure
@johnnyversaci7091 Жыл бұрын
Eh… kinda? This hit was clean and it’s tough to find a clean hit from Stevens - he was such a dirtbag.
@Rino37 Жыл бұрын
Stevens was a headhunter who deliberately went out of his way to catch heads. This hit by Romanov was more in the Kasparaitis mold, a guy who threw actual BODYchecks.
@okyouknowwhatever Жыл бұрын
Yeah but he probably thought he was at an AC-DC concert.
@easkeybikes1966 Жыл бұрын
Clean hit
@islanders1533 Жыл бұрын
I love this guy. What a great trade for the isles and the habs. His ability to block shots and wipe guys out cleanly is amazing.
@richardwmgauthier Жыл бұрын
One of the biggest hits I’ve ever seen. This was an all timer. Absolutely rocked
@bigmac786 Жыл бұрын
One of if not thee best clean hit i seen all year...romanovs a tank, what a game though
@fearlessleader8623 Жыл бұрын
What a beautiful hit
@user-pf6to9du3q Жыл бұрын
That's a good clean hit
@NotMyName78 Жыл бұрын
That's old school hockey!
@dylanmilks Жыл бұрын
Nah, benches would have to clear, and that hasn't been allowed since the late '80s.
@AngusArtEntertainment Жыл бұрын
Totally clean hit. Woods got caught looking at his 🏒.
@keithallison3756 Жыл бұрын
Good hard clean hit
@patrickmalone14 Жыл бұрын
Solid clean hit.
@drjbraun Жыл бұрын
As a huge Isles fan, I was psyched when we traded for Romanov. That guy LOVES to hit and he hits like a freight train! After watching some of his highlights from Montreal I knew he was gonna quickly become a fan favorite!
@MaxPower-kb4ke Жыл бұрын
the puck at 1:11 is spinning almost as fast as Woods' head!!
@nikshill8767 Жыл бұрын
LMFAOOO
@dblum Жыл бұрын
Perfect clean hit
@radekgrimm2244 Жыл бұрын
Best hits in probably a decade. WHAT A HIT
@CanadianBongRipper10 ай бұрын
Clean hit. Keep your head up.
@TicTacTone2 Жыл бұрын
Lets go Islanders. Clean hit,totally nailed him.
@garethsavin4464 Жыл бұрын
Clean hit. Stop the scuffles after clean hits.
@blueballs9712 Жыл бұрын
Why?
@jackoblllllllll Жыл бұрын
@@jackoblllllllll Because the game shouldn't be interrupted after a clean hit. Keep that for when real disrespect happens.
@blueballs9712 Жыл бұрын
@@blueballs9712 so they should just let the other team walk all over them because you don’t like interruptions?
@jackoblllllllll Жыл бұрын
@@jackoblllllllll No, they should retaliate the way it was meant to be done, deliver hits back to the other team. Scrums are for when a player/goalie is disrespected. A clean hit has never been considered disrespectful.
@blueballs9712 Жыл бұрын
@@blueballs9712 I don’t know man, they seemed to feel pretty disrespected to me.
@jackoblllllllll Жыл бұрын
Heaviest hit I've seen in a long time. 100% clean too. Keep your heads up kids!
@foxnotch Жыл бұрын
Clean hit to the head hell yea
@johnnyversaci7091 Жыл бұрын
Clean as a whistle
@JhubeiFC Жыл бұрын
Романыч 💪🤌 он ещё только растёт 💯❗️✊😉🤜🤛😎
@user-ee9jj8we5s Жыл бұрын
Динамовцы-олды вспомнят его жёсткого деда Зинатуллу Хайдаровича Билялетдинова
@So4ny_Balesh Жыл бұрын
The commentator saying the instigator penalty is questionable seriously dude the devil’s player went at him immediately gloves off what else would you call it this jumping a guy after a beautiful clean open ice hit is such a tired and played out bit…
@kevingunnery5470 Жыл бұрын
Guarantee you if it was a Devil who did it to an Islander, the SAME THING will happen. Players today react to every big hit like it was a dirty one and it stinks.
@oel734 Жыл бұрын
Hat pick for Steve. Beautiful clean hit! Romanov hits everything that moves in the back end
@dronlaa Жыл бұрын
Beautiful hit in this day a n age.
@MegaNuc Жыл бұрын
Clean hit. NJ fan too. Gotta keep your head up going through the middle of the ice.
@HighKage97 Жыл бұрын
Damn, that might be the hardest hit I’ve ever seen. Almost looks like he skated full clip into the boards the way he flew backwards. Romanov with a page from the kronwall book “how to be a Kroncrete wall”
@Dylanjamescraig Жыл бұрын
Reminds me of Byfuglien leveling Mark Stone.
@EtopiaCA Жыл бұрын
Kronwall was a headhunting bastard
@jackoblllllllll Жыл бұрын
Roman Wall or Vallum Alexandrium
@nikolaevsuch Жыл бұрын
Brian Campbell hit on RJ Umberger in 2006 playoffs.
@joshuakatherine6251 Жыл бұрын
@@joshuakatherine6251 Umberger saw the face of God after that one
@jackoblllllllll Жыл бұрын
Lindros breaks into a nervous sweat seeing this video
@Magicrat999 Жыл бұрын
Keep yo head up son
@francisnolan7649 Жыл бұрын
Clean hit! Romanov is not Marchand))))
@user-fx4tb5xv6i Жыл бұрын
Абсолютно Романов не такое животное😊
@PEBU30PPO Жыл бұрын
Красавец, четко сделал!!!
@viktorpark4468 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful hit
@Kalgon1 Жыл бұрын
Helluva game. Great hockey all around. Though it was an absolutely clean hit, hats off to McLeod for sticking up for his teammate.
@jamesaebly1555 Жыл бұрын
Clean hit, but I also appreciate his teammates sticking up for him. Fighting is part of hockey, people saying fighting doesn't belong, it does. Makes hockey fun to watch.
@technodrpepper Жыл бұрын
Time for some glasses Kenny. 100% clean hit.
@thephantom_2247 Жыл бұрын
Саня красава!!!! Только За что удаление то, нормальный хит. В девяностых и двухтысячных постоянно так играли и нормально все было.
@user-zi9ed9ty1g Жыл бұрын
Может обоюдное за драку
@user-jo1uj2rd2v Жыл бұрын
За драку обоюдку дали.
@Nick_Koreshkov Жыл бұрын
Будто в столб влетел на нормальной скорости
@user-wq9qn3zk2x Жыл бұрын
Clean hit. Wood is not a small man either.
@Descan26 Жыл бұрын
Perfect, beautiful, clean hit. Nothing dirty about that. We need mare hits like this.
@arensaraydarian4648 Жыл бұрын
Wow, cleanest hit this entire season
@kenduffy539711 ай бұрын
Wow! The way he flew backwards....cartoon-like. That shot of Woods and the puck at 0:16 tells the story perfectly.
@j.frankparnell3087 Жыл бұрын
Just as satisfying as getting a goal
@scottbowers9061 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful hit. Nothing wrong with it. Surely it hurt
@ManAcadie Жыл бұрын
Great hit, clean
@kiddingaroundranch6263 Жыл бұрын
He saw the hit coming. Good fair open ice hit
@petergreco2456 Жыл бұрын
Do players forget there is hitting in hockey? Cleanest and hardest hit I have seen in a while.
@82dupont Жыл бұрын
kinda does seem like players don't ever expect to be hit on open ice.
@dugannash9109 Жыл бұрын
Well deserved instigating penalty. Clean hit, to the chest, never lifted his feet. Cannot get cleaner than that. Still respect for standing up for your teammate.
@Rex73777 Жыл бұрын
He did leave his feet but whatever.
@oel734 Жыл бұрын
First rule in hockey,,,Keep your head up!
@mellymel8668 Жыл бұрын
I’m surprised Kenny said what he did? That’s unfortunate because that’s a picture perfect clean hit that the NHL should be encouraging! Not these boarding hits, cross-checking, slashing hits!
@kenduffy5397 Жыл бұрын
We are gonna miss Romanov I'm sure he'll be a great defenseman guys like that are rare
@mattkelly9516 Жыл бұрын
Clean hit! Dude got Romanov'd. Wood's a pro hockey player and knows better than to gain the offensive blueline staring at how pretty the puck looks on his stick. KEEP YOUR HEAD UP!
@matthewlloyd3651 Жыл бұрын
Damn, that was a good, clean, hard hit. These are kinds of hits that are missing today. Guys are either targeting the head or they try to make a soft play to get the puck.
@pomerlain8924 Жыл бұрын
Niceee hit keep your head up
@kevinnapash8305 Жыл бұрын
Clean hit. Head wasn’t the main point of contact
@georgepristouris4149 Жыл бұрын
What a hit, clean as day
@tannerrotschy1984 Жыл бұрын
I think Miles thought he was was McDavid for a second 😂 If you’re skating straight up the middle with the puck you better be out front. I think Wood learned his lesson here.
@joshuapaul3342 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful hit we need more of this in todays soft game
@curtwarner8505 Жыл бұрын
Pure clean hit, gotta keep your head up that results in a punishing blow
@matiasmorales1130 Жыл бұрын
Scott Stevens is smiling right now.
@hammatymee Жыл бұрын
Good work from Romanov !
@2Garin. Жыл бұрын
And Wood is a big boy too 😱😱😱😱
@288theabe Жыл бұрын
That's as solid of a hit as you'll ever see. Like hitting a brickwall
@smiley847 Жыл бұрын
Romanov checks perfectly 👌
@ChickCorea1000 Жыл бұрын
Back in the olden days, you dropped your gloves for dirty hits or sticks, especially on your star players - that's what "enforcers" were for. Remember them? In the increasingly ridiculous #newNHL, this BS happens after every hit. This hit was a work of art that we rarely see these days.
@tombowes9387 Жыл бұрын
So your take as an old school fan is you don’t like more fights? Clown take
@HarrisonHollers Жыл бұрын
@@HarrisonHollers Brush up your reading comprehension. He's right, going after players for clean, legal hits is stupid af.
@CaptainFordo21 Жыл бұрын
There wasn’t a penalty called on Romanov. What’s up with these retaliatory fights after a clean hit in today’s game? (I don’t get it) Do players like Barzal, Hughes, Woods think the defensemen will just let them skate around in circles in the O-zone with their heads down? It was a perfectly timed beautiful clean hit! We need more clean hits like that in this league, for the players own safety! Instead of all the boarding, cross-checking, hacking and slashing that can seriously injure a person!
@kenduffy5397 Жыл бұрын
👏
@dronlaa Жыл бұрын
Not an Islanders fan but I like Romanov a lot he plays an old school game.
@absolutelybased3251 Жыл бұрын
Nominee for best clean hit of the year.
@powergi3996 Жыл бұрын
Maybe of the decade. Maybe of all time. It was a doozy.
@dulljerk Жыл бұрын
Keep your head up. Your playing the Islanders!
@Rentcollector Жыл бұрын
Tough hit to take hope he’s okay. Very clean but he’s gotta keep his head up.
@TateBotz Жыл бұрын
As a Devils Fan, that is the definition of a Scott Stevens hit. Romanov absolutely crushed Wood. Keep yer head up Miles!
@CheDRbob Жыл бұрын
That's a top 5 hardest hit I've ever seen. That was middle-middle, right in the sweet spot. Jesus Christ.
@colinbanning9416 Жыл бұрын
You must've missed the 90's/early 2000's
@adamr.a.n.t.runningandnavi2413 Жыл бұрын
^agreed! I can watch some of those and taste the pain. Takes me right back to being a d while touch icing existed. This hit was middle of the mall normal
@ENSYYSNE Жыл бұрын
@@adamr.a.n.t.runningandnavi2413 lt doesn't matter what decade, that hit was a mother in any era! Lol
@robplante8631 Жыл бұрын
Very few times do you see a guy get stood up like that. He just stopped dead, and it was definitely a clean hit. McLeod has to jump in there, though. No issues with that response, but it's absolutely an instigator penalty
@rmaguire1000 Жыл бұрын
As an Islanders fan, I agree.
@dblum Жыл бұрын
This is why you take the puck wide, kids! Open ice hits hurt worse 😂
@creamcheesewonton420 Жыл бұрын
Reminds me of prime Darius Kasparaitis. Great hit!
@jonathanfrogel5026 Жыл бұрын
Thought the same thing...that guy was a missile!
@robplante8631 Жыл бұрын
I want more of that. If you cut to middle, you get hit. Always played by that rule with my partners on D.
@holymackenaw Жыл бұрын
Good hit, and don't mind the small scrap, looks like hockey to me.
@joehrdina1393 Жыл бұрын
Beauty! Channeling his inner Scott Stevens lol...
@rhimeskyshroud193 Жыл бұрын
CLEAN (EXPLETIVE) HIT
@cowetascore8476 Жыл бұрын
We heard this hit all the way across the NY Metro area. BOOM! 😆😮
@katel141 Жыл бұрын
Clean, solid hit. Little ironic that one of the most famous Devils players was absolutely known for this kind of hit.
@isthatujeebus Жыл бұрын
Imitation is the highest form of flattery. Poor Wood though. 😝
@katel141 Жыл бұрын
Stevens hit more people straight in the head with his shoulder than he made "clean" hits.... this Romanov hit doesn't resemble many of Scott Stevens open ice hits..... Stevens willingly wanted to injure opponents each and every shift, he looked for the predatory hit
@dschamber7190 Жыл бұрын
@@dschamber7190 since you need it explaining to you...I was referring to his ability to catch people in the trolley tracks.
@isthatujeebus Жыл бұрын
No, Stevens didn't hit like this, Stevens either caught guys late or deliberately went for the head. It was Kasparaitis who threw beautiful bodychecks like this. Don't be a revisionist, be truthful.
@okyouknowwhatever Жыл бұрын
@@okyouknowwhatever Jesus dude, where did I say they were clean? I literally just explained it to the last guy that didn't get it. Clean/dirty/late/deliberate, Stevens would catch guys going across the ice as they entered the zone.
@isthatujeebus Жыл бұрын
Absolutely clean hit!
@clermontchuckles4297 Жыл бұрын
Love it!!
@vergedrums Жыл бұрын
Hit of the year
@RobertNikolausMaximilianUngern Жыл бұрын
The announcer says contact with the head… we’ll yeah but only because he had his head down. Good, clean, hard hit.
@chrisgallo2236 Жыл бұрын
Great hit
@Townie5lax Жыл бұрын
Perfectly legal hit
@steveshipkie1624 Жыл бұрын
That puck just spinning beside his kneeled over body 😮
@nickbrenner6459 Жыл бұрын
Keep ya head up!
@MrCanadian999 Жыл бұрын
It was a good hit by Romy! Kid knows what he's doing
@kellybinns6331 Жыл бұрын
Thats the buggest hit ive seen in years. I hope wood is ok.
@jubealube09 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I love dach, but damn do I sure miss him😢
@aaronmacinnis2315 Жыл бұрын
Xhekaj
@lankancheetah Жыл бұрын
@@lankancheetah ok?
@aaronmacinnis2315 Жыл бұрын
@@aaronmacinnis2315 he’s pretty much the same player as Romanov was.
@lankancheetah Жыл бұрын
@@lankancheetah nah Romanov was LAYIN kids out just like this before he left
@aaronmacinnis2315 Жыл бұрын
@@aaronmacinnis2315 Xhekaj is also doing that .. and he's only getting better !! He's also better offensively than Romanov plus we have Dach now !!
@Emotionless0000 Жыл бұрын
Hit so hard his nose started bleeded
@Michael-km9jf Жыл бұрын
A fight after a clean hit? I've heard of no such thing!
One of the best hits in the last 10 years. Incredible hit.
One of the best clean hits I’ve seen in a very long time; years! This check should be shown around the league as an example: Of how defenceman can incorporate & utilize good clean checking into their defensive game. Miles Wood (being the stand-up guy he is) said it was a good clean check after the game.
Clean hit like we rarely see nowadays. Absolutely crushed.
how did wood start bleeding from his nose if the hit wasn't high?
@@codyhastings2516 look at his head, completly down. Major league hit thats why his nose's bleeding
@@codyhastings2516 He hit his own head, if you get a nose bleed doesn't mean it wasn't good clean hit. And we see good hard hits in the league these days. More would be nice though.
@@codyhastings2516 maybe because he's a Yankee Sissy Boy?
@@droogiesouls8635 if you skate head down it's your problem... Clearly a good hit not matter what you think
A player can’t skate across the ice like this without fear of being hit. Great hit!
Yes, it's not figure skating! Beautiful hit!
I haven’t thought of that…
Thats got to be the biggest hit this year. That Trouba hit was hard too but i think this takes the cake.
Lyubushkin hit on Holloway was worse.
The C on trouba's sweater stands for clown
@@perrinayebarra Yeah that was a great hit as well but i still think the other 2 were worse personally.
Trouba no doubt put his elbow into the hit(like he always does). Dirty f'in POS. Can't wait till someone lights him up and all his wuss teammates stand around & watch.
Ref made the perfect call with giving extra 2 to NJ, that was a solid clean hard check. I’ll also just point out, as commentators failed too, that under league rules any head contact as part of that check is absolutely legal as the check itself is through the trunk of the body, the head is not targeted, and the player put himself in a position where minor (lower chin/neck) contact was unavoidable. Know I’m not alone in thinking today’s league needs more checks like that.
I miss when there was a check like this every game
They never said the check was illegal. All they said was there was some contact with the head which is absolutely true.
Yea the problem I have is the consistency, 7 times out of ten, refs are calling that a penalty and were all chirping the refs
I was thinking the same thing regarding the call on the ice. Picture perfect open ice hit...glad Romanov is one of ours now! Let's Go Isles!!
BEAUTIFUL HIT!!!
Another reason to miss him. I’m happy we have Dach but I mean, imagine Romanov and Xhekaj together. That would be terrifying.
That's a threat to public safety for even mentioning that
I miss Romanov, but we have depth on D and needed Dach. Trade helped all involved except for Chicago
@@rmaguire1000 i mean they got a good player from the draft
@@TheBulbasaurKing LOL
I totally agree
Clean hit, knocked the wind out of him pretty good.
Ive been hit like that before , wind knocked out of ya right away and being dazed at the same time
And knocked his nose up. Still, think it should be considered clean.
Knocked the wind out of his brain. It was clean by the letter of the law, but it's the type of borderline hit that people get mad about when Tom Wilson makes them. Caught the body with the head, but still a good amount of head contact, and was a blind side/predatory hit. IMO it's clean in the way Scott Stevens was clean when he played.
@@joakimhausswolff9728 That was is helmet
Romanov is really becoming the next best defensive D-man. Love to see a nice clean hit like that. Teams would kill to have a guy like this on their back end.
He is still making a lot of defensive mistakes, but fixable things, should be great once he fully develops
You’re 100% correct Declan. We (me) Isles fans forgot just how young he is. (He just turned 23) It took him a good 3/4 of the season for him to figure out our scheme/system and to find his place is on the team. He was a much better defender the last 2 months of the season before he was got injured. Also, as you know (because I can tell you know hockey) he’s already an important part of this team, but the more time that goes by & the more his play improves. He’ll become an essential part of this team’s success moving forward. If Noah Dobson actually progresses next season. (Unlike this season where he regressed) And if Romanov keeps progressing as he is? I don’t see any reason why they shouldn’t be D-partners? It didn’t workout this season. However, Dobson & Aho can not be D-partners. Aho is to small & with a player like Dobson, you need a player like Romanov or Pelech as his partner, not Aho! Ideally, Alexander and Noah will be become the dual pairing we envisioned when we required Alexander from Montreal. Which by the way; was an excellent move on Lou’s part.
Loved him on the habs. Hes grown so much and has looked his best on the isles by far. Will always be a fan, his best is yet to come defensively imo
@@declanf.5532 Well it’s been a year and he’s not putting himself out of position for the big hit. He’s turned into one of our top 4 defenders. Great trade by Lou and the way things are going this year? That’s a hard thing to say about Lou but he got Romanov right and getting Mike Reilly off of waivers was just straight up robbery! I have no idea how a player as good as Mike Reilly gets put on waivers?
@@kenduffy5397 I’m not sure he’s worth 13th overall yet but it’s looking good. He’s really showed off he has a secret wicked release and has been a lot better on defense and I agree Reilly is a great bottom pair guy
Devils fans should appreciate this hit. Obviously not for Wood getting hit but for it being a true homage to Stevens.
Probably high like most of the opponents would say too lol
Appreciate wood getting right up essentially tho tough guy for sure
Eh… kinda? This hit was clean and it’s tough to find a clean hit from Stevens - he was such a dirtbag.
Stevens was a headhunter who deliberately went out of his way to catch heads. This hit by Romanov was more in the Kasparaitis mold, a guy who threw actual BODYchecks.
Yeah but he probably thought he was at an AC-DC concert.
Clean hit
I love this guy. What a great trade for the isles and the habs. His ability to block shots and wipe guys out cleanly is amazing.
One of the biggest hits I’ve ever seen. This was an all timer. Absolutely rocked
One of if not thee best clean hit i seen all year...romanovs a tank, what a game though
What a beautiful hit
That's a good clean hit
That's old school hockey!
Nah, benches would have to clear, and that hasn't been allowed since the late '80s.
Totally clean hit. Woods got caught looking at his 🏒.
Good hard clean hit
Solid clean hit.
As a huge Isles fan, I was psyched when we traded for Romanov. That guy LOVES to hit and he hits like a freight train! After watching some of his highlights from Montreal I knew he was gonna quickly become a fan favorite!
the puck at 1:11 is spinning almost as fast as Woods' head!!
LMFAOOO
Perfect clean hit
Best hits in probably a decade. WHAT A HIT
Clean hit. Keep your head up.
Lets go Islanders. Clean hit,totally nailed him.
Clean hit. Stop the scuffles after clean hits.
Why?
@@jackoblllllllll Because the game shouldn't be interrupted after a clean hit. Keep that for when real disrespect happens.
@@blueballs9712 so they should just let the other team walk all over them because you don’t like interruptions?
@@jackoblllllllll No, they should retaliate the way it was meant to be done, deliver hits back to the other team. Scrums are for when a player/goalie is disrespected. A clean hit has never been considered disrespectful.
@@blueballs9712 I don’t know man, they seemed to feel pretty disrespected to me.
Heaviest hit I've seen in a long time. 100% clean too. Keep your heads up kids!
Clean hit to the head hell yea
Clean as a whistle
Романыч 💪🤌 он ещё только растёт 💯❗️✊😉🤜🤛😎
Динамовцы-олды вспомнят его жёсткого деда Зинатуллу Хайдаровича Билялетдинова
The commentator saying the instigator penalty is questionable seriously dude the devil’s player went at him immediately gloves off what else would you call it this jumping a guy after a beautiful clean open ice hit is such a tired and played out bit…
Guarantee you if it was a Devil who did it to an Islander, the SAME THING will happen. Players today react to every big hit like it was a dirty one and it stinks.
Hat pick for Steve. Beautiful clean hit! Romanov hits everything that moves in the back end
Beautiful hit in this day a n age.
Clean hit. NJ fan too. Gotta keep your head up going through the middle of the ice.
Damn, that might be the hardest hit I’ve ever seen. Almost looks like he skated full clip into the boards the way he flew backwards. Romanov with a page from the kronwall book “how to be a Kroncrete wall”
Reminds me of Byfuglien leveling Mark Stone.
Kronwall was a headhunting bastard
Roman Wall or Vallum Alexandrium
Brian Campbell hit on RJ Umberger in 2006 playoffs.
@@joshuakatherine6251 Umberger saw the face of God after that one
Lindros breaks into a nervous sweat seeing this video
Keep yo head up son
Clean hit! Romanov is not Marchand))))
Абсолютно Романов не такое животное😊
Красавец, четко сделал!!!
Beautiful hit
Helluva game. Great hockey all around. Though it was an absolutely clean hit, hats off to McLeod for sticking up for his teammate.
Clean hit, but I also appreciate his teammates sticking up for him. Fighting is part of hockey, people saying fighting doesn't belong, it does. Makes hockey fun to watch.
Time for some glasses Kenny. 100% clean hit.
Саня красава!!!! Только За что удаление то, нормальный хит. В девяностых и двухтысячных постоянно так играли и нормально все было.
Может обоюдное за драку
За драку обоюдку дали.
Будто в столб влетел на нормальной скорости
Clean hit. Wood is not a small man either.
Perfect, beautiful, clean hit. Nothing dirty about that. We need mare hits like this.
Wow, cleanest hit this entire season
Wow! The way he flew backwards....cartoon-like. That shot of Woods and the puck at 0:16 tells the story perfectly.
Just as satisfying as getting a goal
Beautiful hit. Nothing wrong with it. Surely it hurt
Great hit, clean
He saw the hit coming. Good fair open ice hit
Do players forget there is hitting in hockey? Cleanest and hardest hit I have seen in a while.
kinda does seem like players don't ever expect to be hit on open ice.
Well deserved instigating penalty. Clean hit, to the chest, never lifted his feet. Cannot get cleaner than that. Still respect for standing up for your teammate.
He did leave his feet but whatever.
First rule in hockey,,,Keep your head up!
I’m surprised Kenny said what he did? That’s unfortunate because that’s a picture perfect clean hit that the NHL should be encouraging! Not these boarding hits, cross-checking, slashing hits!
We are gonna miss Romanov I'm sure he'll be a great defenseman guys like that are rare
Clean hit! Dude got Romanov'd. Wood's a pro hockey player and knows better than to gain the offensive blueline staring at how pretty the puck looks on his stick. KEEP YOUR HEAD UP!
Damn, that was a good, clean, hard hit. These are kinds of hits that are missing today. Guys are either targeting the head or they try to make a soft play to get the puck.
Niceee hit keep your head up
Clean hit. Head wasn’t the main point of contact
What a hit, clean as day
I think Miles thought he was was McDavid for a second 😂 If you’re skating straight up the middle with the puck you better be out front. I think Wood learned his lesson here.
Beautiful hit we need more of this in todays soft game
Pure clean hit, gotta keep your head up that results in a punishing blow
Scott Stevens is smiling right now.
Good work from Romanov !
And Wood is a big boy too 😱😱😱😱
That's as solid of a hit as you'll ever see. Like hitting a brickwall
Romanov checks perfectly 👌
Back in the olden days, you dropped your gloves for dirty hits or sticks, especially on your star players - that's what "enforcers" were for. Remember them? In the increasingly ridiculous #newNHL, this BS happens after every hit. This hit was a work of art that we rarely see these days.
So your take as an old school fan is you don’t like more fights? Clown take
@@HarrisonHollers Brush up your reading comprehension. He's right, going after players for clean, legal hits is stupid af.
There wasn’t a penalty called on Romanov. What’s up with these retaliatory fights after a clean hit in today’s game? (I don’t get it) Do players like Barzal, Hughes, Woods think the defensemen will just let them skate around in circles in the O-zone with their heads down? It was a perfectly timed beautiful clean hit! We need more clean hits like that in this league, for the players own safety! Instead of all the boarding, cross-checking, hacking and slashing that can seriously injure a person!
👏
Not an Islanders fan but I like Romanov a lot he plays an old school game.
Nominee for best clean hit of the year.
Maybe of the decade. Maybe of all time. It was a doozy.
Keep your head up. Your playing the Islanders!
Tough hit to take hope he’s okay. Very clean but he’s gotta keep his head up.
As a Devils Fan, that is the definition of a Scott Stevens hit. Romanov absolutely crushed Wood. Keep yer head up Miles!
That's a top 5 hardest hit I've ever seen. That was middle-middle, right in the sweet spot. Jesus Christ.
You must've missed the 90's/early 2000's
^agreed! I can watch some of those and taste the pain. Takes me right back to being a d while touch icing existed. This hit was middle of the mall normal
@@adamr.a.n.t.runningandnavi2413 lt doesn't matter what decade, that hit was a mother in any era! Lol
Very few times do you see a guy get stood up like that. He just stopped dead, and it was definitely a clean hit. McLeod has to jump in there, though. No issues with that response, but it's absolutely an instigator penalty
As an Islanders fan, I agree.
This is why you take the puck wide, kids! Open ice hits hurt worse 😂
Reminds me of prime Darius Kasparaitis. Great hit!
Thought the same thing...that guy was a missile!
I want more of that. If you cut to middle, you get hit. Always played by that rule with my partners on D.
Good hit, and don't mind the small scrap, looks like hockey to me.
Beauty! Channeling his inner Scott Stevens lol...
CLEAN (EXPLETIVE) HIT
We heard this hit all the way across the NY Metro area. BOOM! 😆😮
Clean, solid hit. Little ironic that one of the most famous Devils players was absolutely known for this kind of hit.
Imitation is the highest form of flattery. Poor Wood though. 😝
Stevens hit more people straight in the head with his shoulder than he made "clean" hits.... this Romanov hit doesn't resemble many of Scott Stevens open ice hits..... Stevens willingly wanted to injure opponents each and every shift, he looked for the predatory hit
@@dschamber7190 since you need it explaining to you...I was referring to his ability to catch people in the trolley tracks.
No, Stevens didn't hit like this, Stevens either caught guys late or deliberately went for the head. It was Kasparaitis who threw beautiful bodychecks like this. Don't be a revisionist, be truthful.
@@okyouknowwhatever Jesus dude, where did I say they were clean? I literally just explained it to the last guy that didn't get it. Clean/dirty/late/deliberate, Stevens would catch guys going across the ice as they entered the zone.
Absolutely clean hit!
Love it!!
Hit of the year
The announcer says contact with the head… we’ll yeah but only because he had his head down. Good, clean, hard hit.
Great hit
Perfectly legal hit
That puck just spinning beside his kneeled over body 😮
Keep ya head up!
It was a good hit by Romy! Kid knows what he's doing
Thats the buggest hit ive seen in years. I hope wood is ok.
Yeah, I love dach, but damn do I sure miss him😢
Xhekaj
@@lankancheetah ok?
@@aaronmacinnis2315 he’s pretty much the same player as Romanov was.
@@lankancheetah nah Romanov was LAYIN kids out just like this before he left
@@aaronmacinnis2315 Xhekaj is also doing that .. and he's only getting better !! He's also better offensively than Romanov plus we have Dach now !!
Hit so hard his nose started bleeded
A fight after a clean hit? I've heard of no such thing!
Bloody nose on a teammate isn't cool