Skip navigation
Favorites
Sign up to follow your favorites on all your devices.
Sign up

Video: Foligno lowers the boom on Hodgson

Ottawa Senators v Dallas Stars

DALLAS, TX - DECEMBER 01: Nick Foligno #71 of the Ottawa Senators skates the puck against Mike Ribeiro #63 of the Dallas Stars at American Airlines Center on December 1, 2011 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

Getty Images

Not all body checks that lead to concussions are illegal hits. For anyone who was wondering the difference, Nick Foligno lit up Cody Hodgson in the first period of the Canucks/Sens game on Saturday night. Hodgson corrals the puck and starts up the boards in his own zone and makes the unfortunate decision to cut towards the middle. Instead of finding open ice, Hodgson found a huge piece of a Nick Foligno check.

The Sens forward delivers a perfectly clean check. He keeps his elbow down and stays on his feet as he drives through Hodgson. There’s contact with the head, but only because Hodgson is bending over and makes a late turn into Foligno. Hopefully Andy Sutton was watching and taking notes.

Hodgson was clearly dazed, struggled to find his balance on his feet, and had to be helped to the bench. It was quickly announced that he would not return to the game.

On the ensuing shift, Canucks forward Dale Weise went straight towards Foligno to make him answer for the huge check on a skilled player. Foligno obliged, they dropped the gloves, and settled business. Much respect to Weise for standing up for his teammate; much respect to Foligno for taking a challenger that is doing his job.

(Update: It continued to be a memorable night for Foligno. Midway through the second period, he hit Ryan Kesler almost the same spot in the ice and was given boarding call... and a 10-minute misconduct for his vocal disagreement with the call.)