John Ludvig’s NHL career hasn’t started the way he’d like after this hit with Radek Faksa. It looks like Ludvig takes Faksa’s helmet to the chin and had to leave the game.
Face hitting the other opponents helmets is never a good outcome it seems, a lot of players seems to get knocked out like that. His right glove seems to have saved him from his face hitting the ice, that would have been extremely bad.
Players don't know how to take or make a hit anymore. This is what happens when you don't let teenagers start hitting till they're 16 now. You're gonna get some kid that's gone through his growth spurt is a man child and then you got this skinny kid.
Ludvig just got a taste of his own medecine. He speed up from his own zone and cut center ice to hit Faksa head-on, knowing he was vulnerable receiving the puck. The probabilities in such situation, that Faksa would have been the one knocked out on the ice, are way much more higher than what happened here.
Never fun seeing a player got down like this, but in this case, I feel no pity for Ludvig.
2 out of 5 Troubas. For once, leaving your feet on a charge doesn't end well for the charger. He'll have to learn to LEAD with the helmet like in football… I'm getting to the opinion that all this amazing "body armor" we clad our athletes with actually makes the game more dangerous.
If you stopped this play at impact, without knowing the ending, you would think it was a dirty hit. Shoulder to face. Stars dudes head snaps back and everything. And yet Ludvig is the one who gets knocked out lol. Pretty funny. And I'm a Pens fan.
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Lead with your head and guess what? You got Faksa'd! 💪💪💪
That's just awful. First NHL game he goes for the big hit and hurts himself.
Poor kid. I can't imagine what his dad was thinking watching that. Hope he recovers well
He was lucky not to land face first on the ice on the way down.
Faksa around and find out, rook!
That is brutal, out cold right after the hit happens. Really, really tough.
Imagine first nhl game and already playing like sid and getting concussions lol knocked himself out
Face hitting the other opponents helmets is never a good outcome it seems, a lot of players seems to get knocked out like that. His right glove seems to have saved him from his face hitting the ice, that would have been extremely bad.
Players don't know how to take or make a hit anymore. This is what happens when you don't let teenagers start hitting till they're 16 now. You're gonna get some kid that's gone through his growth spurt is a man child and then you got this skinny kid.
Ludvig just got a taste of his own medecine. He speed up from his own zone and cut center ice to hit Faksa head-on, knowing he was vulnerable receiving the puck. The probabilities in such situation, that Faksa would have been the one knocked out on the ice, are way much more higher than what happened here.
Never fun seeing a player got down like this, but in this case, I feel no pity for Ludvig.
2 out of 5 Troubas. For once, leaving your feet on a charge doesn't end well for the charger. He'll have to learn to LEAD with the helmet like in football…
I'm getting to the opinion that all this amazing "body armor" we clad our athletes with actually makes the game more dangerous.
I'm guessing it was at the 29 second mark when their heads collided?
Hilarious! He went for the hit so take yours.
Would’ve been such an awesome hit to, caught the Stars player at the perfect time
jawline KO spot. right on the 💵💵
If you stopped this play at impact, without knowing the ending, you would think it was a dirty hit. Shoulder to face. Stars dudes head snaps back and everything. And yet Ludvig is the one who gets knocked out lol. Pretty funny. And I'm a Pens fan.
Also, why does him being a rookie matter?
I hope this is something he can look back on and have a laugh about.