2011 Stanley Cup Finals
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I'm going to throw in a comment as a hockey player...
Put simply, you know what you're doing as you're doing it... There is no way a professional player didn't know he was going for the head, there is no way he wasn't trying to rip above mentioned head off...To say it wasn't malicious is a gross understatement from a players perspective. Sure he should have kept his head up, sure it was with the shoulder but bottom line is that you have to premeditate a hit like that. Even in the split seconds before the hit Rome had the chance (and ability) for it to be a body-to-body hit. He went for the head, and that's a cheapshot.
All this being said, I'm a boston fan, I love intensity, I don't like cheap shots like this because eventually the NHL will ban open-ice hits and they're a great part of the game... My rant is over...