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The Hardest Hits: NHL vs NFL
09.05.08The difference between taking on the full force of a hit in the NFL and one in the NHL is very different. First of all, in the NFL, the players are traveling a great deal slower since player must rely on speed produced merely by their feet. Secondly, the players have no obstacles to “be pinned against” other than the ground, or in the old days, perhaps a goal post. And finally, they get to land on turf or grass.
In hockey, the players are traveling a great deal faster from the near frictionless ice and the sharpened blades. Also, there’s the walls. Yes the walls that every bruiser in the NHL looks to pin a poor soul up against. And finally, nothing good can come out of landing on ice. Take a look at these two videos, and you tell me which poor soul you would rather be.
The first is a typical NFL big hit, produced by none other than Sean Taylor.
The second, a hit from a regular hockey player that’s not even a professional:
You be the judge, but I know I would rather die rolling in grass rather than ice.
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