# Steve Downie's hit

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**Category:** SON240sx Automotive\
**Created:** [September 27, 2007, 5:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/steve-downies-hit/109828 "2007-09-27T17:41:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cal/32/5505_2.png) [@Cal](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cal)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 12:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/steve-downies-hit/109828/19 "2007-09-28T12:43:10Z")

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> [@haha...haahhahaha....2TurboZ this one's for you..](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/haha-haahhahaha-2turboz-this-ones-for-you/14287/10):
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> haha I noticed that too. And some guys skate was like inches away from his face too.
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> I don’t play hockey but I think that downie’s hit was definitely cheap. He jumped up and pretty much elbowed him in the face.
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> I agree that you shouldn’t have your head down though. But the pass was already made, there was no more reason to make a hit.
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> I think this hit is clean though: [http://youtube.com/watch?v=A2RMT5LrqaY](http://youtube.com/watch?v=A2RMT5LrqaY)

Mark, the only difference between the two hits is that in the first, both players were going faster.

If anything, there should have been a brawl after the Koivu hit since he is a high profile player.

You are all pussies…Iv’e been hit and delivered harder hits than that when I used to play.

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