The Hit That Literally Ruined A Man's Career
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ส.ค. 2023
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Eric Lindros was one of NHL hockey's greatest power forwards. However, one hit would change absolutely everything.
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He almost certainly had more concussions than the official injury record. Opposing players would launch at him from the other side of the ice on a regular basis to try to take him out and usually bounce off, but those kinds of jarring hits can give concussions too. He probably played so many stretches of games concussed that it became the new normal for him.
I lived in Philly during the Lindros era. The organization and its medical staff completely ruined this man. Those people were totally incompetent.
I liked Theo fleurys explanation that the reason why lindros never skated with his head up was because he grew up being the biggest and strongest person on the ice until he got into the NHL, so he's never had to keep his head on a swivel
Lindros and Kariya weren’t the only ones. Pat Lafontaine was being described as the greatest American born player in NHL history when concussions took him out of the game in the early to mid 90s. The Panthers had a gem of a player in David Booth in the early 20-teens whose fearless and hard working play made him a perennial 20-30 goal scorer until an open ice blindside hit to the head by Mike Richards (who never even got suspended for it as I recall) ended one season early and he was never able to return to form after. For two decades the league turned a blind eye to these dirty hits that were taking out their star players while mystifyingly cracking down on enforcers (the guys whose job it was to make other teams not want to play dirty because they’d become targets) and then complaining about scoring being down.
crazy how if concussions didn't play such a big role in many players careers that some of them could still be playing or just recently be retiring
The craziest thing is he did that scoring pace during the dead puck era.
As a former football and hockey player, I am going to go out on a limb and say those were not his first concussions. Any time your head hits the ice, glass, other helmets, and/or fists, that is a tiny concussion that builds into serious, long term, brain injuries.
His dad and concussions did the man in. Holding out a season and refusing to play in Quebec. In the end Colorado got a couple Cups off the Lindros haul.
I was watching a lot of hockey during this time period. given what we know about concussions now, it's like they did everything WRONG . The worst thing is that it's not over. Concussions, especially repeated ones can have serious life long consequences especially when you get older with dementia etc . I hope he's going to be okay, even though I was obligated to hate him at the time (Penguins fan)
The biggest explanation for why Lindros had the habit of skating with his head down mostly comes from him being bigger than most of the others in the OHL that they usually just bounced off him.
Crazy how they use to say a player “had his bell rung” and would often send him back in after a brief rest. Concussions often have lifetime consequences. Glad professional sports have finally understood how serious they can be.
I still say that he developed that habit as he grew up in hocky. Being the biggest and best at lower levels meant that he wasn't risking as much as the smaller players would bounce off him at those levels. Then when he got to the NHL where he was now playing against players who were closer in ability and size it became a risk but by then he had already fully developed the habit of not being afraid to have his head down that much. Just a hypothesis at least.
That goal from Kariya after the Stevens hit is ICONIC! Kariya and Lindros were 2 of my favorite NON Red Wings players.
As a native Flyers fan, I’m a huge Lindros fan and is by far, my favorite player. I wish nothing but the best for Eric and his family. Miss you wearing black and orange!
My favorite player alltime. Iam from Czech Rep. We have JJ68 and Hasek, but Lindros man, he is my favorite. 88 is my date of birth and my name is Erik, which was not common in our country in the 90s, I was always the tallest in elementary school and my classmates called me Lindros :)
mad magazine said "hitting in ice hockey is legal if it is a clean hit, see guy unconscious with all the teeth knocked out of his mouth, very clean."
The flyers ruined Lindros. Team Doctors covering it up to make him play while outside doctors say he can't play, a big scandal. I'll never forget the hit.
Absolutely terrifying that Kariya couldnt remember the following 3 days. Wild.
As is mentioned in the video, when you play as hard as Lindros was doing, opposing teams will not be easy on you. It was also an era when hockey was as much about dominating physically as puck control.
Great video! I really enjoyed it. You have a great way of story telling.