Philadelphia Flyers Defensemen Victim of a Scary and Dirty Hit Which Should Be Reviewed by NHL Player Safety
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night to earn their first overtime/shootout win of the year by a score of 4-3, goaltender Samuel Ersson also picked up his first win of his career.
Despite the Flyers huge win, that's not what is being talked about over social media, but more so how the Flyers game was officiated. As per usual it seemed to look like the Flyers weren't facing off against the other team, but the referees and the officials.
One brutal play missed by the officials stands out from the handful of penalties missed, and it's quite the dangerous one.
Flyers defensemen Travis Saheim decided to go for a skate on his own, he proceeded to dump the puck into the corner, he proceeded to chase the puck and while doing so he was slew footed by a San Jose Sharks defensemen, and NO PENALTY WAS CALLED ON THE PLAY.
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A slew-foot has to be one of the most dangerous plays in hockey, just take a look at Sanheim's head, which was smacked against the ice in the play shown below:
The video was quite fast, so we slowed it down and screenshotted the dangerous acts a slew-foot can cause.
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