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Player Does a Front Flip Following Biggest Hit of the Year


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Kevin Garcia
December 20, 2022  (4:26 PM)
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In last night's game between the Knights and Sabres, Keegan Kolesar was called for boarding after delivering a massive hit to Ilya Lyubushkin.

The hit was so powerful that it caused Lyubushkin to do a front flip. If that makes as little sense to you as it does to me, then just watch the video for yourself.

I have watched it a few times and I still feel like it defies the laws of physics for him to be able to do a front flip like that so close to the boards.
Anyways, that hit was definitely to the back of Lyubushkin's body, which makes it worthy of a boarding call, but is it fair to say that Lyubushkin is the one who put himself in that position to be hit in the back?
You can clearly see him check over his shoulder to see Kolesar closing in on him, yet he still decided to turn his back to him. If it weren't for the front flip, I truly don't know if it would have been called a minor for boarding.

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