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Originally Posted by Mass_nerder
But if Backlund has his head turned, it's a blindside hit and it would have been viewed as dirty.
I don't get why a head down means its not dirty, but a head turned means it is.
In both cases, the player can't see the hit coming.
I mean, I know you shouldn't skate through the middle of the ice with your head down, but come on.
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A hit where the head is the initial and main point of contact is still dirty regardless of where his head was. The mentality of keep your head up or you're fair game for a headshot is from another era. I get how people who have watched hockey for a long time have a hard time wrapping their head around it but the league has a rule against head hits - granted they only enforce it selectively.