Dallas Stars defenseman Alex Petrovic knocked Winnipeg Jets center Adam Lowry head-over-heels into his own bench with a tremendous hit during Friday night's Game 2 of their NHL Western Conference semifinal playoff series at Canada Life Centre.
It happened at about the 13:21 mark of the second period with the Jets leading 3-0. Lowry got to the puck just inside the Stars blue line to send it along the boards to a teammate, while Petrovic was right behind him and lining him up. Petrovic gave Lowry a hard, clean hit that knocked him headfirst into the Jets bench (and looking a bit silly).
We have seen players flipped over the boards into their bench before, and it is pretty funny, mostly because the player is usually perfectly fine despite how the hit looks.
It was one of the rare highlights of the night for the Stars, who lost to the Jets 4-0, so Lowry can look back on the hit and get a good laugh out of it. The series is now tied at 1-1, with Game 3 in Dallas on Sunday night.
[ESPN]
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