@@m0RRisC2319 in today's game goalies are forced from the time they are little kids must play butterfly... I think if Bishop played in the Hasek, Cujo, Marty Era where the only thing that mattered was stopping a puck regardless how you do it would have benfit Bishop
Regarding the headshots, from what I remember he wore his mask without a chin cup so his face was very close to the cage. That's why they were so dangerous for him.
Yeah I'd like to see you take a nhl shot to the neck area. Nearly 0 padding directly under the helmet. You take one there ur collarbone gonna be bruised for a week. Fucking hurts. Neck guards hardly stop it. Only plastic danglers can help really.
as a former goalie myself, i can easily say that getting a puck right to the neck, even with a neckguard, is one of the scariest things that can happen. your throat just instantly swells up, and it feels like you can't swallow, and when you try to? it feels like you just chugged a hot chocolate fresh off the pot without cooling it down. that's with a regular slapshot in a lower tier league... i can't even imagine what it'd feel like taking a weber shot in that area.
In high school we did a drill where the shooters formed a 1/2 circle like 10-20 feet from the net, shooting slappers. I didn't have a throat guard at the time (this was 1983) and after the drill, the coach skates up to me and asks if I ever thought of getting one. If I play again, I won't step back in net--the players don't warm you up properly and the opposing players are a-holes. One guy at the Flyers practice rink took a slapper like 10 ft from the net, catching me in the collarbone. Surprised it didn't break. I told him "Really? I could score from 10 ft with my goalie stick." Idiots.
@@fasteddie9867 yup that’s the worst. Especially on warmups where your own teammates are the assholes! I’ve been hit way to many times up high on warmies and practice. People wait till their almost in the crease and then unload up high.
@@teajay3671the rule is "when a player is injured, and is unable to continue play or go to their bench, play shall be stopped immediately unless the opposing team is in possession of the puck, in which case play shall not be stopped until a change of possesion has occured. In the case where it is obvious that a player has sustained a serious injury, the Referee and/or Linesman may stop the play immediately." still im surprised some of these plays continued after the goalie went down.
@@Wheelwizardpuff while true, they still called the plays dead *nearly* every other time other than the first play. I figured they just used "refs discretion" as an excuse for it.
After watching this and watching hockey for years, you will never be able to tell me goalies aren't psychopaths. Solid puck being shot at upwards of 100mph and thinking yeah I'll stop that no problem is insane :0
Honestly, most shots really don't hurt that bad. NHL players are generally the only people capable of hurting goalies with hard shots. It's hard to understand that it doesn't really hurt until you put gear on yourself
As a former goalie, seeing the play go on and a goal count 6 seconds after Bishop went down in the first clip pissed me off so much. I would’ve lost it on the ref…
Well the issue is goalies can just fake injuries to get stop in play. I think if they made it so goalie drops ref stops the game then give 2min delay penalty it would be far to blow it dead or treat it like when goalies push the net out on purpose take a pen shot
@@ccink3931 I feel like play should continue but if the opposition scores and the Keeper is still down/struggling, then the goal should be revoked and a penalty called.
I played against him in Juniors.. They were our rival team. He was big then and on another level. As much as I wanted to beat him, I wanted to be as good as him.
Hardest shot I've ever faced playing goalie was in the upper 80's from a teammate and let me tell you the fear when I'd see him wind up. I can't imagine the 90s and over 100 mph shots these guys are taking.
Worst one for me was a pretty good clapper to the knee, and I hadn't noticed that my knee pad had slid down... I really thought I'd broken something. I'm still surprised at the force a hockey ball can deliver at times. I remember taking a pretty good one by this one guy who could let it rip, and it hit me dead on the center bar (Cooper SK2000/HM30 combo, mind you), and the thing that surprised me most was that it pushed the helmet against me to the point of my sweatband instantly being wrung out. Nothing quite like sweat in the eyes to make you miss the rebound.. :)
@The Donk That doesn't mean it doesn't take courage to be a goalie as compared to a regular player. Both take a lot of skill, but one is physically putting your body in the way of the hardest hits.
Once it gets around the 90's and up the puck comes in frames. Makes a weird sound too when it hits you. It's terrifying. Guy in my league shot through the mesh once
3:03 Thibault actually catches the Al MacInnis shot. But it was blasted so hard that it broke his hand, went through the glove's webbing, and into the net. That's the kind of thing you tell people and they assume you must be exaggerating.
@@RupMan84 I remember him saying when Chara/Weber broke his record that he'd do way past that with a modern stick in his prime. Al was in another league power wise.
I was a medic in Moncton (NB, AHL league) in the 80's - we were watching the teams warm up before the first, the home goalie got hit in the throat (before the protectors were popular) and he drops cold ... doctor calls for the stretcher and 2 of us respond with neck supports and such while the third gets the bus (ambulance) ready. As we are strapping the goalie to the board, I hear a noise over my shoulder as I hear a slapshot ... and the visitors goal (again in warmup) drops. I get the arena security on our radio and that we need a second bus ... thankfully both were ok after xrays at the local hospital and we had a relatively quiet night. Watching these clip vids remind me of soo many of these stories - as an alternate program player (for high school age to get some AHL experience occasionally) and as a medic for the same team and arena.
in that first clip, the fact that play wasn't called dead immediately and several seconds later a goal is scored while the goalie is still laying on the ice in clear pain and the goal counted is unbelievable
I've always wondered what Kari Lehtonen could have been if he wasn't drafted by the Thrashers. His first 5 seasons (with Atlanta) were .953, .906, .912, .916, .911. In his NHL career, he has NEVER has a season lower than .900. 649 games. Yet he's not even talked about in conversations about really good goalies.
Ondrej Pavelic as well. Not sure about his numbers but I always seem to remember him facing 40+ shots a game and turning in consistently heroic performances despite the bad teams around him. Chronically underappreciated.
Lehtonen was the goalie for the stars as I was growing up. I loved watching him and I saw him play in the alumni game a few weeks ago - he still looked NHL ready to me!
3:03 The shot that scared the NHL. MacInnis shoots a 104MPH with a wooden stick and broke the middle finger of the goalie. They had to put in a new goalie and the Blues ended up winning and scoring something like 7 goals on the new goalie. I remember that game like it was yesterday.
@@slamsM6 2020 All-Star game held in St. Louis he came back showed he could still do it. He was using a wooden stick then too and he hit it a 100.4MPH at the age of 56. I have no idea how he does it but it amazing.
When I played high school hockey, we had one goalie that for some unknown reason always ONLY wore a "regular" cup and not a goalie's cup. One day at a practice, a guy ripped a shot at him and it actually shattered the cup. Goalie decided to start wearing the proper gear after that one.
Wooden sticks back then, shots weren’t as hard and were hard to elevate to the face area. Especially if the goalie was playing standup (which was the only style back then)
I played goal my entire life, including some pro in Europe and I can tell you that after every single game something was hurt. Practices were even worse because guys have all the time in the world to line up a shot, usually at the head or shoulders.
I just had to watch this because I can really relate to some of these injuries. Back when I was in my early twenties and playing ice hockey as a goalie, I was wearing a cheap chest protector that sometimes had a bad habit of sagging, and in one game I took a hard Slap Shot right to the collarbone, and that was the one and only time I had to leave the game because it was not just painful, but it made my entire neck and head go completely numb and my neck felt very stiff and it was extremely painful on top of that.
OUCH! I played between the pipes in gym class and intramurals in college and never had anything that bad. Once took a shot from the coach that glanced off the side of my helmet, no biggie. We goalies are a special breed of cat!
I love the clip from Jacques Plante’s injury: “a common incurrence” As the crowd boos and the trainer is trying to convince him to stay on ice and a referee is following in the player’s room to see if Plante isn’t faking it to win or lose a bet. Players at that time hired people to bet against them, their teams, or others to win waay more money than the poor salaries they had. Most players at that time had part jobs, Maurice Richard himself was a welder before and during his first years in the NHL.
The night that Maurice Richard got 5 goals & 3 assists - December 28th, 1944 - he spent the whole day moving his family from his old house to a new one, and said he didn't want to play as he didn't think he'd be able to contribute as he was so tired lmao. Can't imagine a player moving their own stuff nowadays, especially the greatest in the league at the time, let alone putting in 5 goals and getting 3 assists as a bonus after doing so.
Oh man!!! In the years that I played between the pipes, I have had both my collar bones broken, 4 fingers broken a few times, 6 masks broken my nose cut from my age and about 40 stitches from shots. I know exactly what it feels like.
8:31 Goalie "Hey I think my arm is broken." Ref "Well can you still play? Your making almost 200 bucks tonight." Goalie "Good point. I'll go have a beer and come back out." Don Cherry "He's a good Canadian kid right there."
Ever see the chin sling he wears for his mask? It's so loose that it barely seems to serve a purpose. I can't help but imagine that was a factor in the one where he lost some teeth.
We don't play a lot of hockey down here in Australia, but after watching this I tell you what- the only way I'd ever be a goalie is if with all of the standard protective gear they let me use an old times diving helmet. Those shots were BRUTAL.
That is the only goal off the top of my head where the goalie caught the puck but couldn't hold it and it still went in because the puck was moving so damn fast.
I remember when I was like 8 or 9 and I was playing goalie for my local team. Got a puck right next the cup protecting my nuts, into the inside of my leg. It shredded my groin muscle
The impact of a slapshot to the mask / helmet is intense, but what you rarely hear about is how LOUD the impact is to your ears... it is deafening and adds to the concussive experience... spoken from experience... More often than not, it is the sound that hurts more than the impact.
I'm not a goalie, but I feel their pain. I played in college and had a few broken toes and taking the skate off after those mother truckers regain feeling really hurts
I took a one-timer point blank range in a junior game once and the puck actually stuck in my mask for a second. The cage was bent back into my nose and I spent the rest of the game terrified of taking another up high. didn't really hurt me but I couldn't hear for the rest of the night. The funniest part of being a goalie was seeing the outline of where the crease in my pads were on my body b/c of all the bruising. The worst spot for me in my career was a shot off the point of the shoulder or collarbone....feels like you can't move your arm afterwards.
The rule is that if a goalie goes down, play continues until the goalie's team gets possession of the puck. The NHL even made a statement about it when it happened.
Never watched a full game of hockey from start to finish, I just watch these highlights of various things happening. I just love how whenever the goalie gets injured the play is immediately stopped and whistle blown but a regular player could get his head knocked off and they let it go
The goalie for the level up from me got hurt in his game, so my Dad offered my services. I was 11, and my pads were so old that the pants had wooden sticks for padding. My mask was a plain, white Jason-style mask, and my leg pads were about 1 inch thick. The first shot I took caught me in the chest. I'm pretty sure my heart stopped. I got so dizzy, but of course, it was 1981, so no one cared. The next shot caught me in the toe and flipped me onto my face. We lost the game, but I learned how to deal with pain in one night. Thanks, Dad.
In regards to the first clip: NHL Rule 8.1: "When a player is injured so that he cannot continue to play or go to his bench, the play shall not be stopped until the injured player’s team has secured control of the puck. If the player’s team is in control of the puck at the time of injury, play shall be stopped immediately unless his team is in a scoring position." The play wasn't blown dead because the Blues were in possession of the puck. That's why that was a good goal.
Goalies have different rules though, and even for regular players, if they are in a position of imminent risk (such as in the shooting lane) and unable to defend themselves, the play MUST be blown. Especially in the era of head injury awareness, it was inexcusable to allow play to continue.
@@Sweetness71775 - The rule of common sense and practical application. When you have someone laying prone, unable to defend themselves, directly in the path of a likely shot, it is irresponsible and immoral to allow a GAME to continue. Who is most likely to be directly in a shooting lane? If you're forcing have to answer that, then you're just trolling.
I was a defenseman and gotten my share of pucks to the face. The worse was straight at my visor - the force snapped my head back - my opponent offensive counterpart went for the puck checking me into the goalie where I hit my head on the crossbar and saw nothing but white and numbing pain It felt like I was out for a while but in reality it was 4-5 seconds and I managed to scramble to my feet as if nothing had happened - got hit by a rebound shot that hit my helmet again, breaking the caged ribbing and effectively destroying the helmet. Then I got blind sided checked. According to my dad that changed the course of the game as I was the below average player, but the team looked out for me. So seeing me seemingly defend the goalie with my body twice while being absolutely wrecked by checks…they showed no mercy. We won that game - with 12 penalties, all of them after I got wrecked.
Those shots are no joke. Playing goalie for a beer league and i remember a guy taking a slapshot at a pretty close range and I managed to glove it. It was so hard that the glove almost flew off my hand. I sometimes take off my pads and end up with huge bruises on my forearms and that's just from beer leagues. Like most people say I can't imagine how crazy some of the bruises that professional NHL goalies get.
I'm a goalie. I've taken many shots to the head and none of them have ever really hurt. However, I've never taken a puck from a professional hockey player before! The speeds they shoot at are insane! I would probably shit myself if I saw someone like that winding up on me. I have taken shots that hurt, just not to the head (mostly the collarbone on the left side because of the shitty chest protector I wear).
What’s strange about the Parayko shot is that Bishop was actually afraid of that shot even since that happened I think up until Bishop got hurt and retired Parayko scored two or three more goals like that against Bishop.
Later in that game (like 90 seconds later), Sammy Blais scored a really soft goal on Bishop because he was gunshy after that Parayko shot. After that game, any time Parayko would get the puck in the offensive zone, the entire Blues bench would yell "SHOOT!" because Parayko has an insanely hard slapshot and obviously it's a dangerous one. Parayko's hardest shot on record is like 104.9 mph.
I was playing net in a super casual street hockey game once where I took a nearly frozen street hockey Hall off the cage. It was just a little wrist shot but because the helmet I had was a cheapo Walmart special, the cage rung like I was wearing a church bell on my head lol. Can't imaging the pain of taking a full force NHL level clapper to the dome!
I can't imagine taking a Weber shot to the head. The shots I take would be barely a fraction of his power, but even so, you can't hear anything for a few minutes. You'd think the hearing bells thing would be a saying or something, but no, it's literally just constant ringing lol.
I remember watching that Weber shot on Crow. He was up pretty close too and hammered Crow off the mask definitely got his bell rung and continued to play after. You can here the Montreal fans booing because they stopped play lol. Crow was a warrior miss him on my Hawks. 2 cups 🏆🏆
A lot of hockey people crap on goalies for being the goofballs that we certainly are. But one must give us props for suppressing every instinct for self-preservation that we possess by standing there in harm's way. We goalies are a special breed of cat!
I had multiple concussions in my youth. Completely knocked out they just gave me smelling salts and told me to shake it off. Happened a lot from practice.
I was a kid when I heard about this but i recall a goalie losing his glove just as the puck was coming towards his net and he caught the puck as it counted as a save but also smashed the bones in the goalie's hand so bad that it was not a good idea to remove the puck as that was the only thing keeping the hand bones from doing something that would have damaged the bones to the point that he would never be able to use that hand. The goalie was back after a year or so of treatment or something along that lines. this was in the very yearly 90s.
The Hog Rider is a fast ground troop with medium hit points, low damage, and the ability to jump over enemy Walls. He is unlocked at level 2 Dark Barracks. The Hog Rider (person) is a bare-chested dark-skinned man holding a hammer. He has a Mohawk, wears a brown leather loincloth, a red belt, and a pair of leather sandals, as well as two large golden wristbands and a gold earring. His ride is a large hog, about half his height. It has a brown leather bridle looped around its tusks, which in turn is held by the Hog Rider. Hog Riders prioritize defensive structures above all other targets, and will bypass all other types of enemy buildings and troops while any defenses remain on the battlefield. This is true even if they are under attack by enemy Clan Castle troops, heroes or Skeleton Trap skeletons. Note that like all troops that prioritize defenses, Hog Riders do not consider the Clan Castle to be a defense regardless of whether or not it contains enemy troops, but do consider the defending Grand Warden and the activated Town Hall weapon (if any) to be defensive buildings. Once all defenses are destroyed, Hog Riders become like any other troop with no preferred target; they will attack the nearest building to them regardless of type, and will turn and attack enemy units if they become aware of any nearby and can fight back against them. He can be used to jump over any level Walls, rendering them ineffective against Hog Riders. Note that while this allows Hog Riders free access to what lies behind the Walls, it does not open up gaps for other troops to move through. If the Hog Riders need the support of other ground troops, you will still need to deploy Wall Breakers, a Jump Spell, or Earthquake Spells in order to assist them. Hog Riders can be used en masse, i.e. a "Hog Rider Rush", without requiring any Wall Breakers to break Walls. However, such a strategy sports weaknesses against defending Clan Castle troops, Heroes, Giant Bombs, and Skeleton Traps, a problem which only becomes more prominent at higher levels. At Town Hall 10 and above, Hog Riders can be combined with Miners in a strategy known as Hog Miner or Hybrid. Both troops are able to bypass Walls innately, but Miners do not have a preferential target, allowing them to cover for Hog Riders by dealing with defending Heroes and Skeleton Traps. The combination also has weaknesses against flying Clan Castle troops, as neither are able to target air. At lower levels, Hog Riders are quite capable of acting as distracting troops like Giants; they have nearly as much health as a similar-level Giant, move twice as fast, and do considerably more damage. They work well with the Healing Spell when you group several of them together. A good tactic for using Healing Spells is to place them strategically on a cluster of defenses (at least about 3 or more) and also deploy them shortly before the Hog Riders arrive in the area, deploy them in front of the Hog Riders. This is so that the Hog Riders get the most value out of the Healing Spell, and destroy the defenses without losing too much HP. Spots where Giant Bombs or Bomb Towers are/may be should be given special attention when deploying Healing Spells. Hogs of the same level as the Giant Bomb will survive a single Giant Bomb, but they're helpless against a pair of Giant Bombs even with a Healing Spell. Heal them after they've gone through a Giant Bomb blast. The Hog Rider is one of the best troop types for drawing out Clan Castle troops, as it can avoid Walls to penetrate deep enough to reach centrally-placed Clan Castles (and enough health to not die before it gets there). Deploy one or a few to trigger the Clan Castle troops, then lure the reinforcement troops to the corner side, and deploy multiple Archers or Wizards to slaughter them, and then deploy the remainder of your Hog Riders. This strategy is especially effective during Clan War raids. However, Skeletons from the Skeleton Trap and Heroes can also easily kill the Hog Riders, as they can only target defenses, so make sure to have some troops that target anything, such as Wizards, which can swipe out the Skeletons. Hog Riders don't target air so flying Clan Castle troops, especially Dragons, can be a big threat. Most mass Hog Rider strategies in Clan Wars require that the Clan Castle troops be killed first by luring. Bring other troops in addition to Hog Riders, such as Wizards, to deal with enemy Clan Castle troops and clean up the base. Poison Spells can be used to kill almost any enemy Clan Castle troop, but beware as the troops will attempt to flee the poison. If the Poison Spells are decently leveled, and you effectively keep the Clan Castle troops from escaping the Poison Spell with distracting troops, they can eliminate almost any troop. They can also be used to dispense of those pesky Skeletons risen from the Skeleton Traps. Time is also a factor to consider. With only 3 minutes in an attack, it is essential to make sure that this whole process and the remainder of the attack is done as quickly as possible to avoid running out of time. Defensive Defending against Hog Riders is tricky, as their ability to bypass Walls renders them irrelevant. However, the fact that they can jump over Walls and attack defenses means that they may leave behind their ground support (such as Barbarians, etc.), as they will not be able to follow. This will allow your interior defenses to concentrate on the Hog Riders. Another way to defend against Hog Riders is to exploit the fact that they will attack the closest defensive building. You can arrange your base in such a way so that you have high-powered defenses on the inside and lower-powered defense on the outside, with a layer of resources in between. That way, the Hogs will (in theory) complete a loop around your base before being able to attack your interior defenses (Inferno Towers, X-Bows, etc.), by which time they should have all been killed by the interior defenses. You can place Spring Traps and Giant Bombs in between defensive buildings to take out a few Hog Riders at a time; good usage of multiple Spring Traps and Giant Bombs can severely hinder a Hog Rider rush. Hog Riders can be easily killed using "forced pathing". Forced pathing is a strategy that manipulates the Hog Rider AI and makes them go to at least 2 defenses that cannot be prevented by surgical dropping or side clearing. Placing a set of Giant Bombs in between the two can most certainly hinder the attacker progress. They would not be able to heal the Hog Riders in time. Clan Castle troops, Heroes, and Skeleton Traps set to Ground Mode can be an annoyance to mass Hog Rider raids, as Hog Riders will not attack them unless all defenses have been destroyed. Make sure to centralize them if you want to beat Hog Riders. In Clan Wars, Dragons are excellent troops to place in Clan Castles against Hog Riders, especially for Town Halls 8 and 9. They have high HP, meaning they won't die easily and can kill mass quantities of Hog Riders swiftly if not properly lured. Most mass Hog Rider strategies require that the enemy Clan Castle troops be killed first, so if the attacker lures out a Dragon, but fails to kill it, then a 3-star win is next to impossible, much less a 1-star win via destroying 50% of the buildings. Multi-target Inferno Towers can be a severe hindrance to Hog Riders, having high HP to take several hits from Hog Riders, while hitting large groups of them. Although the Hog Rider is certainly not a liability on defense, the fact that all defensive troops are unimpeded by Walls negates the primary advantage of the Hog Rider. Still, for the space they take they are faster and more damaging compared to Giants. Upgrade Differences The Hog Rider undergoes significant visual changes at levels 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. Initially, the Hog Rider is a dark-skinned man with a black mohawk and beard. He also has a gold earring in his right ear and sports two heavy golden wristbands, a red belt, and a brown loincloth. The Hog Rider's hammer has two brass bands. At level 3, his hammer increases in size and turns black. The brass bands on the hammer's head disappear, and the hammerhead goes further down onto the stick, creating a button looking object on the top of the hammerhead. At level 5, his mohawk turns from black to orange, making it similar to that of a level 5 Goblin. At level 6, his hammer gains three large, golden spikes and a bronze plating. At level 7, the edges of his hammer start to glow red, and he gains a brown headband but reverts to a black mohawk. At level 8, his hammer is now mostly golden. His hog also gains a headband. At level 9, the gold on his hammer is much thicker. His headband also lightens in color. At level 10, his hammer turns a bright light blue color that resembles the look of ice. This matches the theme of Town Hall 13. It also gains a small same-colored glow. At level 11, his hammer turns a light greenish color. This matches the theme of Town Hall 14. His hog gains gold armour on its face and muzzle.
I remember the days watching Gump Worsley of the Montreal Canadians play without a mask. Gerry Cheevers of the Boston Bruins use to mark his mask with a stitch mark every time he was hit. What scares me today is the lack of protection around the neck. I see some goalies with a hanging plate so pucks can't get through.
This is just a compilation of Bishop getting hurt.
Poor guy never got a break
he's too big
@@m0RRisC2319 in today's game goalies are forced from the time they are little kids must play butterfly... I think if Bishop played in the Hasek, Cujo, Marty Era where the only thing that mattered was stopping a puck regardless how you do it would have benfit Bishop
Why Bishop never went with a neck protector is just beyond me..
@@Daymond42 he wore one, and it popped up and hit his teeth
Regarding the headshots, from what I remember he wore his mask without a chin cup so his face was very close to the cage. That's why they were so dangerous for him.
Most common shooters that hurt goalies: weber and carlson
most common goalies that gets hurt by shooters: bishop bishop and bishop
and Marazek
@@twinfishing2360 mrazek*
Yeah I'd like to see you take a nhl shot to the neck area. Nearly 0 padding directly under the helmet. You take one there ur collarbone gonna be bruised for a week. Fucking hurts. Neck guards hardly stop it. Only plastic danglers can help really.
Luongo 😂
@@kylezimmerli1840 whoa, calm down haha. you related to bishop? haha
as a former goalie myself, i can easily say that getting a puck right to the neck, even with a neckguard, is one of the scariest things that can happen. your throat just instantly swells up, and it feels like you can't swallow, and when you try to? it feels like you just chugged a hot chocolate fresh off the pot without cooling it down. that's with a regular slapshot in a lower tier league... i can't even imagine what it'd feel like taking a weber shot in that area.
I feel that so much only happened to me once in my entire career got hit in the adams apple by one of the hardest shooters in our program
I got knocked in the dome by a friend of mine with a icked slap shot. I was dazed for a while
And it’s always the ones that you are getting screened on (where they move away at the last second)
In high school we did a drill where the shooters formed a 1/2 circle like 10-20 feet from the net, shooting slappers. I didn't have a throat guard at the time (this was 1983) and after the drill, the coach skates up to me and asks if I ever thought of getting one. If I play again, I won't step back in net--the players don't warm you up properly and the opposing players are a-holes. One guy at the Flyers practice rink took a slapper like 10 ft from the net, catching me in the collarbone. Surprised it didn't break. I told him "Really? I could score from 10 ft with my goalie stick." Idiots.
@@fasteddie9867 yup that’s the worst. Especially on warmups where your own teammates are the assholes! I’ve been hit way to many times up high on warmies and practice. People wait till their almost in the crease and then unload up high.
Still mind blown that the refs continued play after Bishop got hurt.
Stars never touched the puck
@@beaubeau5779 I dont know the rule on it but if you watch literally like 70% of the other goals they stopped play immediately
@@teajay3671the rule is "when a player is injured, and is unable to continue play or go to their bench, play shall be stopped immediately unless the opposing team is in possession of the puck, in which case play shall not be stopped until a change of possesion has occured. In the case where it is obvious that a player has sustained a serious injury, the Referee and/or Linesman may stop the play immediately." still im surprised some of these plays continued after the goalie went down.
@@Wheelwizardpuff while true, they still called the plays dead *nearly* every other time other than the first play. I figured they just used "refs discretion" as an excuse for it.
Oh I mean injuries not goals
After watching this and watching hockey for years, you will never be able to tell me goalies aren't psychopaths. Solid puck being shot at upwards of 100mph and thinking yeah I'll stop that no problem is insane :0
I’m glad to be a psychopath
what's worse is that when you screw up, a big red light flashes on, a loud horn sounds, and 10,000 people boo.
Players blocking shots point-blank are the true psychopaths.
Honestly, most shots really don't hurt that bad. NHL players are generally the only people capable of hurting goalies with hard shots. It's hard to understand that it doesn't really hurt until you put gear on yourself
We are psychopathts
As a former goalie, seeing the play go on and a goal count 6 seconds after Bishop went down in the first clip pissed me off so much. I would’ve lost it on the ref…
I'm pretty sure I've had something like that happen to me before. Can't remember. It all just sort of blends together after a while.
*I didn’t like it either! The whistle should’ve been blown right after he went down!!!*
Well the issue is goalies can just fake injuries to get stop in play. I think if they made it so goalie drops ref stops the game then give 2min delay penalty it would be far to blow it dead or treat it like when goalies push the net out on purpose take a pen shot
@@ccink3931 I feel like play should continue but if the opposition scores and the Keeper is still down/struggling, then the goal should be revoked and a penalty called.
@@Mintiy8523 Considering that Bishop continued to play after that, I'm not sure.
Ben bishop seems like the most injured player in the nhl. He showed up too much in this video and I’ve seen him injured too many times just warming up
Not as bad as Pascal "Man of Paper" Leclaire.
seems like to many parts where Dallas Stars and NY Rangers goalies show up in clips on this video.
Raffi Torres anyone?
Leclaire got injured while sitting on the bench the puck is dedicated to breaking him
He also got hurt in the 2015 Stanley Cup finals pulling his groin trying to make a save.
Bishop took a lot to his body and it is a shame how he was forced to retire, he was a great goalie
I played against him in Juniors.. They were our rival team. He was big then and on another level. As much as I wanted to beat him, I wanted to be as good as him.
bro how did he lose teeth on a shot
@@superwavess After watching these videos I swear they need to come up with better mask for goalies.
loved the collection of older and newer footage, really shows how the game progressed without even trying
Seeing the old goalie protection was scary as heck. That was insane to stand in front of the net wearing basically two leg pads.
Hardest shot I've ever faced playing goalie was in the upper 80's from a teammate and let me tell you the fear when I'd see him wind up. I can't imagine the 90s and over 100 mph shots these guys are taking.
It rings you're head so bad it's unreal, I only took high 70s-low 80s & my ears were screwed up for days lol
Worst one for me was a pretty good clapper to the knee, and I hadn't noticed that my knee pad had slid down... I really thought I'd broken something.
I'm still surprised at the force a hockey ball can deliver at times. I remember taking a pretty good one by this one guy who could let it rip, and it hit me dead on the center bar (Cooper SK2000/HM30 combo, mind you), and the thing that surprised me most was that it pushed the helmet against me to the point of my sweatband instantly being wrung out. Nothing quite like sweat in the eyes to make you miss the rebound.. :)
@@Daymond42 How do goalies move and balance effectively when they have to deal with their brass balls swinging around?
@The Donk That doesn't mean it doesn't take courage to be a goalie as compared to a regular player. Both take a lot of skill, but one is physically putting your body in the way of the hardest hits.
Once it gets around the 90's and up the puck comes in frames. Makes a weird sound too when it hits you. It's terrifying. Guy in my league shot through the mesh once
I was hoping Jack Edwards would use his classic line "You're going to stop the game for a guy who's still concious?" when Tukka Rask went down
Saw that clip the other day and I couldn't believe someone would say something that ridiculous
You really think the biggest homer announcer this side of John Sterling is going to say that about one of his guys? Highly unlikely.
@@michaelmeyer2725 I know, that's the point
As a die hard bruins fan, I hate Jack Edwards with a passion
What’s the clip
3:03 Thibault actually catches the Al MacInnis shot. But it was blasted so hard that it broke his hand, went through the glove's webbing, and into the net. That's the kind of thing you tell people and they assume you must be exaggerating.
insane amount of power there.
Imagine is MacInnes in his prime had a modern composite stick?
@@RupMan84 I remember him saying when Chara/Weber broke his record that he'd do way past that with a modern stick in his prime. Al was in another league power wise.
@@RupMan84 easily over 140 mph shots like evry time lol
I was a medic in Moncton (NB, AHL league) in the 80's - we were watching the teams warm up before the first, the home goalie got hit in the throat (before the protectors were popular) and he drops cold ... doctor calls for the stretcher and 2 of us respond with neck supports and such while the third gets the bus (ambulance) ready. As we are strapping the goalie to the board, I hear a noise over my shoulder as I hear a slapshot ... and the visitors goal (again in warmup) drops. I get the arena security on our radio and that we need a second bus ... thankfully both were ok after xrays at the local hospital and we had a relatively quiet night.
Watching these clip vids remind me of soo many of these stories - as an alternate program player (for high school age to get some AHL experience occasionally) and as a medic for the same team and arena.
in that first clip, the fact that play wasn't called dead immediately and several seconds later a goal is scored while the goalie is still laying on the ice in clear pain and the goal counted is unbelievable
I've always wondered what Kari Lehtonen could have been if he wasn't drafted by the Thrashers. His first 5 seasons (with Atlanta) were .953, .906, .912, .916, .911.
In his NHL career, he has NEVER has a season lower than .900. 649 games.
Yet he's not even talked about in conversations about really good goalies.
Sometimes you do your job so well that no one even notices you.
Ondrej Pavelic as well. Not sure about his numbers but I always seem to remember him facing 40+ shots a game and turning in consistently heroic performances despite the bad teams around him. Chronically underappreciated.
@@angrytom1923 Pavelec stat wise wasn't the best and wasn't the worst.
Lehtonen was the goalie for the stars as I was growing up. I loved watching him and I saw him play in the alumni game a few weeks ago - he still looked NHL ready to me!
@@hockeylance36 He's only 40.
Well evidently Carlson likes to bully poor Mrazek. On another note, seeing Crawford in bad shape like that kills me
3:03 The shot that scared the NHL.
MacInnis shoots a 104MPH with a wooden stick and broke the middle finger of the goalie. They had to put in a new goalie and the Blues ended up winning and scoring something like 7 goals on the new goalie. I remember that game like it was yesterday.
With a *wooden* stick! How?! That's ridiculous!
@@slamsM6 2020 All-Star game held in St. Louis he came back showed he could still do it. He was using a wooden stick then too and he hit it a 100.4MPH at the age of 56. I have no idea how he does it but it amazing.
@@slamsM6 He actually tried a composite stick but he didn't like it so he switched back to wood lol.
Bobby Hull has been measured at 116mph with a wooden stick.
@@kjlahti782 worse technology, some of bobby hulls records are considered impossible and i believe that his slapshot was measured incorrectly
When I played high school hockey, we had one goalie that for some unknown reason always ONLY wore a "regular" cup and not a goalie's cup. One day at a practice, a guy ripped a shot at him and it actually shattered the cup. Goalie decided to start wearing the proper gear after that one.
I wear a players cup and then a goalie cup over it, the boys can never be too protected
That happened to my lacrosse goalie. He thought the drill was over and it wasnt.
I've had my cup shattered blocking a shot playing D. Can confirm it does suck
Freaking miracle no goalies were killed before the advent of the face mask. That should have been the fastest invention in world history.
Wooden sticks back then, shots weren’t as hard and were hard to elevate to the face area. Especially if the goalie was playing standup (which was the only style back then)
@@cobrafan427 But it also was the only style because of no mask
Also people knew the goalie had no mask and had enough courtesy to NOT rip pucks at their heads believe it or not.
shot at 5:30 could be potentially lethal, nasty stuff when the puck hits the throat/side of neck area
I played goal my entire life, including some pro in Europe and I can tell you that after every single game something was hurt. Practices were even worse because guys have all the time in the world to line up a shot, usually at the head or shoulders.
Wtf is your profile pic
NHL greatest goals ever scored
Already did it
@@roadtripperbrooxy something called pt 2 😂
Ye part 2
No
You’d think a guy named rare would be more creative than that
I just had to watch this because I can really relate to some of these injuries. Back when I was in my early twenties and playing ice hockey as a goalie, I was wearing a cheap chest protector that sometimes had a bad habit of sagging, and in one game I took a hard Slap Shot right to the collarbone, and that was the one and only time I had to leave the game because it was not just painful, but it made my entire neck and head go completely numb and my neck felt very stiff and it was extremely painful on top of that.
OUCH! I played between the pipes in gym class and intramurals in college and never had anything that bad. Once took a shot from the coach that glanced off the side of my helmet, no biggie. We goalies are a special breed of cat!
That’s pretty scary..
I know shots have gotten exponentially harder but it’s utterly insane that goalies didn’t wear masks at one time. It’s absolutely incomprehensible.
Can you do NHL saves with no stick pls
I love the clip from Jacques Plante’s injury: “a common incurrence”
As the crowd boos and the trainer is trying to convince him to stay on ice and a referee is following in the player’s room to see if Plante isn’t faking it to win or lose a bet.
Players at that time hired people to bet against them, their teams, or others to win waay more money than the poor salaries they had.
Most players at that time had part jobs, Maurice Richard himself was a welder before and during his first years in the NHL.
The night that Maurice Richard got 5 goals & 3 assists - December 28th, 1944 - he spent the whole day moving his family from his old house to a new one, and said he didn't want to play as he didn't think he'd be able to contribute as he was so tired lmao.
Can't imagine a player moving their own stuff nowadays, especially the greatest in the league at the time, let alone putting in 5 goals and getting 3 assists as a bonus after doing so.
@@1prozzak6616😅
VGK goalie Lehner just got hit recently by an Ovechkin 99 mph slapshot that dented his mask just like that Sharks goalie at 5:40. Crazy!
Oh man!!! In the years that I played between the pipes, I have had both my collar bones broken, 4 fingers broken a few times, 6 masks broken my nose cut from my age and about 40 stitches from shots. I know exactly what it feels like.
8:31
Goalie "Hey I think my arm is broken."
Ref "Well can you still play? Your making almost 200 bucks tonight."
Goalie "Good point. I'll go have a beer and come back out."
Don Cherry "He's a good Canadian kid right there."
I remember watching that Bishop save (Tampa) live. One of my earliest hockey memories.
why is ben bishop the victim of a lot of these 😂?
Ever see the chin sling he wears for his mask? It's so loose that it barely seems to serve a purpose. I can't help but imagine that was a factor in the one where he lost some teeth.
@@Daymond42 it was at least a factor the second time he lost a front tooth. He stopped wearing it.
new title "NHL Shots That Hurt Ben Bishop"
As a goalie i need to say this, its now how hard it is, its where it hits
i gotta admit, that was a beautiful shot at 0:56
At 3:29 you can see McDonagh's stick lifting up Lundqvist's mask right as the puck hits him in the neck... scary stuff
That was a freak thing, if I remember, and be ended up being out for awhile and had a lot of problems from it
@@Absbabs88 it’s crazy how one little thing that practically never happens can happen once and have this much consequences
@@Absbabs88 he finished the game too, and THEN took his leave
We don't play a lot of hockey down here in Australia, but after watching this I tell you what- the only way I'd ever be a goalie is if with all of the standard protective gear they let me use an old times diving helmet. Those shots were BRUTAL.
An Al MacInnis slapshot from 35 feet away? No thank you.
That is the only goal off the top of my head where the goalie caught the puck but couldn't hold it and it still went in because the puck was moving so damn fast.
Love the videos love ur content this man deserves 1mill subs
Thanks Miso I appreciate it buddy!
@@DeltaHighlights thanks for rplying no one does that but you
I remember when I was like 8 or 9 and I was playing goalie for my local team. Got a puck right next the cup protecting my nuts, into the inside of my leg. It shredded my groin muscle
You should do "NHL dangling superstars"!
NHL Longest hockey fights
I got you: ua-cam.com/video/FZXgfwI6yPA/v-deo.html
@@DeltaHighlights thx
The impact of a slapshot to the mask / helmet is intense, but what you rarely hear about is how LOUD the impact is to your ears... it is deafening and adds to the concussive experience... spoken from experience... More often than not, it is the sound that hurts more than the impact.
true, had a dirt bike crash, bopped my head good, it does blow out the ears
Next video idea... all of Brad Marchand's suspension plays as he's now the record holder for most individual suspensions in a career.
I'm not a goalie, but I feel their pain. I played in college and had a few broken toes and taking the skate off after those mother truckers regain feeling really hurts
This should just be called “Weber hurting goalies.”
He's hurt a lot of guys blocking shots also, or his own teammates in front of the net.
Its crazy how big the goalies gear have become compared to the past.
Plantes only had a stick & his uniform lmao
yea Dmitri Nabokov definitely needed to go off the ice after that one
His name is actually Evgenei Nabokov. Never heard of Dimetri Nabokov....
@@goalscorerlajon Islanders defenseman who played a bit right when Evgeni started coming up.
@@goalscorerlajon A, you spelt it wrong and B, right over your head. the announcer says Dmitri Nabokov instead of Evgeni
NHL moments when the crowd was HYPE (loud team chanting and such)
This was a hard video to watch, I don't like to watch people getting hurt.
I took a one-timer point blank range in a junior game once and the puck actually stuck in my mask for a second. The cage was bent back into my nose and I spent the rest of the game terrified of taking another up high. didn't really hurt me but I couldn't hear for the rest of the night.
The funniest part of being a goalie was seeing the outline of where the crease in my pads were on my body b/c of all the bruising. The worst spot for me in my career was a shot off the point of the shoulder or collarbone....feels like you can't move your arm afterwards.
3:04 Al "Chopper" MacInnis shoots the puck through Jocelyn Thibault's glove, shattering his finger and left him a bloody mess. Watched that one live!
FALSE. It hit the backhand of Thibault's glove as he tried to trap the puck between the left pad and the glove.
@@BillyRamirez that's even worse
Ngl webers shots are deadly
That first goal shouldn’t have counted the ref shoulda stopped the play as soon as he saw Bishop go down
The rule is that if a goalie goes down, play continues until the goalie's team gets possession of the puck. The NHL even made a statement about it when it happened.
@@Sweetness71775 oh I see thank you
@@milesmusic.mp4 No problem.
Never watched a full game of hockey from start to finish, I just watch these highlights of various things happening. I just love how whenever the goalie gets injured the play is immediately stopped and whistle blown but a regular player could get his head knocked off and they let it go
Tgtggy
awesome clips
What wow crazy video there strong shots!!!!!
The goalie for the level up from me got hurt in his game, so my Dad offered my services. I was 11, and my pads were so old that the pants had wooden sticks for padding. My mask was a plain, white Jason-style mask, and my leg pads were about 1 inch thick. The first shot I took caught me in the chest. I'm pretty sure my heart stopped. I got so dizzy, but of course, it was 1981, so no one cared. The next shot caught me in the toe and flipped me onto my face.
We lost the game, but I learned how to deal with pain in one night.
Thanks, Dad.
8:14 That was such an amazing pass. Reminiscent of a through pass in soccer. Don't know that I've ever seen a pass like that in hockey before.
you are my fav toutuber and the best
In regards to the first clip: NHL Rule 8.1: "When a player is injured so that he cannot continue to play or go to his bench, the play shall not be stopped until the injured player’s team has secured control of the puck. If the player’s team is in control of the puck at the time of injury, play shall be stopped immediately unless his team is in a scoring position."
The play wasn't blown dead because the Blues were in possession of the puck. That's why that was a good goal.
Goalies have different rules though, and even for regular players, if they are in a position of imminent risk (such as in the shooting lane) and unable to defend themselves, the play MUST be blown. Especially in the era of head injury awareness, it was inexcusable to allow play to continue.
@@FHL-Devils Show me where that rule has an exception for goalies. As in, show me the exact rule.
@@Sweetness71775 - The rule of common sense and practical application. When you have someone laying prone, unable to defend themselves, directly in the path of a likely shot, it is irresponsible and immoral to allow a GAME to continue. Who is most likely to be directly in a shooting lane? If you're forcing have to answer that, then you're just trolling.
I was a defenseman and gotten my share of pucks to the face.
The worse was straight at my visor - the force snapped my head back -
my opponent offensive counterpart went for the puck checking me into the goalie where I hit my head on the crossbar and saw nothing but white and numbing pain
It felt like I was out for a while but in reality it was 4-5 seconds and I managed to scramble to my feet as if nothing had happened - got hit by a rebound shot that hit my helmet again, breaking the caged ribbing and effectively destroying the helmet. Then I got blind sided checked.
According to my dad that changed the course of the game as I was the below average player, but the team looked out for me.
So seeing me seemingly defend the goalie with my body twice while being absolutely wrecked by checks…they showed no mercy.
We won that game - with 12 penalties, all of them after I got wrecked.
NHL: out of the box moments
So much respect for anyone that puts those pads on.
Damn some of those looked absolutely brutal.
The worst thing about dealing with the after-effects of a headshot is trying to keep yourself from flinching from all the shots that come after.
Mr. Miyagi said: No be there.
Wheres the shot Ovi took and broke lehners mask couple weeks ago? I can't find that video anywhere.
Love ur vids
I love the commentary. "He took one right in the beak" 😄 Where do these guys come up with this stuff 😄 That phrase is now in my vocabulary.
Those shots are no joke. Playing goalie for a beer league and i remember a guy taking a slapshot at a pretty close range and I managed to glove it. It was so hard that the glove almost flew off my hand. I sometimes take off my pads and end up with huge bruises on my forearms and that's just from beer leagues. Like most people say I can't imagine how crazy some of the bruises that professional NHL goalies get.
Wow, the old games without helmets is something else ! 🤯 one of toughest sports ever 💯😤
Could you plz do Goals Scored 1 minute into the Game?
I'm European and don't watch NHL much, but I have to say: respect for the goalie
Great deal of respect for the goalies of back in the days.
I'm a goalie. I've taken many shots to the head and none of them have ever really hurt. However, I've never taken a puck from a professional hockey player before! The speeds they shoot at are insane! I would probably shit myself if I saw someone like that winding up on me.
I have taken shots that hurt, just not to the head (mostly the collarbone on the left side because of the shitty chest protector I wear).
Last clip is phenomenal quality for its time.
Hey delta I watched your this video when it had 600 views
Been a goalie for 30 plus years. Im on my 3rd knee surgery, deflector broken twice, concussed several times and i would do it all over again!
Imagine being concussed and hearing a baseball organ? Thats gotta be an experience😂
What’s strange about the Parayko shot is that Bishop was actually afraid of that shot even since that happened I think up until Bishop got hurt and retired Parayko scored two or three more goals like that against Bishop.
Later in that game (like 90 seconds later), Sammy Blais scored a really soft goal on Bishop because he was gunshy after that Parayko shot. After that game, any time Parayko would get the puck in the offensive zone, the entire Blues bench would yell "SHOOT!" because Parayko has an insanely hard slapshot and obviously it's a dangerous one. Parayko's hardest shot on record is like 104.9 mph.
@@Sweetness71775 Yeah I remember that Bishop got pulled after. He needs to use that slapper more.
goalies today is already insane, but those in the old days with the limited gear is just straight up insanity
Best video ever
Can you do quickly getting up from painful shot blocks?
I was playing net in a super casual street hockey game once where I took a nearly frozen street hockey Hall off the cage. It was just a little wrist shot but because the helmet I had was a cheapo Walmart special, the cage rung like I was wearing a church bell on my head lol. Can't imaging the pain of taking a full force NHL level clapper to the dome!
This is what people that say "an arrow wont do anything to a knight with a helmet on because it doesnt penetrate" should watch.
I can't imagine taking a Weber shot to the head. The shots I take would be barely a fraction of his power, but even so, you can't hear anything for a few minutes. You'd think the hearing bells thing would be a saying or something, but no, it's literally just constant ringing lol.
Colton Parayko is a Beast. His slap shot broke the glass before.
Samurai's of 21 century. Hello from Belgium.
I remember watching that Weber shot on Crow. He was up pretty close too and hammered Crow off the mask definitely got his bell rung and continued to play after. You can here the Montreal fans booing because they stopped play lol. Crow was a warrior miss him on my Hawks. 2 cups 🏆🏆
Considering how tall bishop is you'll think his head would be out of the way, the guy has always been cursed
The fact that the ref didn’t blow the whistle with the bishop play he could of been I Carey pr8e or Patrick Roy the guy never gave up
Price I meant
A lot of hockey people crap on goalies for being the goofballs that we certainly are. But one must give us props for suppressing every instinct for self-preservation that we possess by standing there in harm's way. We goalies are a special breed of cat!
I had multiple concussions in my youth. Completely knocked out they just gave me smelling salts and told me to shake it off. Happened a lot from practice.
Good video
I was a kid when I heard about this but i recall a goalie losing his glove just as the puck was coming towards his net and he caught the puck as it counted as a save but also smashed the bones in the goalie's hand so bad that it was not a good idea to remove the puck as that was the only thing keeping the hand bones from doing something that would have damaged the bones to the point that he would never be able to use that hand. The goalie was back after a year or so of treatment or something along that lines. this was in the very yearly 90s.
That pick shot to the neck by Lundqvist, and then came later to finish that game. What a champ.
The Hog Rider is a fast ground troop with medium hit points, low damage, and the ability to jump over enemy Walls. He is unlocked at level 2 Dark Barracks.
The Hog Rider (person) is a bare-chested dark-skinned man holding a hammer. He has a Mohawk, wears a brown leather loincloth, a red belt, and a pair of leather sandals, as well as two large golden wristbands and a gold earring.
His ride is a large hog, about half his height. It has a brown leather bridle looped around its tusks, which in turn is held by the Hog Rider.
Hog Riders prioritize defensive structures above all other targets, and will bypass all other types of enemy buildings and troops while any defenses remain on the battlefield. This is true even if they are under attack by enemy Clan Castle troops, heroes or Skeleton Trap skeletons. Note that like all troops that prioritize defenses, Hog Riders do not consider the Clan Castle to be a defense regardless of whether or not it contains enemy troops, but do consider the defending Grand Warden and the activated Town Hall weapon (if any) to be defensive buildings.
Once all defenses are destroyed, Hog Riders become like any other troop with no preferred target; they will attack the nearest building to them regardless of type, and will turn and attack enemy units if they become aware of any nearby and can fight back against them.
He can be used to jump over any level Walls, rendering them ineffective against Hog Riders. Note that while this allows Hog Riders free access to what lies behind the Walls, it does not open up gaps for other troops to move through. If the Hog Riders need the support of other ground troops, you will still need to deploy Wall Breakers, a Jump Spell, or Earthquake Spells in order to assist them.
Hog Riders can be used en masse, i.e. a "Hog Rider Rush", without requiring any Wall Breakers to break Walls. However, such a strategy sports weaknesses against defending Clan Castle troops, Heroes, Giant Bombs, and Skeleton Traps, a problem which only becomes more prominent at higher levels.
At Town Hall 10 and above, Hog Riders can be combined with Miners in a strategy known as Hog Miner or Hybrid. Both troops are able to bypass Walls innately, but Miners do not have a preferential target, allowing them to cover for Hog Riders by dealing with defending Heroes and Skeleton Traps. The combination also has weaknesses against flying Clan Castle troops, as neither are able to target air.
At lower levels, Hog Riders are quite capable of acting as distracting troops like Giants; they have nearly as much health as a similar-level Giant, move twice as fast, and do considerably more damage.
They work well with the Healing Spell when you group several of them together.
A good tactic for using Healing Spells is to place them strategically on a cluster of defenses (at least about 3 or more) and also deploy them shortly before the Hog Riders arrive in the area, deploy them in front of the Hog Riders. This is so that the Hog Riders get the most value out of the Healing Spell, and destroy the defenses without losing too much HP.
Spots where Giant Bombs or Bomb Towers are/may be should be given special attention when deploying Healing Spells. Hogs of the same level as the Giant Bomb will survive a single Giant Bomb, but they're helpless against a pair of Giant Bombs even with a Healing Spell. Heal them after they've gone through a Giant Bomb blast.
The Hog Rider is one of the best troop types for drawing out Clan Castle troops, as it can avoid Walls to penetrate deep enough to reach centrally-placed Clan Castles (and enough health to not die before it gets there). Deploy one or a few to trigger the Clan Castle troops, then lure the reinforcement troops to the corner side, and deploy multiple Archers or Wizards to slaughter them, and then deploy the remainder of your Hog Riders. This strategy is especially effective during Clan War raids. However, Skeletons from the Skeleton Trap and Heroes can also easily kill the Hog Riders, as they can only target defenses, so make sure to have some troops that target anything, such as Wizards, which can swipe out the Skeletons.
Hog Riders don't target air so flying Clan Castle troops, especially Dragons, can be a big threat. Most mass Hog Rider strategies in Clan Wars require that the Clan Castle troops be killed first by luring. Bring other troops in addition to Hog Riders, such as Wizards, to deal with enemy Clan Castle troops and clean up the base.
Poison Spells can be used to kill almost any enemy Clan Castle troop, but beware as the troops will attempt to flee the poison. If the Poison Spells are decently leveled, and you effectively keep the Clan Castle troops from escaping the Poison Spell with distracting troops, they can eliminate almost any troop. They can also be used to dispense of those pesky Skeletons risen from the Skeleton Traps.
Time is also a factor to consider. With only 3 minutes in an attack, it is essential to make sure that this whole process and the remainder of the attack is done as quickly as possible to avoid running out of time.
Defensive
Defending against Hog Riders is tricky, as their ability to bypass Walls renders them irrelevant. However, the fact that they can jump over Walls and attack defenses means that they may leave behind their ground support (such as Barbarians, etc.), as they will not be able to follow. This will allow your interior defenses to concentrate on the Hog Riders.
Another way to defend against Hog Riders is to exploit the fact that they will attack the closest defensive building. You can arrange your base in such a way so that you have high-powered defenses on the inside and lower-powered defense on the outside, with a layer of resources in between. That way, the Hogs will (in theory) complete a loop around your base before being able to attack your interior defenses (Inferno Towers, X-Bows, etc.), by which time they should have all been killed by the interior defenses.
You can place Spring Traps and Giant Bombs in between defensive buildings to take out a few Hog Riders at a time; good usage of multiple Spring Traps and Giant Bombs can severely hinder a Hog Rider rush.
Hog Riders can be easily killed using "forced pathing". Forced pathing is a strategy that manipulates the Hog Rider AI and makes them go to at least 2 defenses that cannot be prevented by surgical dropping or side clearing. Placing a set of Giant Bombs in between the two can most certainly hinder the attacker progress. They would not be able to heal the Hog Riders in time.
Clan Castle troops, Heroes, and Skeleton Traps set to Ground Mode can be an annoyance to mass Hog Rider raids, as Hog Riders will not attack them unless all defenses have been destroyed. Make sure to centralize them if you want to beat Hog Riders.
In Clan Wars, Dragons are excellent troops to place in Clan Castles against Hog Riders, especially for Town Halls 8 and 9. They have high HP, meaning they won't die easily and can kill mass quantities of Hog Riders swiftly if not properly lured. Most mass Hog Rider strategies require that the enemy Clan Castle troops be killed first, so if the attacker lures out a Dragon, but fails to kill it, then a 3-star win is next to impossible, much less a 1-star win via destroying 50% of the buildings.
Multi-target Inferno Towers can be a severe hindrance to Hog Riders, having high HP to take several hits from Hog Riders, while hitting large groups of them.
Although the Hog Rider is certainly not a liability on defense, the fact that all defensive troops are unimpeded by Walls negates the primary advantage of the Hog Rider. Still, for the space they take they are faster and more damaging compared to Giants.
Upgrade Differences
The Hog Rider undergoes significant visual changes at levels 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.
Initially, the Hog Rider is a dark-skinned man with a black mohawk and beard. He also has a gold earring in his right ear and sports two heavy golden wristbands, a red belt, and a brown loincloth. The Hog Rider's hammer has two brass bands.
At level 3, his hammer increases in size and turns black. The brass bands on the hammer's head disappear, and the hammerhead goes further down onto the stick, creating a button looking object on the top of the hammerhead.
At level 5, his mohawk turns from black to orange, making it similar to that of a level 5 Goblin.
At level 6, his hammer gains three large, golden spikes and a bronze plating.
At level 7, the edges of his hammer start to glow red, and he gains a brown headband but reverts to a black mohawk.
At level 8, his hammer is now mostly golden. His hog also gains a headband.
At level 9, the gold on his hammer is much thicker. His headband also lightens in color.
At level 10, his hammer turns a bright light blue color that resembles the look of ice. This matches the theme of Town Hall 13. It also gains a small same-colored glow.
At level 11, his hammer turns a light greenish color. This matches the theme of Town Hall 14. His hog gains gold armour on its face and muzzle.
those nhl towels must be magic
I remember the days watching Gump Worsley of the Montreal Canadians play without a mask. Gerry Cheevers of the Boston Bruins use to mark his mask with a stitch mark every time he was hit. What scares me today is the lack of protection around the neck. I see some goalies with a hanging plate so pucks can't get through.
Did Carlson really injure mrazek twice, in the same spot, but with mrazek on 2 different teams? Oh lord