Milan Lucic shares his side of the hit on Mike Smith
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Dorin Canaday
May 24, 2022 (10:05)
All the talk from game three between the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers wasn't the Oilers' impressive second period or Evander Kane's natural hat-trick in the span of six minutes, but the big hit by Flames forward Milan Lucic on Edmonton's goaltender Mike Smith.
Lucic was given a five-minute major and game misconduct on the play that happened with just 11 minutes to go in the third with the Flames down 4-0. According to Looch himself, the collision could have been a lot worse if he wanted it to be>
»I definitely wasn't trying to hit him. I was braking... If I did charge him, we both wouldn't be playing tomorrow.»
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