Filip Hronek is going to be feeling that for the next little while, at least.
During the first period of the game against the Detroit Red Wings, Minnesota Wild winger Ryan Reaves headed up the ice with a head full of steam and bodychecked the Detroit defenseman so damn hard.
hronek you should keep your head up when skating by ryan reaves pic.twitter.com/p1pbhb71yQ
— Hockey Wilderness (@hockeywildernes) December 15, 2022
Yeah, at one point you feel bad for Hronek, but the other fact is that the defenseman was not even looking at what was coming at him down the middle of the ice until the very last millisecond.