Jakob Chychrun hit a flashback to old-school hockey

The hit kept Cousins on the ice for some time, and he is expected to miss at least a week.

On Wednesday’s episode of Daily Faceoff LIVE, hosts Tyler Yaremchuk and Steve Peters discussed Chychrun’s massive, old-fashioned hit on Cousins.

Tyler Yaremchuk: We had an old-school collision yesterday. Jakob Chychrun catching Nick Cousins with his head down coming around the net. What you don’t like to see is Nick Cousins, who seemed to be totally out cold after this hit. But man, this is just a prime example of when you’re facing a physical defenseman like Chychrun, you need to know when he’s on the ice because he caught Nick Cousins with his head down and just absolutely hammered him.

Steve Peters: Yeah, I think this is one you need to see. There are a lot of players in the National Hockey League that would like to line up Nick Cousins like this. He’s been voted one of the most punchable faces in the league. Good golly, heads up when you come around behind the net on a Jakob Chychrun hit like that. First of all, these two were teammates in Arizona for two years. I saw them in the locker room together, they like each other, they’re friendly with each other. Oh my goodness is that a big hit. This is a league about physicality, this is a league about fights. He kept his arms down, didn’t extend the arms, didn’t get the elbow up, he didn’t charge into this. He was gliding into this hit. This one’s on Cousins. Keep your head up coming around the corner, chip that puck off the wall and live another day. Unfortunately, Chychrun caught him. He got him with his arms down, there will be no supplementary discipline, there was no penalty. This is just a big, big, big hit to a guy that just wasn’t ready for it.

You can catch the full discussion and the rest of Wednesday’s episode here…