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Checking Alexandre Carrier: Tom Wilson yelled to warn him
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Checking Alexandre Carrier: Tom Wilson yelled to warn him
Credit: Last night, Tom Wilson was Tom Wilson against the Canadiens. The forward, who can hit like a train, served up a major-league check to Alexandre Carrier… and that got him out of the game. Legal or not? Everyone has an opinion on the matter. This is a devastating hit by the #Caps Tom Wilson on […]
Last night, Tom Wilson was Tom Wilson against the Canadiens. The forward, who can hit like a train, served up a major-league check to Alexandre Carrier… and that got him out of the game.

Legal or not? Everyone has an opinion on the matter.

That said, what’s clear is that it changed the outcome of the game. Without Carrier, the CH pulled away… and the Capitals made a comeback.

But when you listen to the sequence again, you hear something surprising: someone screaming just before the check.

However, last night, a Capitals fan page rediscovered an interview with Wilson on Hockey Night in Canada earlier this season, in which the forward reveals that, from now on, when he’s about to hit someone hard, he screams before contact.

Our colleagues at HabsolumentFan made the discovery earlier today.

Of course, we agree that it’s pretty easy to figure out that the scream in question is coming from Wilson. He obviously wanted to warn Carrier to be ready for the blow that was coming… but obviously, it wasn’t enough.

And at the same time, just because you warn beforehand doesn’t mean you can do everything afterwards, we agree.

On the other hand, Wilson tries to warn the players before hitting them, to avoid the worst-case scenario. Last night, that said, it obviously didn’t have the desired effect (at the same time, it was done very shortly before the check, which didn’t give the defender much time to react)… and now we’re wondering whether Carrier will be able to return to the game for game #5.

Let’s hope that if a CH player ever hears someone screaming, he’ll be ready to take a big check… because it can be devastating.


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