Alexei Emelin on the losing end of collision with Milan Lucic

At 6’4” and 230 pounds, Boston Bruins forward Milan Lucic is no small fry. To be fair, Montreal Canadiens defenseman Alexei Emelin has some decent size of his own at 6’2” and weighing in at 220 pounds, but Lucic sure made Emelin look like a rag doll last night.

Thinking that he had Lucic caught with his head down, Emelin took a run at Lucic as he was bringing the puck out of the defensive zone along the boards. Picking his head up just in time, Lucic braced and countered the hit. As a result, Emelin simply bounced off of Lucic and ended up taking the worst of the hit. It was later reported that Emelin was seen leaving the arena on crutches with a brace on his left leg.

The Canadiens went on to defeat the Bruins 2-1, giving them 55 points on the year and the top spot in the Northeast Division with Boston trailing at 52 points. Montreal current stands second overall in the Eastern Conference.

Check out video of Emelin’s attempt on Lucic below.

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