Ryan Reaves is a big hitter, a feared enforcer (except to Evander Kane), and a trash talk extraordinaire.
But Friday, the Vegas Golden Knights forward accidentally used his powers for bad when he elbowed his own teammate, Tomas Nosek, directly in the head.
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As Ducks defenseman Ondrej Kase tried to skate the puck out of the corner, Reaves tried to lay him out with a big hit. Instead, Kase, felt Reaves coming and slipped out of the way.
Ryan Reaves crushes his own guy pic.twitter.com/cU6OxeNpuM
— Brady Trettenero (@BradyTrett) December 28, 2019
“Reaves just [demolished] his own player,” the Ducks announcer said.
Nosek was woozy getting up, but would be okay, skating off the ice on his own power along with a guilt-ridden Reaves.
In his 9:33 of ice time, Reaves had three shots and a plus-minus of minus-two.
It almost feels like this is karma for all of the other bad hits Reaves’ has thrown.
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