March 2026 brought some of the most physical hockey of the season — stars getting leveled, reverse hits flipping momentum, and heavy contact all over the ice.
💥 Kirby Dach erases Sam Dickinson
🚧 Eetu Luostarinen crushes Jack Hughes
🔥 Cole Koepke railroads Sam Rinzel
🧱 Jalen Chatfield sets the tone early on Vasily Podkolzin
🚀 Dylan Holloway delivers multiple bone-crushing hits, including one on Shakir Makmualladin and later on Olli Määttä
🚨 Brett Howden crunches Ty Emberson
💥 Josh Norris runs through Zemgus Girgensons leading to a goal
🧱 Erik Gudbranson throws Artemi Panarin into the glass
🔥 Beck Malenstyn levels Macklin Celebrini — and keeps rolling all month
🔄 Brady Tkachuk delivers a massive reverse hit on Mike Matheson
💪 Tom Wilson lights up Travis Konecny
🚨 Alex Ovechkin lowers the boom on Owen Power
🚀 Jake Walman tattoos Ozzy Wiesblatt
💥 Michael McCarron catches Connor Bedard
🧱 Tyler Myers knocks down Parker Kelly
🔥 Mackie Samoskevich delivers a huge hit on Paul Stastny
🚨 Akira Schmid uses the body before making a desperation save
💥 Mark Kastelic goes through Jacob Bernard-Docker
🔥 Owen Tippett takes down Macklin Celebrini
🚀 Barclay Goodrow sends Trevor Zegras to the ice
💪 William Carrier drills Erik Karlsson
🔥 Nathan MacKinnon levels Neal Pionk
🔄 Matthew Tkachuk delivers a huge reverse hit on Tye Kartye
💥 Mitch Marner shows his physical side with a strong check
March had it all — power, timing, and players getting caught in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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PK Subban hip checks were legendary
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As a guy in the uk i don’t normally see this, it’s nice watching fast big hits in high leagues.
NHL! Figure it out – fans LOVE FIGHTING in your sport! Just look at the UFC! Highlight fights. Own it and you'll see the popularity of your sport INCREASE BY A LOT!
Not complaining, because they're all about stick work and catching penalties now, but the Bruins had one highlight. Just Hathaway had 4+.
Remember two things kids:
1. Always keep your head up.
2. All these hits happened on ONE month of hockey.
I love this sport!
I see Marchment was holding 2 sticks! Maybe that's why he got hit? LOL.
It's a shame hitting on the NHL has defended so much. Very few of the hits in this are not noteworthy if you go back to 2001