GIF: This hockey smash would make even Cian Healy wince

Now that is what we call a hit

How can you not love a sport where a hit like this is totally legal.

Poor Dan Giradi was on the receiving end of this monstrous shoulder barge from Pittsburgh Penguin Evgeni Malkin in the NHL.

Yes, there is an a team called after the most cuddly animal on the planet but there was nothing warm and fuzzy about this.

Giradi was taken off the ice shortly after did return later in the game.