It’s mid August, the “dead of summer” and the dead of the hockey calendar year, so we thought we’d pull together the best hits from this past season, just to keep the juices flowing. Enjoy.

Number 7 – Alex Ovechkin on Roberto Luongo

Number 6 – Mike Green Hit on Kyle Clifford

Number 5 – Alex Ovechkin Hit on Alex Pietrangelo

Number 4 – Tom Wilson Hit on Ben Smith – Winter Classic

Number 3 – Brooks Orpik Hit on Dan Boyle

Number 2 – Matt Niskanen hit on Scott Laughton

Number 1 – Tom Wilson Hit on Lubomir Visnovsky