Kyle Clifford Receives Major Penalty And Game Misconduct For Hit On Ross Colton

Watch as Toronto Maple Leafs forward Kyle Clifford receives a major penalty for boarding and a game misconduct after hitting Tampa Bay Lightning forward Ross Colton from behind into the boards.

[jrazjraz]

This play ironically set the tone when the Leafs killed that 5 min major.

[bradleyw]

Man, Toronto cannot allow a player to wear 43 in the playoffs.

[bobbyr.]

Brad Marchand should receive a fine for this

[huggi]

Kadri would be proud, dirty hit and not even 5 min in the playoffs

[supra.]

Clifford asked himself what would Kadri do ?

[HeyNateMiller]

Makes a good play with the first hit and then does that. Brainless play

[wintercold]

This is a bad hit but this tells me one thing. Toronto players are not going to allow themselves to be bullied physically with out a fighting back

[rynx]

idk what was more braindead, the dirty play by clifford, or the fans chanting "refs you suck" after this

[marie]

The League will look at it because of the 5 minute and game. Clifford hitting a player who didn't even have the puck. Totally stupid on his part.

[j-dubb]

All part of the Leafs plan to keep special teams on the ice and win the game apparently.

[nathanantone]

Leafs score 1 goal and fans acting like they are winning the stanley cup

[karmeshpatel]

It's never really good putting your team down 5mins; but that hit set the tone. The lightning looked small and weak in this game [I acknowledge this is only game 1]

[EZachanowich]

The ref 2 feet from the hit didn't even call a penalty.

[Tiekariya]

Revisiting this to see what the difference between this hit and the hit on Gio tonight…… it’s almost the same hit! 🤬🤬

[BloggerMusicMan]

This very easily could have cost the Leafs the game. Thanks goodness for them that the rest of the team was so up for the task killing the penalty and then dominating the rest of the game. It was from this point on that the game really was Toronto's.

[jojoaausone]

That hit was right out of "Slap Shot".

[radewedden]

It'll just be a fine. Hope Spezza plays game 2 tho.

[thanos]

If the Leafs win game 1 Kyle Clifford mvp. Generated momentum by killing the 5 min, and now Jason Spezza will rightfully be slotted in game 2 after this plug gets suspended. What a tool

[Michael-pgrv]

It was a dirty hit but honestly, that’s a hit the leafs needed to make to set the tone of the series. It’s time for the leafs to flip the script and be the aggressors in a series

[plumber]

The is my 2nd favorite leafs hit. My 1st fav is Kadri on Wingels