Often the sound of a solid bodycheck does more justice than seeing the hit itself.

Hear me out, if you'll excuse the pun.

It's that unmistakable crunch of two bodies colliding with force, the groan as a player crumples to the ice and the roar of the crowd as someone gets sent into another time zone.

And when you can hear that impact and see the end result, the blood starts pumping and you can almost feel the adrenaline as if you have laid someone out yourself.

Need further proof?  Check out this YouTube video featuring the NHL's hardest hits.

If that compilation doesn't get you jacked, you may want to check your pulse.

There's a little bit of everything in the mix. Open ice collisions, body crunches along the boards and a few players splattered up against the glass, no doubt wishing they had chosen another line of work.

No one wants to

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