The reason Marcus Foligno fought Tom Wilson is out, and he actually deserves some mad respect for it

The reason Marcus Foligno fought Tom Wilson is out, and he actually deserves some mad respect for it

During the 2018-19 season, forward Oskar Sundqvist missed several months of play after an illegal hit from the Capitals’ Tom Wilson. The hit was straight towards the head, but he also suffered a shoulder injury and a concussion.

Tom Wilson had been suspended just 16 games before the collision with Sundqvist, and after the hit against the Swede, he got suspended for 20 games. Sundqvist recently made a guest appearance on The Cam & Strick Podcast and talked openly about the hit.

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”That’s probably the worst I ever had. I mean, the hit is like… it happens quick. I’ll see him in the last second, and then it just black. I wake up after my concussion test, in the locker room, with no gear on, with the doctor talking to me. That’s when I wake up and like realize. I think I asked him six times in a row who hit me.”

Tom Wilson doesn’t have the best rap in the NHL, but off the ice, he’s considered to be a nice guy.

”I’ve heard he’s a really good guy. He did talk to me the next game I played against him, and he apolagized and stuff like that.”

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Sundqvist also revealed that Marcus Foligno, a Minnesota Wild player, took a fight against Wilson as he didn’t like the hit.

”I think my first game back was against Minnesota, and I’m lining up for the first face-off, and it’s Foligno next to me. So he goes, ’That’s such a bullshit hit. I’m gonna take him for you. Don’t worry buddy.”

”And the next game against Washington, he fought him right away. ”

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