thats why alot of players up to the pro level have neck guards, me, i tend to watch whats going on around me, when you see a hit like that the best thing to do is to get your head down and gloves up to your face when something like this happens, the only problem is, its almost impossible to see that coming
The timing on it was so quick..so rapid that is movement was forward into the skate as it was coming down on an angle. Real real tough to avoid. Almost a blind spot at that speed.