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Throwback Thursday: Max Pacioretty demolishes Peter Mueller

Old footage from the Brick Invitational Tournament, showing that Max Pacioretty has always had a physical element to his game, plus several bonus videos of NHL stars at a young age.

Last week we took a look at footage of Brendan Gallagher's origin story, and the previous week we examined P.K. Subban's elite skills as a 10-year-old.

This time around we dug up some footage of a young Max Pacioretty absolutely lighting up Peter Mueller, back in 1998. It's worth noting that the hit was definitely illegal, seeing as you can't hit in novice hockey.