So I was delving into this Richard Zednik incident and came upon one of the nastiest, scariest things that I have ever seen: video of one Clint Malarchuk getting his jugular vain slit by a skate. I know some of you will be inclined to look for the YouTube video of the incident, so I will provide you with the link, but this is my fair warning that it's quite graphic. Malarchuk needed 300 stitches to close up his wound.
Fast forward to the present, Malarchuk was so disturbed by Zednik's injury that he says he couldn't go to work on Monday. He said that when his throat was slit (during a game also involving the Buffalo Sabres), he knew for sure that he was going to die and he was just trying to get off the ice so his mother wouldn't have to watch him bleed to death. Wow. As if that was not enough, from ESPN.com:
At the time, there were reports that 11 fans fainted and two more had heart attacks when Malarchuk's macabre accident took place. Three players vomited on the ice.Wow.
Sad stuff that people go through, but the good news is that Zednik is out of the ICU (wink, wink) and resting comfortably. Get well soon!
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