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MorbiD.ShoT wrote:

Paco_the_Insane wrote:

Right in the Jugular.

WOW that was horrible...

EDIT: im sure he didnt die im over reacting a bit but that was pretty bad..... i didnt see exactly what happened, does anybody know?

Last edited by Madhadda1 (2007-03-04 19:35:22)

Though it was bad yes, that wasn't a hockey fight just a collision and serious injury.

yea i remember that on sportscenter. they did a special on the goalie. i think a skate hit him in the throat

MorbiD.ShoT wrote:

Madhadda1 wrote:

MorbiD.ShoT wrote:

Right in the Jugular.

WOW that was horrible...

EDIT: im sure he didnt die im over reacting a bit but that was pretty bad..... i didnt see exactly what happened, does anybody know?

The goalie didn't die.  I remember hearing that, although he sustained a serious injury he was able to play the next game of the playoffs.  (Something like that...he definately did not die).

Devastating throat injury

The notable incident occurred during a game on March 22, 1989 between the visiting St. Louis Blues and Malarchuk's Buffalo Sabres. Steve Tuttle of the Blues and Uwe Krupp of the Sabres collided at the mouth of the goal, and Tuttle's skate caught Malarchuk on the neck, slicing open his external carotid artery. With pools of blood collecting on the ice, Malarchuk somehow left the ice under his own power with the assistance of his team's trainer, Jim Pizzutelli. Many spectators were physically sickened by the sight with seven fainting and two suffering heart attacks while two teammates vomited on the ice [1] [2]. Local television cameras covering the game instantly cut away from the sight of Malarchuk.

Malarchuk, meanwhile, had only two thoughts: He was going to die, and he had to do it the right way. "All I wanted to do was get off the ice," says Malarchuk, now the goaltenders coach for the Columbus Blue Jackets. "My mother was watching the game on TV, and I didn't want her to see me die."

What saved Malarchuk's life—more accurately, who—was Jim Pizzutelli, the team's trainer and a former Army medic who served in Vietnam. He reached into Malarchuk's neck and pinched off the bleeding, not letting go until doctors arrived to begin suturing the wound. Still, Malarchuk came within minutes of becoming only the second on-ice fatality in NHL history.

Amazingly, he returned to practice 4 days later. And a week after that, he was back between the pipes against the Quebec Nordiques. "Doctors told me to take the rest of the year off, but there was no way," Malarchuk says. "The longer you wait, the harder it's going to be."

Malarchuk spent only one night in the hospital, and was back on the ice with his team two weeks later. However, his performance declined over the next few years, to the point that Malarchuk left the NHL. He battled obsessive-compulsive disorder (attributed to his injury) for a time, but he eventually returned to hockey, in the International Hockey League. After retiring as a player, Malarchuk continued his hockey career as a coach.

After Malarchuk's injury, the NHL instituted a policy requiring all goalies to wear neck protection.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clint_Malarchuk

Yw

Kind of kills the integrity of the sport. I don't play a game to get in fights. But hey, they need all the viewers they can get. Oddly enough hockey is one of my favorite sports to watch.

Eh, hockey fights, car crashes, and the like don't have anything on soccer riots.

did you saw the general fight few weeks ago, Ottawa sens vs Buffalo and then the goalie got involved and ray emery was fighting with the big smile looll was fuck top !!!!

im sure its somewhere on youtube

Here is a joke I just made up:
Jo: Hey Marvin!  Whaddidya do this weekend
Marvin: You should have been there.  It was great.  A hockey game broke out during the fight!
Hey I never said it was funny...