How did Clint Malarchuk get hurt?

Clint Malarchuk suffered one of the most horrific accidents in NHL history in 1989, when another player’s skate severed his jugular vein. But decades later, undiagnosed PTSD from the incident would put his life in peril again.

Did Richard Zednik play again?

According to the team’s official website (which I had to have translated), Zednik is now a former member of the Florida Panthers as he has signed a contract with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the KHL in Russia. In two seasons with the Panthers, Zednik played in 124 games, scoring 32 goals with 27 goals.

Who saved Clint Malarchuk’s life?

But it happened literally 10 yards from the doctor’s office.” Pizzutelli’s aggressive actions — to reach into Malarchuk’s neck, pinch the severed artery with his fingertips, and keep applying pressure on the gaping wound in those initial 30 to 40 seconds — were crucial in saving the goalie’s life.

How many NHL players have died?

The NHL has suffered only one on-ice death in its history, and it took place on January 13, 1968, in Bloomington, Minnesota. Bill Masterton of the Minnesota North Stars was hit by two members of the Oakland Seals on clean checks and hit his head hard on the ice.

How much blood did Clint Malarchuk lose?

Malarchuk was playing for Buffalo Sabres in the NHL against St Louis Blues, when the freak accident left him fighting for his life. Amid shocking, gory scenes, Malarchuk tried and failed to get to his feet, as three pints of blood spilled on to the ice.

What happened to the hockey player that got his throat cut?

Connecticut high school hockey player Teddy Balkind tragically died after a skate cut his neck during a game last week the Connecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner announced Monday. Officials formally ruled Balkind’s death as an “accident” revealing the cause as an “incised wound of neck.”