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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Mar 22, 2019 17:04:23 GMT
And I was there. Buffalo Sabres goalie Clint Malarchuk's carotid artery was sliced wide open by a hockey skate. I was on the other end of the arena. What it looked like to me was that heel of Steve Tuttle's hit Malarchuk in the throat. Just the way he grabbed his neck. Getting hit in the Adam's Apple by the heel of a skate can be serious. But you could hear people behind the Sabres net screaming. It wasn't until he came off the ice that you could see the blood on the ice. Red stream at even intervals, where his heart beat. Fans didn't realize how sharp a skate is, you can shave with one. It was surreal.
don't watch the video if you are the queasy type
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Post by tristramshandy on Mar 23, 2019 0:37:06 GMT
It was brutal - - I'm not going back to check it out. Wonder if PTI would have been on today if that would have been the Happy Anniversary.
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Post by NJtoTX on Mar 23, 2019 1:41:32 GMT
In true hockey form, he was back on the ice in ten days.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Mar 23, 2019 2:00:37 GMT
I've read that people in the Aud had heart attacks. I never heard that, never seen the commotion of a heart attack at a sporting even (seen it at other games), never seen the ambulances. I did see people getting sick, did see a mess exodus from the building, but no heart attacks.
He lost a lot of blood. The ice looked like the aftermath of a visit from the Manson Family.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Mar 23, 2019 4:12:50 GMT
I remember the coverage as a kid. The more time has passed the more astonished I am he survived.
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