Close Calls

On Sunday Panthers RW Richard Zednik was in an extreme and dangerous collision. His throat was severely cut when a teammates skate slid across his neck. Lucikly he survived and recieved emergency surgery intime to save his life. He is now in stable condition and doctors predict he will not have any long term brain damage.

While an accident like this is extremely rare it does happen. Another accident was in 1989 involving Sabres goalie Clint Malarchuk. His artery was cut in a collision but luckily he was able to get off the ice in time to save his life. Doctors for Malarchuk said that he was only seconds away from death and was lucky that he was on the side of the ice that had the exit to the doctors room. I think this is an unfortunate accident that should be reviewed to see if it can be avoided. It is also unfotunate that despite the fan base and popularity of the sport, the only time it gets into the news is when something like this happens.