Florida Panthers Richard Zednick's Throat Slashed In Game Tonight

AP ^ | 2-11-2008 | my favorite headache

[Betis70]

I saw the Mark Howe incident (live) and I still have a fear of charging too hard toward the net even though they changed the design.

We were about 5 rows up just to the left of the goal he got impaled on.

[citizen]

I saw it after I got home on NHL Network...a very scary and sobering momment. Hopefully, it was a clean cut that can be repaired fully.

[Hat-Trick]

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[retrokitten]

Thanks for the ping, but I can’t read this thread. My husband was telling me about it last night and I started to faint. I’m such a girl. I cry and faint at the drop of a hat. ;-)

[StarCMC]

"When you see something like that, it isn't about playing anymore.

Say what you want, hockey players (in general) are some of the classiest guys in sports.

[My Favorite Headache]

The best.

[cammie]

From the bureau of pointless Malarchuk-incident trivia: upon seeing it, three of his teammates vomited and 2 people in the arena had heart attacks. True.

[EQAndyBuzz]

Neck guards in USA Hockey are optional. If this isn’t a reason to make it mandatory, I do not know what is. We sent out an e-mail today to all our families telling them that neckguards are now mandatory for our organization.

[grey_whiskers]

Off topic, slightly -- but in the comedy Blades of Glory there is mention of a ice-skating move called "The Iron Lotus" which had ended up with very similar results...

Prayers up!

[grey_whiskers]

A little more on-topic.

GIVE BLOOD.

(I'm O-negative, universal donor.)