Zednik Takes One To The Throat
 

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Florida Panthers forward Richard Zednik underwent surgery to close a deep gash on the right side of his neck and was in stable condition Sunday night after he was cut by a teammate's skate during a game.

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i watched the game last night and i'll tell ya', having seen it happen before, it makes yer skin crawl...

Buffalo is no stranger to this if you recall the Malarchuk gusher in '89 against the Blues...

i uploaded the vid of it for you here

not for the squeemish!!!

Zednik was even luckier than Malarchuk, because his Carotid artery was cut, not his jugular vein, as in Malarchuk's case. Also according to the doctor, it was not completely severed, which kept it from retracting and allowed for easier repair. Unbelievably scary no matter what though.

That was just horrendously unbelievable, huh?

Be thankful you're not in South Florida. The local Fox affiliate plays that scene over and over and over ad nauseum.

I'm just glad to hear he's okay, hard as that is to believe.

apart from the fact that i cant for shit...

thats one better reason why im not keen on getting on the ice...

oh..and i do hope he recovers well. i really do. that looked quite bad

Ditto Jewels... Thank God he got to the bench. I really think that if he stayed on the ice, things may have turned out differently.


I noticed that last night at my 10 PM men's league game, there were a lot of new throat protectors in use.