Ice Hockey is a fast and thrilling game and it’s easy to see why the players are so well protected with padded clothing.
However during a 1989 NHL game the protective clothing failed to stop Clint Malarchuk sustaining a life threatening injury that was witnessed by millions during a live broadcast.
Clint’s neck had been sliced with a skate blade cutting his carotid artery and partially slicing his jugular vein. With blood gushing out of his neck onto the ice, many spectators were physically sick or fainted. Remarkably Clint got up and walked off the ice, and his life was saved due to quick action by the Sabres’ athletic trainer, Jim Pizzutelli, who served in the Vietnam War. He gripped Malarchuk’s neck and pinched off the artery, not letting go until doctors arrived to begin stabilising the wound.
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