On March 22, 1989, Clint Malarchuk of the NHL’s Buffalo
Sabres suffered a near fatal throat injury in a game against the St. Louis
Blues. Malarchuk had his interior carotid artery severed when teamed Uwe Krupp
and Blues forward Steve Tuttle crashed into him at high speeds.
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| Clint Malarchuk of the Buffalo Sabres after having his throat hit with a skate. |
Malarchuk came dangerously close to losing his life that
night, but the quick thinking of athletic trainer Jim Pizzutelli save his life.
Pizzutelli, a former army medic who served in Vietnam, reached into Malarchuk’s
neck and pinched off the bleeding until doctors arrived.
It took doctors 90 minutes and over 300 stitches to close
the wound. Suprisingly, Malarchuk spent only one night in the hospital and was
back at practice just four days later.
it was a sad day
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