With the NHL playoffs comes a renewed energy from the players, the intensity gets ramped up and bodies start flying. Like in this hit where Brad Stuart of the Red Wings flat out CRUSHES Columbus’ RJ Umberger in a devastating hit. Watch how Umberger can’t even stand up and tries to scoot out of the way of the play. Ouch.
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Clint Malarchuk currently works as a goalie coach for the Columbus Blue Jackets but he is most famous for a 1989 game with the Buffalo Sabres when he had his throat slashed with a skate while playing in net. The other day, after a tough day shooting rabbits with a rifle Malarchuk had another head related injury. He shot himself. In the chin.
Malarchuk’s wife Christy told sheriff’s deputies that the .22-calibre rifle discharged after her husband placed the butt on the ground between his legs. He had been shooting rabbits.
The 47-year-old former player, now a goalie coach with the Columbus Blue Jackets, was flown by helicopter to a Reno hospital for treatment Tuesday.
Wow, how many awful head and throat related injuries can a man suffer through. It makes me think of Olympic wrestler Rulon Gardner. Police are apparently investigating now to see if it was a suicide attempt or merely an accident. I’d hope it wasn’t a suicide attempt, a .22 is a shitty way to try and take yourself out, it’s like a glorified BB gun.
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