[tootsieflowrslave]

This reminds me of what happened to Clint Malarchuk. He survived, I guess this guy wasn't as lucky.

[newjerseydeevil]

Can someone guess the probability of this even happening

[gimlet]

Some players are just assholes. I played lacrosse in high school, we had a hockey player that wore the cleats with steel blades, are those for baseball? He ran up an opposing players leg calf, there were bleeding long tears on his leg. The opposing coach brought his injured player over to our bench and without emotion showed our coach what our asshole was doing. I couldn't believe it, and to this day avoid asshole guy at events.

I have seen high sticking, but never with a skate. I don't see any reason why his leg is that high leading with his skate into the guys body.

[Jonnyb75]

Originally Posted by newjerseydeevil ↗

Can someone guess the probability of this even happening

I don't think even C3PO could work that one out.
Terrible accident, videos and Images from the UK are very rare. Shame for the guy and his family,even that old saying "he was doing something he loved" won't do for such a freak accident. I bet the guy who's skate cut him is in a dark, dark place too

[houseoftechno]

Originally Posted by Shellshock86 ↗

I'm hockey illiterate, so this is a genuine question, but what was the guy that collided with him trying to do? It almost looks like an intentional kick. I don't think he was trying to injure him, but wtf was he going for there?

• AJ was bringing the puck forward, and White 42 was ahead of him to disrupt defenders and/or receive a pass.
• The red defender (who slashed) threw a elbow/shoulder at White 42 to herd him outside of the action.
• White 42 scooted outside, while AJ hooked inside toward the net with the puck.
• It looks to me like the red defender then kicked his left leg into AJ to try to stop him from continuing laterally, into a one-on-one with the goalie.
• AJ was engaged in a hard left turn and had his eyes down on the puck. I don't think AJ ever saw that foot coming in.
• It is illegal to check with body parts below the knee, and it is illegal to check to an opponents head, face or neck. So the red defender was illegal on several counts.
• Looked to me like AJ outskated the defender, because the defender took it upon himself try to defend two opponents essentially at the same time.
• A more traditional defense would have been for the red defender to focus on AJ and let his teammate cover White 42.

[davebaron666]

I remember another accident just like that (Malarchuk incident-1989) but he survived thanx to a combat medic on the scene, pinching his slashed carotid artery and not let go until medics arrived

[Shellshock86]

After seeing that footage slowed down, I don't believe there was any intent to injure by any means, but I do think he threw his leg out in a somewhat wreckless way to attempt to block AJ. You could argue that he was just hitting the other player and the contact with AJ was incidental, but he knew where the puck was and was trying to get back in front of AJ when he contacted the other guy. I believe he threw that leg out in front of AJ intentionally. Could I be wrong? Sure. I certainly don't believe for a second that he had any intent to injure. Unless the guy is known as a dirty player then I don't think he should be given any grief. I would imagine he's in a bad place right now, as others have mentioned. I feel bad for him as long as he's not someone with a reputation for dirty play.

[DocuRealMoose]

He got checked...mated.

[HIGHTECHDUDE]

Originally Posted by davebaron666 ↗

I remember another accident just like that (Malarchuk incident-1989) but he survived thanx to a combat medic on the scene, pinching his slashed carotid artery and not let go until medics arrived

Thought this only happened to goalies...

[AWOL655321]

Good Lord that’s horrific