No, this is not a second Oscar-related film post...Florida Panthers winger Richard Zednik is in stable condition today after teammate Olli Jokinen, upended on the ice, inadvertently sliced open Zednik's neck during the third period of a loss against the Buffalo Sabres. The gruesome and bloody injury calls to mind Clint Malarchuk's wound, also on the Buffalo ice almost 20 years ago.Jokinen fell headfirst to the ice, and his right leg flew up and struck Zednik directly on the side of the neck. Clutching his neck, Zednik somehow had the capacity to race the three-quarters length of the ice to the Panthers bench, where he nearly fell into the arms of trainer Dave Zenobi, who immediately placed a towel on the player's throat. Play resumed after a 15-minute delay, during which time crews scraped the blood off the ice and the surface was cleaned by Zambonis.
Videos of the accident keep getting taken down by the NHL, but a YouTube search of "Zednik neck" will likely turn up bloody gold. The chaps at With Leather call the amount of blood that hits the ice before Zednik even finishes falling is amazing - like as if Tarantino directed a Mighty Ducks movie.
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