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tsn.ca - 2/11/2008

Panthers' Zednik takes skate cut to neck

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TSN.ca Staff 2/10/2008 11:27:48 PM Florida Panthers forward Richard Zednik had emergency surgery after taking a skate to his neck in Sunday's 5-3 loss to the Buffalo Sabres at HSBC Arena. ''The surgery was successful and he's resting comfortably in the hospital,'' Panthers spokesman Brian Goldman said. With the Sabres leading 4-3 midway through the third period, linemate Olli Jokinen - who was ...

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Scary Situation
The Pensblog: Unofficial Pittsburgh Penguins Blog — Just a bad situation last night in the Buffalo /Florida game. Richard Zednik got cut in the throat by teammate Olli Jokinen's skate. Zednik is going to be alright. [TSN.ca] Huge credit to all the doctors on hand. Can you even imagine having to think that quickly ...

BREAKING NEWS - Richard Zednik Cut In The Neck
The Hockey Herald — Just breaking news from the Panthers/Sabres game, Richard Zednik just took a skate to the neck from Olie Jokinen. via TSN: Florida Panthers forward Richard Zednik was taken off the ice in Sunday’s game against the Buffalo Sabres after taking a skate to his neck. With the Sabres leading 4-3 midway through the third period, linemate Olli Jokinen - who was being checked in the Sabres’ zone - fell forward and his skate accidently caught Zednik’s neck. Zednik bled profusely from his neck, but was able to skate toward his bench where he was met by the trainer and immediately ushered ...

Prayers, Thoughts and Love...
hlog {Hockey's Ladies of Greatness} — As a sister of a hockey player, and a fan of the NHL, this is never something you want to see or have to even say: My prayers and my thoughts are with Richard Zednik, his family, friends, teammates, the entire Florida Panthers Organization and their fans. Full story about his injury on TSN.ca

The NHL in 2008: There Will Be Blood
Your Face is a Sports Blog — You know the old joke, right? "I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out!" I guess after this weekend, we might need to update that joke a bit: "I went to a hockey game, and a GOD DAMNED SLASHER FILM BROKE OUT!!!" Note: All of the videos I'm posting are graphic and bloody to varying degrees (actually, from least to most, coincidentally). The fact that it appears that everyone involved will live to tell the tale is the only reason I'm posting them at all. First, on Saturday night: linesman Pat Dapuzzo took a skate to the face in the Flyers/Rangers game. Dapuzzo wound up needing at least 20 stitches and a possible broken nose. ...

The Zednik scare
james mirtle — The picture says it all. Here in Toronto on our all-sports radio station, the Fan 590, they pick up ESPN overnight in the wee hours. I've got it on as background noise quite often, and I'm certain tonight was the first time the lead story was a hockey one. The reaction coming out of Buffalo has been, well, predictably that of a lot of horrified fans. Kevin Pritchard from BfloBlog, for one, was at the game with his five-year-old son . It's a good thing they decided to leave early ...

Zednik Neck Slash Sadly Familiar To Buffalo Fans
SPORTSbyBROOKS — A very scary moment for Richard Zednik and fans & players in Buffalo on Sunday night, as the Florida Panthers forward was slashed in the neck by a wayward skate . ( Screen capture courtesy of THE HOCKEY HERALD ) During the 3rd period of Sunday’s game against the Sabres, the Panthers’ Olli Jokinen fell forward and accidentally caught his skate on the right side of Zednik’s neck. Although he was bleeding profusely, Zednik managed to make it back to the bench under his own power, where the team trainer immediately brought him back to the locker room. TSN reports that “players, coaches and fans sat in silence after the accident, ...

Former Hab Zednik in hospital after skate cut
Habs Inside/Out — Former Canadien Richard Zednik is in stable condition in a Buffalo hospital this morning after a scary incident on Sunday night. Zednik's throat was slashed by teammate Olli Jokinen's skate blade as Jokinen was falling to the ground. Zednik immediately fell to the ice with blood spurting from the gash. Thankfully, he was able to get up and skated quickly to the bench where trainers were able to slow the bleeding, a move that likely saved his life. The game was delayed for 15 minutes as officials decided whether or not to finish the game. The Panthers flew Zednik's wife, Jessica, to Buffalo so she could be ...

The Morning Skate for Monday, February 11th
Four Habs Fans — Bullet points for what you missed while dreaming of winning a Grammy Award... Olli Jokinen almost kills ex-Hab Richard Zednik (accidentally) with his skate blade. No jokes here, get well Richard (he's stable); Caps back in 1st in the Southleast after beating the Rangers in OT; Malkin wins the Battle of PA practically by himself. K so we're agreed Saturday night never happened?

Not a good weekend for hemophobia in the NHL
Sportsfrog.com — On Saturday in Philadelphia, linesman Pat Dapuzzo was cut in the face by a player's skate. He was bleeding heavily but still tried to step in and break up part of a brawl that had begun. Then on Sunday, Richard Zednik's throat was accidentally cut open by a teammate's skate during Sunday's game in Buffalo. "It is super scary whenever you get contact with an ice skate," said Panthers coach Jacques Martin. "It was a good decision on his part to skate towards the bench. I think that saved some time and our trainers were right there to put pressure on ...

That's the last time-
American Hockey Fan — ... For those who haven't see the clip, last night, Zednik was cut in the throat by a skate in what seemed like a harmless play. He's in stable condition, thank God. Apparently it was a pretty gruesome scene, as this TSN photo of the crowd's reaction shows. ...