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The Horrifying Tale Of Clint Malarchuk's Brush With DeathWelcome to Sports Horror Stories, a video series in which we will recount, in gruesome detail, some of the most terrifying moments in sports. ...

When Clint Malarchuk Almost Bled Out On The IceToday’s column is about exsanguination....

Grantland has a 30 for 30 short film about Clint Malarchuk, the Sabres goalie whose jugular vein was cut with a skate during a game in 1989. Go watch the short (warning: injury footage), and reread our interview with Malarchuk from Blood Week 2012....

"I'm Walking Around With A Bullet In My Head And A Scar On My Neck": Clint Malarchuk, At 50

On March 22, 1989, Buffalo Sabres goalie Clint Malarchuk had his neck slashed by an opponent's skate, slicing open his carotid artery and jugular vein, and bringing him within minutes of his own death. (You can watch the video here, at your own risk.) In 2008, Malarchuk, who has a long history of de...

Former Goalie Just Can't Stop Experiencing Gruesome Injuries

Although Richard Zednik's bloody neck-opening incident last season left many sports fans squeamish for weeks, former Buffalo Sabres goalie Clint Malarchuk's 1989 throat slash still remains the most disturbing and terrifying. (Video here — if you dare. ) And even though it seems statistically impossi...