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July 12, 2006
Interesting
One of the more disturbing episodes in Sabres (and hockey) history occured on March 22, 1989 (contains not-so-pleasant picture), when Sabres goaltender Clint Malarchuk was involved in a collision with several players. His teammate Uwe Krupp flipped over, and the blade of his skate cut into Malarchuk's neck, severing his jugular vein. (Heck, here's a video of the incident.) It was awful for everyone involved, but Malarchuk managed to survive to tend goal another day. Then, he had to do battle with an even tougher foe: obsessive compulsive disorder.
So what better way to commemorate this horrific event in hockey history? An action figure, of course!
Now, I'm not usually a squeamish guy, but this sort of thing strikes me as, well... tasteless. I mean, there's a certain school of thought that since he survived, we can all laugh about it. But, I tend to disagree. There are certain events in my life that I simply wouldn't want to relive, or even think about again. I would submit that nearly dying on the ice during a hockey game is one such event.
It got me to thinking: I wonder if there are other action figures in the works for other horrific sports injuries, such as:
Joe Theismann breaks leg:
Pete Rose bowls over Ray Fosse in the All-Star game:
Or, please don't hate me: Go For Wand breaks leg, is euthanized on track:
Allright. I'll see all of you in hell!
Posted by oz115 at July 12, 2006 10:46 AM
Comments
Everything should be made into an action figure. I'd really to see one of George W. choking on a pretzel.
Posted by: G at July 14, 2006 01:20 PM