Clint Malarchuk Angle 3

[69kelejo69]

Mr. Malarchuk kept a very cool head through this. He didn't panic and neither did the trainer who came to his aid. His teammates, on the other hand, had no clue of what to do and could only stand there with their mouths agape. My hat is off to Mr. Malarchuk and the trainer who helped him!

[1010Huey]

A St. Louis Blues player brings the trainer over from the Sabres bench @ 0:34.

Very frightening moment; and if it wasn't bad enough, if not tragic enough, if not enough people were already feeling queasy and in shock... Kenny G starts playing @ 2:06!

Malarchuck is one tough man.

[canucksfanification]

Did they stop the game after this???

[canucksfanification]

@canucksfanification PUT IT IN THE NET!! THERES NO GOALIE!!!!

[islandblader]

@canucksfanification. No.  Game ended 2-1 St. Louis.

[ziggylanche]

Am I the only one who thinks its badass that while all that is going on Malarchuk knocks his glove out of the way so his blood won't get on it? 0:30 mark

[Infesturmind]

Another 10 seconds and he would of been dead. The real heroes are the people who go unnoticed. He was superman that night.

[RockingEmoChick]

he had to get 300 stiches and 4 players threw up on ice 2 had a heart attake and 11 people in the audience fainted

[sean14mfcHD]

@RockingEmoChick thats acctually true

[burstbuzzyboy]

@RockingEmoChick lol you read that in ripley's. :P

[RockingEmoChick]

@burstbuzzyboy yes,yes i did

[molliee151]

this just got burned into my mind forever :l

[bikerboy2016]

The music is hilarious, so happy that that guy survived, when I first watches this, I thought he would die because he pretty much got his throat slit

[PetterKri]

what year was this? and what teams?

[islandblader]

@PetterKri - Blues v. Sabres, March 22, 1989

[bern1417]

@PetterKri 1989...buffalo and st.louis..This happend at the aud in buffalo,ny...

[yetiite]

9 seconds for that trainer to get out there. Amazing.

[sk8erme3]

soooo.... who won?

[ZzMEEK]

The great, American road beloooongs to Buick!

[TheLizzifer]

"You cant pay a person enough money to go through what I just watched."

No. Shit.

[brlegend]

The trainer got a free Buick for his effort.

[gsxrbuckeye]

The trainer reached in and pinched the artery is what my Dad told me. He wasnt there, but read the article in the New York Times.

[xSELFMADExRECORDSx]

name of song ???

[amishmike1]

AAAAGHHH!! My liver, my liver!!!!

[kingcrimson234]

man.. i sure could go for a new buick riviera.

[tpizzutelli]

The trainer who rushes out to the goalie is my uncle, Jim Pizzutelli. He was able to save the goalies life by jamming a towel into the cut, and pinching the artery shut. The hole in his neck was so big, my uncle's fist fit in it. The goalie survived with several hundred stitches. I have met him personally several time. He still has a scar from just behind his right ear, down to the front of his windpipe. The cut was caused by the skate of the attacking player as he was upended by the defenseman

[ConTonkTen]

@tpizzutelli

You can tell your uncle that a man in denmark thinks he is a true hero :).

Have you by any chance been told by your uncle what happened and how he felt about it?, could be interesting to add that to this amazing video of courage and fortune (fortune that he was present and courage because...well the video speaks for itself).

Cudo's to your uncle's actions!.

[DonJoeProductions]

@tpizzutelli much respect for your uncle

[redwingsandjazzfan]

@tpizzutelli your uncle is a hero and belongs in the hall of fame

[stupidsnail1]

@tpizzutelli thank god someone was there, but if your bullshitting, your a terribble person, but otherwise... thanks

[panicxitsxbrea]

@tpizzutelli Your uncle in a hero, for everything he does. I hope he's reminded of that every day. :)

[AirForceBoy2005]

@tpizzutelli I believe that gash was that big. what your uncle did was fast and absolutely amazing. If it wasn't for his quick action to the ice I don't think Malarchuk would be here today.

[JetFan1106]

@tpizzutelli god bless your uncle

[jellybean299]

@tpizzutelli your uncle,will always be a hero.

[markuspacka]

Holy SHIT!!! After seeing that, I just HAVE TO buy a brand new Buick Riviera... Fucking morons!

[tarsen1012]

that medic is a goddamned hero. given the good mind to be on the ice seemingly before anyone even motioned for him. or if i'm mistaken, he's still pretty dang light on his feet.

[kingcrimson234]

@tarsen1012 he is a former army medic. thank God that man was at the game that night. i doubt some of the other medics would have known quite what to do to keep him from dying on the spot.

[DORRIN80]

The great american road can be found on Malarchuk's throat !

[zombieman82091]

You cant pay a person enough to go through what YOU just went through??? Try being Malarchuk you fuckin whore cum stain! Unreal he said that. God bless Malarchuk, and again, we were all in the moment but to be a commentator and say something like that?? the guys being paid compared to what you watched? as to what they get paid suffering accidents like this??

[noesteem219]

@zombieman82091 "You cant pay a person enough money to go through what I just watched." He meant you cant pay an athlete enough for that to happen to them.

[jad3948]

@zombieman82091 actually he said ATHLETES don't get paid enough to go through what he just saw. why so serious?

[Dragonfire425]

SAbres goalie just had his throat slashed..... but make sure to buy a Buick Riviera!!!

[TheSlimshady2009]

respect the medic who saved his life

[dylan5956]

@christytina81 he almost died...

[skrivbok]

@christytina81 Well, don't you think it's a bit of a difference to watch it through a computer or a TV screen, than to actually be there and watch it as it happened?

[superrock00]

@christytina81 gore?

this isn't a slasher flick it's a real person and it's real life...

i doubt you would sit there with a fucking bowl of popcorn well a guy almost bled to death in front of you...

have some respect

[rickfan1964]

is that Kenny G they're playing near the end??? that fucker was all over the radio in the 80's!!!!

[thawere]

WOw, no added in hollywood special effects...Thats the real shit.....I'm thinking about becomming a medic...i like the idea of saving others...

[DJLadyEargasm]

if malarchuk didnt keep calm and if that medic wasnt there it would of been alot different..

[OwnedByGalatea]

@DJLadyEargasm Ye, medic came there to help like in 7secs, very fast action from him...

[XBlackOut54X]

Gotta love the Buick commercial playing after that!

[pookiewook]

the poor guy survived a self inflicted gun shot too...it's not known whether it was intentional or not, but the cops classified it as accidental under suspicious circumstances.

[ty1977]

Did the game continue or did they cancel it???? anyone?

[VivaLaGaming360]

Yes he was fine

[Kochay277]

THIS GUY QUICK MOVE AND QUICK THINKING SAVE HIS LIFE .GOOD JOB

[solitare444]

Its odd he acted like nothing happend when he was getting off the ice he was acting like he did not just get his ardery slit

[Doubleyouare1]

@solitare444

thats why he is alive

[reyjed619]

PWNED

[12345Jack12345able]

You just don't forget when you see things like this happen.

[12345Jack12345able]

The person who caused that injury must feel terrible to this day. ( I understand it wasn't his fault. He had no control).

[P12anLovgren]

And he's a paramedic. He served in Vietnam as a medic, so he knows what to do. He's really a hero! That is really scary, I would had helped him.

[Maishley]

The man who saved him was a trainer or paramedic? Either way...he is damn fortunate the guy was there. Scary! Did he pull out a bandage, or was that a glove? I couldn't tell.

[iAMtheCOMPOSER]

the first time i saw this accident i was holding my throat for a week

[xxbmxagexx]

@iAMtheCOMPOSER i know what you mean man, the feeling of my seatbelt on my neck freaked me out.

[meteredis]

That Trainer that saved him should be in HALL OF FAME !

[EndOfRapture13]

@meteredis everyone should thumbs up this comment period

[theboredkid100]

hes the goalie coach for florida

[Darklord950]

DSX147 you are fucking sick man hope some 1 does 3 guys 1 hammer on you

[bodhisattva71]

Jim Pizzutelli is a Vietnam Vet. medic his training svae clints life."PIzza"rules.

[horrorbro]

I Call This Cheating Death!!!!!!

[ElBarto3131]

@horrorbro

Malarchuk also accidentally shot himself while hunting in 2008.

[crunchnut21]

Nice buick commerical

[faq274]

I was at this game, we had seats in the blues, it was right in front of us. My dad took me for my birthday. And over 20 years later I took my son to a game for his birthday and Zednik from the Florida Panthers got his throat cut. Freaky!

[justingarman]

@faq274 Dont ever go to another hockey game.

[HARTPOINTER1]

The Medic on duty that game was a Vietnam War medic veteran. After he got on the ice he put gloves on fast and stuck his finger in his jugular vein. Malarchuk lost 1 quarter of his blodd in 5 seconds. The medic stopped the blood flow from increasing any more. He could've died in a matter of a few more seconds. He is a very lucky man.

[madpaintbalerx]

@HARTPOINTER1 It couldn't have been one quarter of his blood that quickly. Humans have 5 liters of blood, and you would need to lose about 2 liters to be at risk of death.

[Marlee616263]

@madpaintbalerx and a quarter of 5 would be 1.25.. so by that logic, it very well could have been..

[BruinsBrawler603]

I don't see how it could have been a skate that did this. In the clip not once do you ever see either of those players skates come anywhere remotely close to his neck.

[Marlee616263]

@BruinsBrawler603 not from this angle no, but one of the camera's caught it. the player fell forward into Malarchuk, and as he was falling, his leg went up and his skate caught Malarchuk in the throat.. besides, what else would have been sharp enough to cut someone's throat? 

[rulinghabs]

he actually did himself a favor. When he stuck his finger in his cut he actually put it on the right spot to stem the flow of blood. I am told your biggest worry is if it is a clean cut all the way through and the aorta receeds and you can't find the end. For all the people with the idiotic comments.... really?!!

[TheAppleman22]

@DSX147 dude you are fucking sick, i hope you die in a fire

[Try2StopMe1]

@DSX147 No....it would be better if YOU actually died.

[RuigaAgiur]

I'm truly glad he's alive!

[SirFrankoman]

"Take the camera off!" *Zooms in* "Cut to commercial!" *no commercial*

[frenchmen88]

@SirFrankoman ??? That's the original footage, you dumbass. That wasn't necessarily the camera angle aired on the TV and they made a break, that's why you hear the whole ''Buick thing''!

[SirFrankoman]

@frenchmen88 No shit. It's a joke, get over it.

[jerramy]

Fuck Buic Riviera.

[mexdude2]

im surprised that he when back to play right when he healed. I would've taken that as a bad luck sign and retired.

[mathias921]

IGNORANT CHRISTIAN FUCKS; I HATE THAT MONEY MAKING MUSIC!

[burgerking949]

hes like a human testicle

[TheJackaready]

Wow...

[JudasAngel666]

THat poor alberta boy...wow..I've seen some crazy and scary shit in sports but this...I'm speachless..

[boyzinyourclub]

Thank God he survived but poor guy...

[ElBarto3131]

"The American road belongs to Buick!!!"

[MajorKoenig2]

Lol @ the Buick commercial..

[cjacob813]

3 players threw up on the ice and a guy in the stands had a heart attack.

[milkandmeat]

@cjacob813 hahaha

[Flame4lchemist]

@cjacob813

2 Guys actually had a heart attack.

[rossmc88]

youch.....

[MrMadDog95]

Well actually it brings blood out of the brain but close. The reason he lived was because of the trainer. In like 8 seconds the trainer was out with him and reached into his neck to pinch off the vein. I believe the trainer was a Vietnam War vet not sure though. But he saved a professional atheltes life on National TV so good for him.

[keith18two]

@MrMadDog95 Saw this on an interview, he was a Vietnam war vet. His experience saved his life

[johnnyb1624]

Was this 1989?

[raran44]

Yes, March 22, 1989

[Perktube1]

imagine having to zamboni THAT.

[Sextorator]

OMG! thats a horrible accident :O

i feel dizzy

[pfive]

lol@the music at 0:50

[aleckermit]

That medic saved his life for sure, he would have bleed to death in 2 minutes otherwise.

[JPChabert]

What actually saved him is that it was his outter jugular artery, meaning the ones that takes the blood that's been to the brain already. If it had been the one that brings blood TO the brain, he most likely would have died on the spot.

[jtown514]

vein not artery but otherwise you are spot on.

[captain150]

His interior carotid artery was the one that was severed.

It couldn't have been worse. That's the primary artery that brings blood to the brain.

[ShiniRyuk]

It wasn't his carotid - it was his jugular vein. I remember watching this game and reading about it in the news afterward.

[Maharv55]

That shit is bad man. Thank god he survived, I bet he bought the medic a few beers after that.

[BreffmintsMDV2010]

Hard to watch...ugh.

[HxCUNstopABLE]

hard to watch dude

[Alvin2K4S]

dude you must be dying for people to know about your situation...i just came to all three videos for the different angles and you have the same sentance posted on all videos.

who the fuck cares about your tendons?

[shanimal47]

@TORpwnsMTLinNHL

Wash the sand out of your vagina, that's all that's wrong with you.

[88Janes88]

It took 300 stitches to close that up.

[skatebate211]

this is nasty

[Anglefan12]

Surviving I can sort of see because help got there fast, but how the hell he didn't pass out is beyond me. I give blood fast, I filled up however much they have you fill in like 4 minutes and passed out. dude had to lose a pint in about 4 seconds.

[hip27fan]

i am definitely going to play with a neck protector now!

[razorslice17]

Holy hell. Probably the worst injury in sports. How he survived is a wonder. There had to be a couple pints of blood on the ice within 2 seconds

[AEMoreira81]

Why Malarchuk survived:

1. It happened at THAT end of the Aud, where the exit from the ice is (right behind that cage). The Aud only had one Zamboni entrance.

2. The medic at the time was a former Vietnam War vet.

[camaros65]

@AEMoreira81 Ya the medic had to reach in and pinch his vein 

[pookiewook]

@AEMoreira81 not the medic, it was the trainer. he was a vietnam vet and knew what to do (he pinched the carotid artery together until the team doctors began suturing the wound)

[OwnedByGalatea]

@AEMoreira81 But all i can say, it took 7secs from that medic to come there and help, fast huh??? Very fast and you are talking about ice under your feet there :D

[spxlazy]

@AEMoreira81 y would number 1 matter

[superrock00]

@spxlazy because had he been at the other side of the ice he would have had to be skated all the way to the other side and in that extra 10 seconds before getting to the medic he would probably have bleed to death.

[jessicaatjuhh100]

mm.

that must hurt.

:$

[daltonsevenfold]

wow.

i'm grossed out,

and i wanna buick riviara

[umimdan]

On a light note, a person could easily match the commentators' dialogue (up until the commercial break) with a different video and make it quite funny. If you were to film a would-be hockey player performing some lewd act (e.g. raping a chicken.)

[supermanheavy430]

oooh nice idea man u should do that

[armyants18]

Are they seriously playing Kenny G. music at a hockey game? Times have changed since the late 80s (for the best)

[umx48]

it was a comercial break.

this video has the full video tapes from the original event, but not the original sound, so he played the sound.

or they tried the play a commercial break but didn't air the video..

also what year is this from?

[AEMoreira81]

1989. At the time, the Sabres radio and TV broadcasts on the then Niagara Frontier Sports Network were not separate.

[Kendalftw]

oi he said he stuck his fingers in and it stoped the bleeding enough for him to get to hospital look up the interview with him on youtube its there and him talking

[mrjag1222]

were you there?

[coolguyoncliff]

i herd he lived because the team doctor cut circulation to his head through his jugular vein

[thinkingjack]

no he saved his own life, when he reached up with his hand to cover his cut, he accidentally stuck his finger in there and blocked the vein from bleeing out saving himself, pure but good accident

[gordonman7]

No he didn't he just put his hand up. The team athetic trainer got out there and reached in and pinched off his artery. If you just got your Carotid Artery cut like that just blocking it ain't gonna help the blood will just go around the blockage

[thinkingjack]

dude, go read the article, the doctors who operated on him said exactly what i said is what he did to himself, even on the interview later on with him the doctors explain the same as well.

[3groove4]

You can't stop a cut that fast, even a small cut... the Gauze would have helped clot the blood in his neck followed by stitches and more gauze. If you don't believe me just try cutting your own leg half a centimeter deep then put your hand on it to stop it for 10 seconds, and see if it's stopped... or if you use common sense and realize that you can't stop bleeding with a hand like that..........

[srk4044]

@3groove4

Apparently, the trainer was a medic during Nam, and he reached into the wound, and clamped the severed artery with his bare hands, until the docs/medics could start sealing up the cut...

[rockinchaldo]

God Bless him

[sep0001]

yeah he lived. lucky guy

[zooyoofoofoo]

thats scary the music they were playing after the buick commercial is the music they play all the time at my favorite restaurant 8o

[cultleader82]

That's pretty funny when the commercial came on, and then they're playing Kenny G on the speaker when they come back!!!!!!!hahahahahahah, great video though. Never seen this angle of the incident before thanks

[iceboy4413]

did he survive ?

[xlatinabebe]

yeah , he did an interview a week or so later

[jjearl111]

i feel bad for the guy who cut him!! And of course the goalie.

imagine if you cut him, and you were watching him bleed a pool. you would probably never live that down.

[WSBT960]

That wasn't Steve Tuttle's fault...if you look at angle # 2, you can clearly see Uwe Krupp shove Tuttle into Malarchuk.

[OKSIRYDOC]

it wans't like he was trying to kill him, he was prob just trying to draw a penalty, but it went a bit wrong.

[turtlesr2koo]

the other, overlooked hero in this video is that player that helps bring the trainer to clint.

[WhalersForever87]

That trainer was a vietnam medic. And thank the fucking lord he became a Buffalo Sabres medical man. Its funny how Clint Malarchuk makes jokes about this happening. This is why i wear a neck guard when i play goalie.

[Randyiff]

i heard that the trainer was a vietnam medic.

[jayblob11]

that trainer is a fucking hero

[dclaver2]

the trainer took a knee into his blood

[AlecZebrun]

The trainer reached into his throat and pinched off his carotid artery.  Otherwise he would have died in a few minutes.

[ownage3523]

Yahhh, on Sports Science they said it was his juglalur vain (or however u spell it, i'm only 11) and he would have died in about 14.5 seconds

[Nickizdaboss]

no its wasnt....it was his carotid ardory or owever you spell it lol....get your facts straight.

[AlaselSerpentGA]

Ohhh, thank god he survived

[tatertatermater]

Poor Poor Guy I Feel So Bad