Most horrific sports injury that didn't result in death?

[AngelEyes]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR-wA4SmbO4

Warning - Graphic video

This incident occurred in the late 80's. Clint Malarchuk of the Buffalo Sabres had his carotid artery severed by a skate and he nearly bled out on the ice. Still today I can't think of a more horrific injury to happen in a sporting event that didn't result in death.

[chosen_one6]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR-wA4SmbO4

Warning - Graphic video

This incident occurred in the late 80's. Clint Malarchuk of the Buffalo Sabres had his carotid artery severed by a skate and he nearly bled out on the ice. Still today I can't think of a more horrific injury to happen in a sporting event that didn't result in death.

Kevin Ware's leg snapping in an NCAA Final Four game probably would beat that.

[AngelEyes]

Kevin Ware's leg snapping in an NCAA Final Four game probably would beat that.

This dude's blood was pouring onto the ice as his life was being drained from his body. Ware's injury was gruesome but this was just too much.

[iamgine]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usNroVi2zRE

[chosen_one6]

This dude's blood was pouring onto the ice as his life was being drained from his body. Ware's injury was gruesome but this was just too much.

Couldn't really see much though...Ware's injury was right there out in the open. I can take blood squirting though, doesn't make me squeamish at all.

[qrich]

Kevin Ware's leg snapping in an NCAA Final Four game probably would beat that.

Livingston's >> that.

[Balla_Status]

Kevin Ware's leg snapping in an NCAA Final Four game probably would beat that.

Yeah but everybody obviously knew he was going to live. Not even close brotha.

[dr.hee]

This incident occurred in the late 80's. Clint Malarchuk of the Buffalo Sabres had his carotid artery severed by a skate and he nearly bled out on the ice. Still today I can't think of a more horrific injury to happen in a sporting event that didn't result in death.

Wasn't he saved by some ex marine? Thought I've heard a guy with war experience who hasn't seen stuff like that for the first time knew what to do. Otherwise Malarchuk would've died in like a minute. Nasty stuff.

[BoogieWoogieMan]

A few years ago, Richard Zidnik was playing for the Florida Panthers, and during a game his teammate was flipped over and his skate cut into Zidnik's neck.



Zidnik ended up pressing his hands against his open wound, putting pressure to stop the bleeding and skated back to the locker room. The medical staff told him that if he waited on the ice for medical attention, he would have died from the blood loss.

[BoogieWoogieMan]

[gigantes]

bullfighters, race drivers, test pilots, football players (spinals), BASE jumpers and probably tonnes of people in x-sports and speed sports are regularly getting gruesomely injured... flirting with death.

there's prolly some site out there that features the top 500 or so.

[LEFT4DEAD]

I lol'd

[kNicKz]

****

[LikeABosh]

Kevin Ware's leg snapping in an NCAA Final Four game probably would beat that.

Lol what? That goalie was a minute from death. Wares injury really wasnt that bad. It was a basic break. Blown out knees with torn ligament is worse.

[CelticBaller]

Kevin Ware's leg snapping in an NCAA Final Four game probably would beat that.