Cam Ward Cut By Rick Nash’s Skate
November 8, 2009 – Dr. Rush
One of the scariest things in hockey is the possibility of being cut by a skate of an opposing player. Especially for goalies who are often the closest to the diving and flopping players near the net. Carolina goaltender Cam Ward was taken to the hospital after his leg was cut by a skate during the first period of the Hurricanes’ game against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night. I’m sure Rick Nash feels awful about it, but it was totally unintentional. Here’s the replay if you missed it:
And for those of you who don’t realize just how dangerous it is for a goalie, take a look back at this video of Clint Malarchuk and how he almost died on the ice froma skate to the neck a few years back.
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It is good that he is okay
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They should make helmets that cover the neck.
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Vadim Reply:
June 28th, 2010 at 9:05 am
@Mr Boom,
After the incident with Clint Malarchuk the goalie masks were redesigned and they added the plastic cover for the neck that you can see on closeup pictures (transparent plastic thing that hangs on the mask in the chest area) it was designed to protect the neck of the goalie from skate injuries
http://stanleycupplayoffs2008.com/Assets/Photos/Biron%20action%20-%20PHI.jpg
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They should make helmets that cover the neck.
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