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Canadian ice hockey player

Clint Malarchuk
Malarchuk playing for the Quebec Nordiques in 1986
Born	(1961-05-01) May i, 1961 (historic period 61) Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position	Goaltender
Caught	Left
Played for	Quebec Nordiques Washington Capitals Buffalo Sabres
NHL Draft	74th overall, 1981 Quebec Nordiques
Playing career	1981–1996

Clint Malarchuk (born May 1, 1961) is a Canadian quondam professional person ice hockey goaltender who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1981 and 1992. He has been a motorcoach for four NHL teams and two pocket-size league teams, near recently the Calgary Flames. He was born in Grande Prairie, Alberta, raised in Edmonton, Alberta, and lives in Alberta and Nevada.^[ane]

Malarchuk is known for surviving a life-threatening injury during a 1989 NHL game when a role player's skate made contact with his neck, slicing his carotid artery and partially slicing his jugular vein,^[2] causing immediate massive blood loss.

Playing career [edit]

Early career [edit]

Malarchuk played inferior hockey for the Portland Winterhawks of the Western Hockey League (WHL). He then went on to play professionally in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Quebec Nordiques, Washington Capitals, and Buffalo Sabres, and in the International Hockey League (IHL) for the San Diego Gulls and Las Vegas Thunder. He had a career record of 141 wins, 130 losses, 45 ties, 12 shutouts, and an .885 save percentage.

Malarchuk made his NHL debut with the Nordiques on December xiii, 1981, getting the start in goal in a route game against the Buffalo Sabres. The Nordiques were dissatisfied with back-up goaltender Michel Plasse at the time and decided to give Malarchuk a wait, in spite of his immature age (he had merely turned 20 a few months before). He did well enough in his first game, a iv–four tie, simply the second one, two days later, was a lot tougher, every bit he faced the defending Stanley Loving cup champions, the New York Islanders. The Nordiques favored a wide-open manner of play at the fourth dimension, and Malarchuk was left largely to his ain devices and faced 37 shots, letting 10 goals past him, in a wild 10–7 loss, in what was the highest scoring game in the history of the Nassau Coliseum.^[3] Having failed his audience, he was returned to the American Hockey League later that game and did non come back until the following season. Quebec traded Plasse to the Hartford Whalers subsequently that flavor in render for John Garrett, addressing the squad's need for a reliable dorsum-up goaltender for Dan Bouchard.

Malarchuk played sparingly in the NHL the next 2 seasons, then not at all in 1984–85, equally he spent the majority of these iii years with the Fredericton Express in the AHL. He became the Nordiques' primary goaltender in 1985–86, keeping the job for two seasons, although there was continual controversy over whether he or local favorite Mario Gosselin should be the starter. In a statistical quirk, during the 1984 NHL Playoffs, he was not credited with a game played but withal was assessed with 15 penalty minutes. In Game 6 of the Adams Division Finals against the Montreal Canadiens on April xx, he was handed both a major penalty and a game misconduct for leaving his squad'due south demote to take part in an on-ice brawl. He was traded to the Washington Capitals later on the 1986–87 season alongside Dale Hunter in render for Gaétan Duchesne, Alan Haworth and a first-circular choice in the 1987 NHL Entry Typhoon that eventually landed the Nordiques Joe Sakic. And so, on March 6, 1989, Malarchuk was traded to the Buffalo Sabres forth with Grant Ledyard and a 1991 sixth round pick (Brian Holzinger) in commutation for Calle Johansson and a 1989 second-round option (Byron Dafoe).^[4] Information technology was sixteen days afterward in but his sixth game with the Sabres that Malarchuk would suffer a notorious life-threatening neck injury.

Neck injury [edit]

During a game between the visiting St. Louis Blues and Malarchuk's Buffalo Sabres on March 22, 1989, Steve Tuttle of the Blues and Uwe Krupp of the Sabres crashed hard into the goal crease during play. As they collided, Tuttle'southward skate blade hit the right front side of Malarchuk's neck, severing his carotid artery and partially cutting his jugular vein.^[2]

With blood gushing out of Malarchuk's cervix onto the water ice, he was able to go out the ice on his own anxiety with the assistance of his squad's athletic trainer, Jim Pizzutelli.^[5] Many spectators were physically sickened by the sight. The excessive amount of blood that Malarchuk lost acquired xi fans to faint, ii more than to have center attacks, and iii players to vomit on the water ice.^[half-dozen] Local television cameras covering the game cut abroad from the sight of Malarchuk bleeding later on noticing what had happened, and Sabres announcers Ted Darling and Mike Robitaille were audibly shaken. At the product room of the national cablevision sports highlight testify, a producer scrolled his tape back to prove the issue to two other producers, who were both horrified past the sight.^[7]

Malarchuk, meanwhile, believed that he was going to die. "All I wanted to practice was get off the ice", said Malarchuk. "My female parent was watching the game on TV, and I didn't desire her to run into me die."^[six] Aware that his female parent had been watching the game on TV, he had an equipment managing director telephone call and tell her he loved her. Then he asked for a priest.

Malarchuk's life was saved due to quick action by the Sabres' athletic trainer, Jim Pizzutelli, a former US Army gainsay medic who served in the Vietnam War. He gripped Malarchuk's cervix and pinched off the artery, not letting go until doctors arrived to begin stabilizing the wound. He led Malarchuk off the ice then practical extreme pressure past kneeling on his collarbone—a process designed to produce a low breathing rate and low metabolic state, which is preferable to exsanguination. Malarchuk was conscious and talking on the way to the infirmary, and jokingly asked paramedics if they could bring him back in time for the third period.^[1] The game resumed when league personnel received discussion that Malarchuk was in stable condition.^[eight]

Malarchuk lost ane.v litres of blood.^[nine] It took doctors a full of 300 stitches to close the half-dozen-inch wound.^[10] He was back on the ice in x days.

On February x, 2008, coincidentally again in Buffalo, Florida Panthers forrad Richard Zedník suffered an injury similar to Malarchuk's after Olli Jokinen's skate blade cut the front of Zedník'southward neck, lacerating his mutual carotid artery,^[xi] causing immediate massive claret loss. Although Malarchuk initially refused to view the footage, upon viewing it, he was taken aback,^{[12] [13]} saying that he didn't call up his retentiveness of his own incident would come back later nearly twenty years. He sought treatment for mail service-traumatic stress disorder the following year.

Later career [edit]

Malarchuk'south performance declined over the next few years until he decided to leave the NHL. After this, he struggled with obsessive-compulsive disorder (equally he had since a young age), likewise every bit nightmares and alcoholism, but he remained in pro hockey in the International Hockey League. In 1992–93, Malarchuk was a goaltender for the IHL'due south San Diego Gulls and played in the league championship.^[14] The post-obit season he became starting goaltender for the Las Vegas Thunder, appearing in 56 games and accumulating a record of 34–ten–vii. His bailiwick of jersey number was retired by the Thunder and hangs from the rafters of the Thomas & Mack Center.

Coaching career [edit]

Later on retiring equally a player, Malarchuk continued his career in ice hockey as a omnibus. Malarchuk served as head autobus and assistant general managing director of the Las Vegas Thunder in the 1998–99 season and the Idaho Steelheads until 2000. Afterwards he was a goaltending motorbus for the NHL Florida Panthers during the 2002–03 season. He was signed every bit the goaltending coach for 2006–07 by the Columbus Blueish Jackets. In August 2010 Malarchuk agreed to become the goaltending consultant for the Atlanta Thrashers.^[15] On June 17, 2011, Calgary Flames announced hiring Malarchuk as their goaltender double-decker.^[16] On June 17, 2014, the Calgary Flames appear they parted ways with Malarchuk and were searching for a new goaltending coach. He had earlier taken leave during the 2013–14 season to enter the National Hockey League's substance abuse treatment program.^{[17] [18] [xix]}

Personal life [edit]

Malarchuk is of Ukrainian descent.

After his playing career, Malarchuk settled on a ranch near Carson Metropolis, Nevada (afterwards Gardnerville, Nevada), where he and his wife at the time raised three kids. In mid-2000, he became certified every bit a veterinarian technician and runs a exercise equally a equus caballus dentist from his ranch.^{[ commendation needed ]} A visiting lensman one time had his camera flash stolen by Malarchuk'southward emus.^[20]

Malarchuk's nickname in hockey was "the Cowboy Goalie" because he was active in the Calgary, Alberta-expanse rodeo scene during the hockey off-flavour. He was depicted riding bareback in a front-folio newspaper photo while playing for the Washington Capitals, and he was later given horses as a contractual bonus with the Las Vegas Thunder. He also credited his cowboy upbringing for his toughness when returning to play for the Buffalo Sabres.^[nineteen]

Malarchuk released an autobiography called The Crazy Game in November 2014. In the United States the book was published with the championship A Matter of Inches—How I Survived In The Pucker And Beyond.^{[19] [21]} The book appeared on the Toronto Star bestsellers listing through Jan 2015.^[22] and was made into a documentary picture.^{[23] [24]}

Following its release, Clint and Joan Malarchuk were public speakers about topics covered in the book such as obsessive-compulsive disorder, support for alcoholics in recovery, suicide prevention, and psychological trauma. On May 7, 2015, Malarchuk was a guest speaker at a Canadian Mental Health Clan meeting in Oakville, Ontario.^[25] On August 1, 2015, Clint and Joan Malarchuk were keynote speakers at the International OCD Foundation conference in Boston, Massachusetts.^[26] They showed the video footage of his sports injury to the audience with the communication that it is potentially triggering to people who are uncomfortable with images of blood and trauma.^[27] Malarchuk and his wife now travel and engage in a number of league-related and independent events having to exercise with mental health, OCD, and low in retired athletes.^[28]

Gun incident [edit]

On October 7, 2008, Malarchuk suffered what, according to his married woman Joan, was a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his chin from a .22 caliber rifle at his residence in Fish Springs, Nevada, after a catamenia of stress and domestic problems. The incident was initially described every bit an accident while hunting rabbits,^{[29] [xxx]} only both Malarchuk and his married woman have since admitted it was a suicide endeavor.^[31] On October 10, 2008, The Douglas County, Nevada sheriff'southward investigation concluded the shooting was adventitious under suspicious circumstances, simply afterward Joan Malarchuk said she unequivocally told the sheriff it was a suicide effort "and then that he would get the assistance he needed."

Officers and paramedics at the scene reported that Malarchuk, who was haemorrhage from both his mouth and chin, was uncooperative and refused treatment. Joan Malarchuk said she sat with her husband and comforted him considering she was afraid he would lash out again and get shot by police.^[21] Malarchuk was later flown to Renown Regional Medical Middle in Reno for treatment and released less than a week later the shooting. He then spent approximately half-dozen months in a rehab hospital being treated for alcoholism, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and postal service-traumatic stress disorder.^[9]

The Canadian Printing reported that Joan Malarchuk informed government that her hubby was non supposed to consume booze every bit he was on prescription medications for obsessive-compulsive disorder, just was doing so anyway at the time of the shooting.^{[32] [33]} Malarchuk later said he believed he was overmedicated dating dorsum to when he was prescribed an anti-psychotic sedative while playing pro hockey in San Diego.^[26]

Career statistics [edit]

Regular season and playoffs [edit]

				Regular season										Playoffs
Flavor	Squad	League		GP	Due west	Fifty	T	MIN	GA	SO	GAA	SV%		GP	W	L	MIN	GA	SO	GAA	SV%
1977–78	Fort Saskatchewan Traders	AJHL		33	23	9	1	2015	157	1	4.67	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1978–79	Fort Saskatchewan Traders	AJHL		52	36	fifteen	1	3030	204	1	4.04	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1978–79	Portland Winter Hawks	WHL		two	ii	0	0	120	iv	0	ii.00	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1979–80	Portland Winter Hawks	WHL		37	21	ten	0	1948	147	0	4.53	.875		1	0	0	40	3	0	4.50	—
1980–81	Portland Winter Hawks	WHL		38	28	8	0	2235	142	3	three.81	.893		5	3	2	307	21	0	4.10	—
1981–82	Quebec Nordiques	NHL		two	0	i	one	120	14	0	vii.00	.788		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1981–82	Fredericton Express	AHL		51	15	34	two	2906	247	0	five.10	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1982–83	Quebec Nordiques	NHL		fifteen	viii	5	2	900	71	0	4.63	.863		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1982–83	Fredericton Express	AHL		25	fourteen	six	5	1506	78	0	iii.eleven	.905		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1983–84	Quebec Nordiques	NHL		23	10	9	2	1215	80	0	3.95	.865		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1983–84	Fredericton Express	AHL		xi	five	5	ane	663	40	0	three.62	.894		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984–85	Fredericton Express	AHL		56	26	25	4	3347	198	2	iii.55	.885		6	ii	4	379	20	0	three.17	—
1985–86	Quebec Nordiques	NHL		46	26	12	4	2657	142	four	3.21	.895		3	0	2	143	11	0	iv.62	.864
1986–87	Quebec Nordiques	NHL		54	18	26	nine	3092	175	i	3.40	.884		3	0	two	140	8	0	3.43	.857
1987–88	Washington Capitals	NHL		54	24	twenty	iv	2924	154	iv	3.16	.885		4	0	2	193	15	0	iv.65	.842
1988–89	Washington Capitals	NHL		42	sixteen	xviii	7	2428	141	ane	3.48	.877		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1988–89	Buffalo Sabres	NHL		seven	3	1	ane	326	13	1	2.39	.908		1	0	ane	59	5	0	5.07	.844
1989–90	Buffalo Sabres	NHL		29	14	11	2	1596	89	0	3.35	.903		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1990–91	Buffalo Sabres	NHL		37	12	fourteen	10	2131	119	one	3.35	.891		4	two	2	246	17	0	4.fifteen	.853
1991–92	Buffalo Sabres	NHL		29	ten	13	3	1639	102	0	3.73	.887		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	Rochester Americans	AHL		two	2	0	0	120	3	1	i.50	.947		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1992–93	San Diego Gulls	IHL		27	17	3	three	1516	72	iii	2.85	.891		12	6	4	668	34	0	3.05	—
1993–94	Las Vegas Thunder	IHL		55	34	x	vii	3076	172	1	3.35	.892		5	one	iii	257	16	0	3.74	—
1994–95	Las Vegas Thunder	IHL		38	xv	thirteen	3	2039	127	0	iii.74	.883		ii	0	0	32	2	0	3.70	—
1995–96	Las Vegas Thunder	IHL		1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0.00	1.000		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	Las Vegas Thunder	IHL		3	i	1	0	63	6	0	5.63	.833		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals				338	141	130	45	19,028	1100	12	3.47	.885		15	two	9	782	56	0	four.30	.853

Run into besides [edit]

• Exsanguination

References [edit]

1. ^ ^{a b} SN Magazine: Clint Malarchuk, The Survivor
2. ^ ^{a b} "Haemorrhage Out". The Players' Tribune. March 22, 2018. Retrieved Dec 27, 2019.
3. ^ "Islanders Downwards Nordiques, 10–seven The New York Times, Dec. 16, 1981". nytimes.com. 1981-12-sixteen. Retrieved 2017-11-xviii .
4. ^ "Clint Malarchuk trades – NHL Trade Tracker".
5. ^ Video of Malarchuk injury at YouTube.com (Warning: Graphic),[ane]
6. ^ ^{a b} "Zednik'south injury brings Malarchuk's own nightmare back to surface, ESPN.com, February. 12, 2008". Sports.espn.go.com. 2008-02-12. Retrieved 2013-04-01 .
7. ^ Cutthroat reminds Sportscenter veterans of gruesome injury
8. ^ Mike Foligno goal, six:27, second Period, St. Louis Blues at Buffalo Sabres, March 22, 1989
9. ^ ^{a b} "Clint Malarchuk suffered a horrific sporting injury. But PTSD put his life in peril again, decades later". CBC. Jan 17, 2019. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
10. ^ Burnside, Scott (2005-11-22). "Other NHL on-water ice scares". espn.com . Retrieved 2007-11-06 .
11. ^ Bisson, Leslie J.; Sanders, Samuel K.; Noor, Sonya; Curl, Richard; McCormack, Robert (2009). "Mutual Carotid Artery Laceration in a Professional Hockey Player". The American Journal of Sports Medicine. 37 (11): 2249–2251. doi:10.1177/0363546509335190. PMID 19556467. S2CID 36461296.
12. ^ Well-nigh two decades later, Clint Malarchuk still haunted by his own gory injury, Associated Press, February. 12, 2008
13. ^ Documentary focuses on former Steelheads coach's gruesome injury, recovery, Idaho Statesman, May 29, 2013 ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
14. ^ "Komets shocked the hockey world, Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, May 22, 2013". Archived from the original on October 31, 2013. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
15. ^ "Thrashers Proper name Clint Malarchuk Goaltending Consultant". 2010-08-19. Archived from the original on 2010-08-23. Retrieved 2013-04-01 .
16. ^ "Flames proper name Malarchuk goaltender coach, Snowfall director of video analysis – Calgary Flames – News". Flames.nhl.com. 2011-06-17. Retrieved 2013-04-01 .
17. ^ "Calgary Flames in market for goaltending coach". Archived from the original on 2015-10-03. Retrieved 2015-10-02 .
18. ^ Flames role ways with Clint Malarchuk
19. ^ ^{a b c} Saved: How I Survived My Life In Hockey, by Clint Malarchuk with Dan Robson
20. ^ Malarchuk at long last has his life under control, St. Louis Mail-Acceleration, March 12, 1995
21. ^ ^{a b} Clint Malarchuk The Cowboy Goalie talks almost the struggles in his life
22. ^ Toronto Star Bestsellers List, January thirty, 2015
23. ^ Goalie: Life and Death in the Crease – The Net Movie Database
24. ^ Goalie: Life and Death in the Crease – film trailer ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
25. ^ Malarchuk lives to tell the tale of devastating effects of mental illness, Oakville Beaver, May 9, 2015
26. ^ ^{a b} YouTube video of Clint and Joan Malarchuk speaking to International OCD Foundation, Boston, MA, Aug. 1, 2015, 8:00 a.m. in a large room with 1,700 people in it
27. ^ Official Website of the 22nd Annual OCD Briefing
28. ^ Clint Malarchuk on his infamous injury and battling depression. Grandstand Central. June 4, 2019
29. ^ Ex-hockey star shoots self in chin, The Tape Courier, October 8, 2008
30. ^ O'Connor, Joe. "NHL: Malarchuk shoots himself in chin" in The National Post. Oct 09, 2008 ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
31. ^ ""I'm Walking Around with a Bullet in My Head and a Scar on My Cervix": Clint Malarchuk, at 50".
32. ^ "The Canadian Press. Probe Into Quondam NHL Goalie Malarchuk Concludes. October 10, 2008". Archived from the original on 2012-x-20. Retrieved 2018-11-29 .
33. ^ Gilbertson, Wes. "Ex-goalie injured in gun accident." The Calgary Dominicus. October ten, 2008. Archived October eleven, 2008, at archive.today

External links [edit]

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or The Net Hockey Database
• Bleeding Out, essay by Malarchuk on the long-term side furnishings of the 1989 incident

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clint_Malarchuk

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