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Filed under: Sports! — By Jack at 2:12 pm on Monday, July 10, 2006

Aa 3My good friend and Buffalo native Bart just sent me this link to an eBay auction for one of the most bizarre pieces of sports memorabilia I’ve ever come across. It’s a statue commemorating the most disgustingly freak accident in recent sports history; the night Buffalo Sabres goalie Clint Malarchuk had his throat cut by an opposing player’s skate(link includes gruesome photo), and nearly died on the ice. Anybody who grew up in Buffalo has this game seared into their memory, whether they were there or not.

In fact, when I was visiting Buffalo the summer after my freshman year of college, a man tried to sell me a bootlegged copy of the game in the bathroom of a bar. I politely refused. If I want to see a snuff film, I’ll buy one from one of my trusted snuff film dealers, not some yahoo I just met in some bar’s bathroom. You just can’t trust the quality from those people.

The Story of Clint Malarchuk [Ubersite]
CLINT MALARCHUK SABRES CUSTOM MCFARLANE OLD GOALIE MASK [eBay]

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Comment by Terry

July 10, 2006 @ 6:27 pm

I remember where I was; I was at my grandparents’ house. The broadcaster’s call went something like “oh, there’s a collision, and I hope Malarchuk is allri-oh my god get the camera off of him, don’t even bring it over here, the trainers are running out onto the ice . . .” it still gives me the shivers.

Comment by Ritch

July 10, 2006 @ 9:11 pm

Holy cow.

This is incredible.

Perhaps as a nice side gift, you can purchase yourself a vintage ad for the Nekmaster .

My favorite line?

“We asked him why he wears the Nekmaster.”

Comment by james

July 11, 2006 @ 1:23 pm

Video can be seen here…

http://www.thehockeyblog.com/thehockeyblog/index.php?s=malarchuk

Trackback by Off Wing Opinion

July 11, 2006 @ 4:10 pm

An Odd Way To Remember Clint Malarchuk…

Some things simply have to be seen to be believed. Such is the case with the custom painted figure depicting……

Comment by Tim

July 12, 2006 @ 12:09 am

I own the skate that cut his neck…

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