Scary scene

A good friend of mine just covered the most gruesome and frightening scene of his journalistic career.
Buffalo News sports writer John Vogl, whom many of you remember from his days of covering the Columbus Cottonmouths for the Ledger-Enquirer, covered Sunday’s NHL game between the Sabres and Florida Panthers.
Florida’s Richard Zednik was struck in the throat by the skate blade of falling teammate Stephen Weiss. The collision severed Zednik’s jugular vein and left a 100-foot trail of blood on the ice of Buffalo’s HSBC Arena.
Thankfully, Zednik is in stable condition in the intensive care unit at Buffalo General Hospital after undergoing surgery.
Check out John Vogl’s story about the incident by following this link:

http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/sabresnhl/story/273620.html

John provided an eyewitness account of the horrific scene during an interview with ESPN this morning.
The video shown by ESPN was chilling to say the least. Two conclusions are inescapable after seeing it and reading the story.
Zednik is very lucky to be alive and it’s a wonder this doesn’t happen more often in professional hockey.