You can find video of this freak accident but this one doesn't show it.

"Zednik resting comfortably after surgery" - The Buffalo News, 2/11/08:

"Everyone just didn't know what to do, was on their own with their heads down," Weiss said. "We didn't formally say a prayer, but we just gathered around and made sure that we were thinking about him. Everyone said a prayer on their own."

Longtime residents and hockey fans quickly flashed back to March 22, 1989, when the jugular of Sabres goaltender Clint Malarchuk was slashed by the skate of St. Louis' Steve Tuttle.

"I was back here watching, and I knew what it was right away," Sabres longtime equipment manager Rip Simonick said. "Just like that night."

It was a sight no one in Buffalo ever wanted to see again, nor thought they would.

Prayer Thread for Zednik - Buffalo Sabres forum

"Zednik stable after carotid artery severed in Panthers - Sabres game" - ESPN, 2/12/08.

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