This is one of those “famous sports injuries” that you can’t forget, much like Joe Theismann’s career ending compounded fracture of the tibia and fibula in his right leg. Once you’ve seen them, you can’t forget it.

I was going to post a link to a video of Malarchuk’s injury, but if you’ve never seen it, well… let me post this from Wikipedia:

“Many spectators were physically sickened by the sight. The excessive amount of blood that Malarchuk lost caused eleven fans to faint, two more to have heart attacks, and three players to vomit on the ice. Local television cameras covering the game cut away from the sight of Malarchuk bleeding after noticing what had happened, and the Sabres announcers were audibly shaken. At the production room of the national cable sports highlight show, a producer scrolled his tape back to show the event to two other producers, who were both horrified by the sight