In a game such as hockey, you would be surprised by the lack of injuries from skates. One would think that on a fairly regular basis players would get maimed by the sharp knives on the bottom of their feet. In a recent KHL game that exact situation took place.
Here a player took a skate to the throat.
WARNING, VIDEO IS GRAPHIC. Seriously.
Scary incident in KHL, Russia as Vitaly Sitnikov got a skate blade to his throat… pic.twitter.com/1vhxfsK0kQ
— Robert Söderlind (@HockeyWebCast) November 29, 2015
Vitali Sitnikov immediately knew what happened on the play and rushed himself to the bench. How he didn’t just collapse on the ice and just lay motionless is beyond me. The amount of blood is disconcerting, but from all accounts it is believed that he will be okay. Cross your fingers and toes that this won’t happen again anytime soon.
Update:
NSFW photo of the aftermath of his injury.
Ouch.