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Clint Malarchuk's throat was slashed during an NHL game where he was playing goalie.He was playing 10 days later but he's dealt with decades of trauma.Last week,Adam Johnson, a former NHL player, died in a similar incident...
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Clint Malarchuk, a former NHL player and coach and an author of "The Crazy Game: How I Survived in the Crease and Beyond.".
Thanks to medication and excellent medical care, I stabilized my mental health and went on to have a successful coaching career in the NHL though I never played at the same level I did before the accident...
Yet hearing about the death of Adam Johnson, who died last week at 29 in a very similar incident to mine, triggered my anxiety...
In 2008, when Zednk had his accident, the team was offered mental-health support, and I thought how much different my story could have been if I had that..
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