This is why I don't play hockey...

Richard Zednik, who plays forward for the Florida Panthers was skating his merry way, until he was hit and crouched down ...then he took the skate-blade of Olli Jokinen to the carotid artery; it might have been my imagination, but I'm pretty sure you could see blood spurt out in the video. I know that you could see it on the ice in a pool. Apparently if the cut was deeper and the artery was actually severed he would've died (or it's likely that he would've). As it was, the artery was "hanging by a thread" according to the doctors at Buffalo General Hospital.

Pretty gruesome shit.

Check out that video.