How NHL Goalie Clint Malarchuk’s Neck Injury Left Him with a Bullet in his Head

How NHL Goalie Clint Malarchuk’s Neck Injury Left Him with a Bullet in his Head | Sports Docs

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Clint Malarchuck's on ice injury in the late 80s shocked everyone, but his biggest challenges came after he was healed. How did he overcome his mental struggles to be the inspiring man he is today?
Special thanks to Mike Buckley (Goalie Coach for the LA Kings) for the interview.
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00:00 The Incident
01:44 Getting Back on the Horse
02:21 Hockey Culture
03:13 Mental Issues Begin
03:59 Troubled Childhood
04:46 Another Incident in Buffalo
05:15 The Unthinkable
05:37 Survival
06:07 A Diagnosis
06:50 The Calling
07:26 You're Not Alone
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@benlabaleine7969 11 ай бұрын

Nice video, straight to the point, interesting and a good lesson of life ! Brilliant!

@raisafraiman 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching 🙏🏽 🎉!!!!

@BlueBenGo 7 ай бұрын

Same thing happened to Zedik too

@jeannievoigts1230 7 ай бұрын

Praying for you. Struggling. Your the Champion.

@joeblough261 7 ай бұрын

Here after Adam Johnson passed away yesterday. Gruesome. RIP

@sports_docs 7 ай бұрын

Oh wow just caught up with that news - RIP

@joeblough261 7 ай бұрын

@@sports_docs That video of it is haunting me. Ugh .

@theaterdreamer 7 ай бұрын

Just saw this. RIP Adam.

@sports_docs 7 ай бұрын

@joeblough261 yeah i can imagine. Don’t think I’ll look this one up past the article I read

@joeblough261 7 ай бұрын

@@sports_docs wise decision. It's hours later and I'm still trippin

@sabref4i290 6 ай бұрын

I met Clint Malarchuk in person at a seminar for PTSD. He signed one of his books for me and took the time to sit and talk to me for 45 minutes. He's an amazing person.

@boogiedownbrown 7 ай бұрын

First thought after Adam Johnson was how Malarchuk was doing. He's a legend in my books.

@deemariedubois4916 6 ай бұрын

After that horrible skate to the neck, it’s so hard to believe he was back on the ice in ten days…he lost 5 pints of blood for god’s sake. Clint is an incredibly strong man but his mind was having no part in his charade. His mind was sick and let him know it…heal me or kill me…damn…the mind is such a mystery. Clint has come so far and is helping so many, he is an inspiration. Excellent video, thanks for sharing.

@sports_docs 6 ай бұрын

Yeah growing up I always heard this story but never knew the struggle he faced afterwards

@dez6278 6 ай бұрын

Didn't the video say 1.5 pints of blood? Either way, it's horrendous. I'm surprised they haven't added padded neckbands to the uniform to protect from getting hit by a skate.

@jennifersims589 5 ай бұрын

Clint spoke to me and my coworkers today. Great guy. Funny. And insightful. So glad he made it through everything!

@sports_docs 5 ай бұрын

That’s awesome! Glad to see he’s still out there and inspiring people

@southpaw788 11 ай бұрын

God said. "It's not your time yet Clint". Truly inspiring story.

@mainelybettas847 6 ай бұрын

Always saw Clint as a hero. I’ll never forget that game. Now he is even more of a hero of mine for having the courage to tell the world what he went through in the hopes that it might save someone else. I lost my dad to suicide in 2010 and it still hurts to this day. Thank you Clint for telling your story. I hope anyone having those feelings sees this and asks for help !

@sports_docs 5 ай бұрын

🙏 well said!

@TheGabrielAmerican 6 ай бұрын

My parents were at that game and I was watching it on TV when that happened. He’s an inspiration; mental illness is real.

@sports_docs 6 ай бұрын

He really is. I can only imagine what that must’ve been like. (Especially now with all those people that saw the Adam Johnson incident)

@missvida6251 7 ай бұрын

This is so heartbreaking. Please stay strong Clint

@rosanne787 2 ай бұрын

What an horrific accident this was. I loved Clint as a goaltender. I wrote to him after he spoke about PTSD after his recovery. He answered my letter and was so kind about my mental struggles. Such an incredible human being.

@jamieturner8016 6 ай бұрын

We ALL love you Clint ! From ALL The Fort! I remember all those Great teams and players from the early 80s cheers

@turkeyman631 6 ай бұрын

I think we've all felt like giving up at one point, but it's not until you see someone going through something so much worse and being able to perservere that you can see how silly you were being when you wanted to give up. It's not to say you dont have the right to think that way if your situations not as bad, but saying more so that if he can come back from where he was, than a lot of us can.

@sports_docs 5 ай бұрын

Exactly! That’s what we like to show in some of our videos. Efe Obada, in a different way than Clint, also had a tough situation that he overcame. Check that vid out if you get a chance!

@caiptainshaker6861 7 ай бұрын

Unfortunately history repeats its self R.I.P. Adam Johnson.

@sports_docs 7 ай бұрын

yeah we heard about this, RIP

@hardkaare5074 10 ай бұрын

What a story and what a well put together video

@sports_docs 10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@Gdub33 11 ай бұрын

Aw he's a sweet heart. Real softy at heart.

@emalovetv 11 ай бұрын

Great work on putting this together 👍

@laurieolson8533 5 ай бұрын

Great video. What a sad story, glad Clint was able to overcome and inspire and help others today! Wow!

@sports_docs 5 ай бұрын

Thanks! Yeah we really wanted to showcase the work he’s doing now. Glad you liked it! 🙏

@albator292 9 ай бұрын

So powerful documentary, So captivating!!!! WOW

@sports_docs 9 ай бұрын

Thank You!

@lucasturlure5735 11 ай бұрын

Crazy story ! 🏒💪🏽

@raisafraiman 11 ай бұрын

I knooooooow!!!!

@sports_docs 11 ай бұрын

Yeah he's come a long way

@jeremywillard582 11 ай бұрын

I remember this accident, like almost every hockey fan if not every bit I never knew there was so much around it. Great content. !

@sports_docs 11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@southpaw788 11 ай бұрын

Props to his trainer on the ice tho. Superb job 👌 Saved his life.

@zapato9041 8 ай бұрын

Insanely underrated content!

@sports_docs 8 ай бұрын

🙏appreciate it! Would love more to see!

@valeriestorm1867 6 ай бұрын

What an interesting video. What trauma does to our minds and bodies and the extents people will go to in order to escape the pain!😢

@sports_docs 5 ай бұрын

Right?

@atribecalledowens 11 ай бұрын

Wow!

@sports_docs 11 ай бұрын

right!

@Daniel_Antonio_Arellano782 6 ай бұрын

As someone who has PTSD I can identify with Clint. I have been close to ending it all. It's been years but you never completely heal from PTSD. You just learn to live with it.

@sports_docs 5 ай бұрын

Happy to see you’re still here

@Daniel_Antonio_Arellano782 5 ай бұрын

@@sports_docs Thank you

@jaymiller6009 6 ай бұрын

If had no idea that Clint Malarchuk put a bullet in his head. I still remember when it happened. I did not see it happen live, but I did see the replay that night. I was only 18 when it happened, but I remember crying about it. The reason I cried was I put myself in his position on the ice and imagined what he had to go through. There is absolutely zero doubt- NONE that he had to have believed that he was about to die. When he was opened up, it was as if someone free poured an entire bottle of something……. AND IT JUST KEPT BLEEDING with nothing to suggest that it would stop. And that’s because had that specific trainer not been there that night, Clint Malarchuk would almost certainly have bled right out and died right there in front of his net. While the trainer clearly is responsible for saving his life and deserves every single bit of credit ever given to him; it wouldn’t be completely out of line either to suggest that it was a miracle that Clint Malarchuk survived that devastating and horrifying injury. Unfortunately for Clint, he had already been given an injury that could just as easily end him; an abusive childhood that led to subsequent depression, substance abuse, PTSD, and the expectation to “man-up” and just bury it deep down. I can relate an awful lot to Clint Malarchuk. Unfortunately, I still suffer in silence and making comments like this anonymously online is the only time I can talk about it. I know that one day it will get the better of me and end me. After two divorces, children that rarely speak to me, and nothing to really look forward to, for me the end of me will also be the end of my suffering that has lasted my entire life. I was abused in every way possible starting from my earliest memories of life from when I was around six years old and lasted throughout my “childhood”. As a man, the extremely odd time when I might feel somewhat comfortable talking to someone about it; is the exact same moment I feel the other person get extremely uncomfortable and I change the subject- always to their relief. I have been married twice and even they didn’t want to hear it when I just wanted to talk to someone- to be vulnerable and feel safe telling someone and just being told by someone other than myself that I did not deserve what happened to me. We are told as men that we need to be more open, to not bottle up our emotions, etc. but I can tell you that is all a lie. No one; especially a woman who loves her husband wants to hear him tell her about the horrible, violent, depraved, hateful, and sad things that happened to him as an innocent little boy. You are supposed to be the strong, silent, and stoic type. So I guess I’ll be that way until I’m gone- and people will act shocked and say that I should have just opened up to someone if I was suffering……

@sports_docs 6 ай бұрын

I was just as surprised to see how much Clint suffered from this. Growing up in Buffalo, it was always told as a cautionary tale to wear a neck guard when playing hockey, but I never knew he suffered from more. And yeah, the stigma of “men shouldn’t talk about their feelings” sucks. It needs to be broken. If you don’t feel comfortable calling 988 to talk to someone, or even reaching out to clints foundation at theranchteammatesforlife@gmail.com, Then you’re welcome to just talk to me anonymously in the comments. It’s better than the alternative (suffering in silence) and I won’t get uncomfortable about it

@jaymiller6009 6 ай бұрын

Thank you sports_docs. That really is very kind of you to offer your time to help a guy you don’t even know. I sincerely appreciate your offer.

@sports_docs 4 ай бұрын

@@jaymiller6009 no problem. hope things are getting better

@johnnyDs82 6 ай бұрын

I remember him well growing up

@sports_docs 6 ай бұрын

Same. Always a cautionary tale

@lorettarodriguez6104 5 ай бұрын

Yes I know the feeling because i also struggle with metal illness and facing admitting it was very hard for me til this day I have not had any kind of support that I know I need I take medicines but lack the support 😢

@sports_docs 4 ай бұрын

hang in there, admitting is the first step! there's some great YT content out there that can help build a better sense of self.

@LisaSpringfield 7 ай бұрын

3:52 - This is sad and yet very true

@sports_docs 6 ай бұрын

Yeah

@6FStyleCo 6 ай бұрын

Man said i was back in ten days. Jfc animal

@sports_docs 6 ай бұрын

Right

@chillmiyagi 3 ай бұрын

wild

@sports_docs 3 ай бұрын

Right

@ShaaaakeYourAss 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for the video, very interesting. Obviously a lot of people are here after Adam Johnson, but let's not forget this HAPPENS. Has the world heard of Teddy Balkind? It happened last year but he didn't get as much exposure as Johnson did, but this kind of accident happens "a lot".

@sports_docs 6 ай бұрын

Oh interesting! I’ve never heard Teddy Balkind. Sad this keeps happening

@wensenmalaq1 11 ай бұрын

Amazing story !

@Gumbo72203 7 ай бұрын

This happened to me in high school. I was a goalie too.

@sports_docs 7 ай бұрын

oh damn that must have been scary

@borderlinebarbi 7 ай бұрын

omg gimme the story, you have to!!

@Gumbo72203 7 ай бұрын

@@borderlinebarbi It was a captain's practice, my junior year. That means that there was no coach present, because it was before the high school season started and Section 2 rules prevent unfair advantage to schools who can hire coaches ahead of the season. So, I didn't wear my neckguard because it was uncomfortable and there was no coach. There was a scrum in front of the net, and I went down to look for the puck through people. I guess my right pad wedged a stick up against the right post, and Jimmy came in fast trying to break up the bodies and get the puck, and somehow the stick made him flip upside down. I'm sure we were all playing more reckless and goofy than normal due to the lack of a coach present. But i felt the blade slice across my throat, clear as day. It was so, so cold. Didn't hurt a bit tho! Just extremely cold. I immediately stood up, threw my helmet off, tucked my chin down, and skated to the bench. Everyone was like "what are you doing man?" and i turned around, lifted my head up, and asked "Am I bleeding?" And everyone's face went into horror, but they said ".......No. But go sit down, right now." That's where my memory drops off. I remember Justin went and got a towel and tied it around my throat, and someone went and called 911 in the office. I have vague memories of the ambulance ride, and fleeting memories of being in the ER getting my gear and jersey cut off. They wanted to use stitches, which required novacaine shots to numb my neck. I wasn't having that, and was fighting the doctor. I DO remember my dad laying down on top of me to physically restrain me to get the needles into my neck. They gave me nitrous too, to chill me out. After 2 stitches, the doctor was like "actually this is such a clean cut, we can use Durabond". So they glued me shut. I had like 9 or so butterfly stitches holding it together, and i couldn't lift my head for a week. I was myself for Halloween that year lol, there's a picture somewhere. But i never played again. I had extreme PTSD that never got dealt with or recognized, and i flinched any time the puck left the ice. It sucked. I used to go train with NHL goalie coaches in Canada, and my goalie buddy now is on the bench of the Dallas Stars. Always wonder what could have been. But Jimmy getting his skates sharpened immediately before practice meant that the cut was clean, easy to heal, AND left lacerations from both skate blade edges haha. The dr said if i was a half inch further forward, my esophagus would have been cut, and a 1/4 inch to the right and my carotid would have been cut, and I'd likely bleed out on the ice. Heavy shit for a 16 year old. I ended up getting really bad into drugs because I couldn't cope, and i didn't skate again for 10 years. Now i'm clean, have a kickass rock band called Glass Pony, and I work with kids with autism and other developmental disabilities. Trying to bring light to a dark world. Thanks for listening.

@rhinonaryder6136 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your personal experience.

@Gumbo72203 6 ай бұрын

@@rhinonaryder6136 For sure. Crazy shit. So funny how one small choice can alter your life forever.

@davidlyons8278 6 ай бұрын

You are all man’s GOD/ANGEL .. I am so sorry for your terrible depression…..I know just how hard it is on you… I also take many drugs to help me… but so many days I feel nothing works… those days I stay in bed…. God Bless you my ANGEL……

@COMANCHE3 5 ай бұрын

The former combat medic didn’t just apply pressure, he literally used fingers to pinch off the jugular. Simply applying pressure on an arterial bleed will do nothing.

@sports_docs 5 ай бұрын

Yeah for sure. We wanted to give the gist of it without going into too much detail

@astridmuellerchen 7 ай бұрын

NOICE

@raisafraiman 11 ай бұрын

🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 Clint!!!!

@micahblake3 8 ай бұрын

What's your music source?

@sports_docs 8 ай бұрын

A mixture of musicbed and audionetwork!

@jakn4sweetnlows238 7 ай бұрын

0:36 Hello, jersey 30 that's Martain Broduer's Jersey number (New Jersey Devils).

@0yal569 6 ай бұрын

watched it 1000 times and I still dont see how the skate got his throat. terrifying how easy it is to cut

@sports_docs 6 ай бұрын

Yeah wrong place wrong time it seems

@richardlabbe8479 11 ай бұрын

I remember your tragic accident in Buffalo. YOU were my favorite goalie in your time with The Nordiques.Did follow your career after your you were trade to Washington and Buffalo. Mental health is not joke.

@sports_docs 11 ай бұрын

Agreed - Mental health is important!

@2GENDERS_MAN_WOMEN_CRY_ABOUTIT 7 ай бұрын

@sports_docs Mental health is fictitious bud. It's called life!

@bobbiannrs880 7 ай бұрын

@@2GENDERS_MAN_WOMEN_CRY_ABOUTIT L take if I’ve ever seen one

@2GENDERS_MAN_WOMEN_CRY_ABOUTIT 7 ай бұрын

@bobbiannrs880 Just because you break a nail, doesnt mean you are depressed. Stop feeling sorry for yourself is the answer!

@2GENDERS_MAN_WOMEN_CRY_ABOUTIT 7 ай бұрын

@@bobbiannrs880 Generation of little girls.

@dannybrady2577 11 ай бұрын

Glad he was able to get better bc trying to shoot and kill yourself right in front of somebody is so fucked up. Not only are you prematurely ending your own life but now youre making that person live the rest of their life with that shit.

@sports_docs 11 ай бұрын

Yeah I can only imagine what his wife went through

@missvida6251 7 ай бұрын

What about what he was going through or does that not even matter???

@silvercontained 6 ай бұрын

One of my sister's friends shot and killed herself on Halloween 2020 at the buffalo bodega in south Dakota. She was Bipolar and she couldn't accept that the guy she was seeing didn't want to date her anymore. So around midnight or so she tapped him on the shoulder and he turned around to look at her and that's when she shot herself in the head. The story is on the internet you anyone wants to read it.

@thomaschevalier9356 7 ай бұрын

Clint was a worrier still playing after that if this was baseball they would keep him out for the year

@sports_docs 7 ай бұрын

I imagine if this happened now they’d probably sit him for a year too

@dez6278 6 ай бұрын

I'm surprised they haven't added padded neckbands to the uniform to protect from getting hit in the neck by a skate. It would be like a faux turtleneck or could attach to an undershirt with velcro. It would prevent this from ever happening again. OR They could create new skates that have protective plastic on either side of the skate's blade where the metal blade would only stick out maybe 3mm more than the plastic. That'd mean the skate couldn't penetrate more than 3mm. It's not as good of an idea though because if a skate is pushed into the neck, that 3mm could possibly be enough to hit an artery.

@Cujo71 5 ай бұрын

Hockey is one of the least soft sports there is. The number of players with teeth knocked out, broken bones, serious gashes who say stitch me up and come right back out. I have seen a few skates to the neck, but this one was probably the worst. So glad he has been able to work with his demons and help others.

@adammckenzie6074 6 ай бұрын

What sport have u ever seen this bad a injury and they return that quick. Some hockey players got the biggest cohonas in the world . Name a damn sport other then hockey someones done this shit. ❤

@DrinkYourNailPolish 7 ай бұрын

Here after Petgrave PURPOSEFULLY superkicked Johnson on the ice. RIP Adam

@sports_docs 7 ай бұрын

RIP indeed. A scary thing to see.

@ARNIEgrape1981 6 ай бұрын

Now this was an accident unlike that guy in 2023

@sports_docs 6 ай бұрын

Yeah that’s what I keep hearing

@ARNIEgrape1981 6 ай бұрын

@sports_docs I played hockey since I was 3 . I'm 42 now. If he would have gotten hit....maybe. but he spun around like a figure skater

@bramstedt8997 10 ай бұрын

Hockey players, play through what you’re able to play through, but always be open and honest with your coaches/medical staff about your health (physical and mental)

@sports_docs 10 ай бұрын

Yeah communication is key

@brianbates1873 5 ай бұрын

What a story, what a man. Thanks for sharing

@sports_docs 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching 😊

@rodbelding9523 6 ай бұрын

They really need to make neck protection mandatory, it's happened again (as I'm sure everyone knows by now) with a way worse outcome.

@bmoshareholderappleshareho855 6 ай бұрын

Remember the time when goalies did not even wear masks and players did not wear helmets?

@6FStyleCo 6 ай бұрын

Adam Johnson was killed in eu league and they made them mandatory

@sepul_gameplay 7 ай бұрын

Bts step metal vs this guy😮

@infernalone666 8 ай бұрын

Newscast: fans were horrified by what the saw Fans on screen: :l

@sports_docs 8 ай бұрын

took a lot to process i guess?

@jakn4sweetnlows238 7 ай бұрын

2:00 Christopher Reeves was probably thinking the same...💀

@Melsincatuation 6 ай бұрын

What ..he shot a.rifle right on his head a nd the bullet didn't penetrate the brain?!?!?! MIRICLE..well actuallY Clint its not ur time!! We are given a death date..and urs is not here yet so yes live life like everyday is ur last!! When I hear that Tim McGraw song Live like I was dying, I think about u!!!

@enednas801 9 ай бұрын

His ptsd and anxiety probably has its origin in growing up with an alkoholic dad.then the traumatic accident with neck sliced open triggers the mental illness ptsd. I know i have ptsd too.its awful.i understand his suicide thougts.

@sports_docs 9 ай бұрын

Yeah, he definitely attributes that to affecting him. If you get a chance, read his book -it could really be helpful if you’re having similar thoughts!