You guys ever see this vid?

[CardinalHcky19 0]

wow that would suck so much....i hope that he survived

[Overtime 0]

Damn i was going to ditch my neck guard after minor hockey, this makes me want to think twice.

[beaucoup_fish 0]

wow that would suck so much....i hope that he survived

He did. No worries.

[beaucoup_fish 0]

God that made me nauseous. Freak accidents like that always make me paranoid for a week or two then I go back to my old non-protection wearing self.

Freak pregnancies notwithstanding? :lol:

[Deathmoves 0]

I always wear a neck guard!!! When my coach told me to buy one when i first started out i thought it was pointless, but would still always wear it! Now i realise why u should!!! Anything can happen!

[Fire0nIce228 1]

Neckguard or not, if you get a hard enough blow to the neck wouldn't that crush your vital stuff in your neck/throat and kill you anyways? Say your down and somehow the heel of someones skate boot swings up or across or whatever and catches you in the throat? I know my neckguard won't protect very much for a blunt blow to my throat.

[beaucoup_fish 0]

Neckguard or not, if you get a hard enough blow to the neck wouldn't that crush your vital stuff in your neck/throat and kill you anyways? Say your down and somehow the heel of someones skate boot swings up or across or whatever and catches you in the throat? I know my neckguard won't protect very much for a blunt blow to my throat.

Better than nothing, just ask Trent McCleary.

[Chadd 916]

Neckguard or not, if you get a hard enough blow to the neck wouldn't that crush your vital stuff in your neck/throat and kill you anyways?  Say your down and somehow the heel of someones skate boot swings up or across or whatever and catches you in the throat? I know my neckguard won't protect very much for a blunt blow to my throat.

Better than nothing, just ask Trent McCleary.

That's just about the time when I stopped going down to block shots.

[Fire0nIce228 1]

I dont know the situation, pardon my ignorence but I assume he got a puck to the throat? I can see how the neckguard would help against a grazing steel blade, but then again mines 3 seasons old and pretty thin and flimsy so who knows if it would or not.

[Edge 0]

oh. my. god....i'm thinking about a neck guard now... :o

[RadioGaGa 162]

I dont know the situation, pardon my ignorence but I assume he got a puck to the throat?  I can see how the neckguard would help against a grazing steel blade, but then again mines 3 seasons old and pretty thin and flimsy so who knows if it would or not.

Yes, McCleary got a puck in the throat...he almost died on the ice as well. I don't recall the exact injuires, but I know he couldn't breath.

Malarchuk (in that vid) was cut by a skate blade.

On a similar note...was Dave Manson's raspy voice the result of a puck in the throat or a punch in the throat? I can't remember.

[warrior37 0]

sergeio mommesso

[beaucoup_fish 0]

sergeio mommesso

What about Sergio Momesso? He effed up Manson? I was just under the impression that Manson sounded like that b/c it was the voice he was born with. Any background info on this?

[Gongshow11 1]

i thought with malarchuk the trainer stuck his hand in his throat to stop the blood or something.

and didnt manson get that throat from gutting chew and gettign throat canceR? im really not sure on that one.

[Dan_The_Man_16 0]

You wouldn't get throat cancer from swollowing chew once. My buddy had to stomache it once in class, he just puked alot after lol. Ask JR, he's an avid dipper, he's probably pitted some before.

[JR Boucicaut 3801]

Momesso punched Manson in the throat.

And I've gutted spit, but never the pinch.

[#94 3]

I think Koivu is the guy that got cancer from chew.

I've gutted spit a few times, but the one time I gutted the pinch... well, let's just say I got sick, plain and simple...

[beaucoup_fish 0]

I think Koivu is the guy that got cancer from chew.

I've gutted spit a few times, but the one time I gutted the pinch... well, let's just say I got sick, plain and simple...

I don't think Koivu got cancer from chewing...at least I don't remember reading anything about that...

[Cage 0]

Ah come on now. Sitting in class for an hour your stomach gets tough, or in that office meeting for a good amount of time even. When the teacher says whats in your mouth, you learn to gut quite a few pinches. My all time favorite is to have a piece of gum on the opposite side of the pinch. When you get called out, you just show 'em the gum. :lol:

[beaucoup_fish 0]

Ah come on now. Sitting in class for an hour your stomach gets tough, or in that office meeting for a good amount of time even. When the teacher says whats in your mouth, you learn to gut quite a few pinches. My all time favorite is to have a piece of gum on the opposite side of the pinch. When you get called out, you just show 'em the gum. :lol:

What kinda school do you guys go to that they regularly check for chewy tabaccy?!

[Gongshow11 1]

koivu did get cnacer from gutting chew but they dont tell stories liek this publically. he gutted spit and chew

gutting spit is still hard ass and awful

[beaucoup_fish 0]

koivu did get cnacer from gutting chew but they dont tell stories liek this publically. he gutted spit and chew

gutting spit is still hard ass and awful

If they don't release such information to the public, how'd you and that other guy find out?

[Chadd 916]

I dont know the situation, pardon my ignorence but I assume he got a puck to the throat?  I can see how the neckguard would help against a grazing steel blade, but then again mines 3 seasons old and pretty thin and flimsy so who knows if it would or not.

Yes, McCleary got a puck in the throat...he almost died on the ice as well. I don't recall the exact injuires, but I know he couldn't breath.

Malarchuk (in that vid) was cut by a skate blade.

On a similar note...was Dave Manson's raspy voice the result of a puck in the throat or a punch in the throat? I can't remember.

Crushed larynx, he never was able to get back his full breathing capabilities after that one. They had to do a tracheotomy before he left the rink if I remember correctly.

[#96 0]

Nothing against Saku, he's a good player and all, and cancer is no joke...but what kind of crazy sh*t are they doin over in Finland that they are swallowing dip. And enough to get cancer from it. Jeez.

Swallowing dip and all-night Sauna parties. Wierd. I can't stay in a sauna for more than 20 minutes, and Finns stay in it all night.

[beaucoup_fish 0]

Nothing against Saku, he's a good player and all, and cancer is no joke...but what kind of crazy sh*t are they doin over in Finland that they are swallowing dip. And enough to get cancer from it. Jeez.

Swallowing dip and all-night Sauna parties. Wierd. I can't stay in a sauna for more than 20 minutes, and Finns stay in it all night.

I think you could stay in one all night if you saw the kinda girls that frequented all-night sauna parties... ;)