Clint Malarchuk (born May 1, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1981 and 1992. He has been a coach for four NHL teams and two minor league teams, most recently the Calgary Flames.

Apr 12, 2017 · HOCKEY ETCHES ITSELF on its players -- the scars left by sticks, pucks, skates and fists are a road map for every career. These are but a few of the many reminders, in flesh, of this NHL season,...

Jan 8, 2024 · Re-created here, by a professional make-up artist and a doctor, are some of the more than 400 stitches he had earned during 16 years in the National Hockey League. Terry Sawchuk’s face was bashed over and over, but not all at one time. His wounds healed. The scars weren’t easily seen – except for a few of them.

Hockey players are synonymous with scars and battle wounds. And if you play long enough you can go through each mark and vividly remember how each one happened.

Jan 26, 2022 · Sports Anchor Olivia Garvey on 7News caught up with him as the lifelong fan showed off the scar left by the puck on his forehead. “When I got hit with the puck, I heard wedding bells ringing,” Neal told Garvey.

Apr 24, 2017 · Hockey players know it takes courage to expose ALL scars. But the longer they hide/ignore the symptoms, the tougher it is to get out of "The Darkness."

According to a 2008 U.S.A. Hockey survey, only 1.8 percent of players who had ever played hockey stated that they were the victim of, or witnessed, a skate cut to the neck during the game. Body checking, stick checking, and fighting are three of the most important reasons why hockey is more violent than other sports.

But you wouldn’t know it by looking at him today: His brown hair hides a road map of scars, and feats of remarkable plastic surgery have reassembled parts of his face.

Jan 9, 2022 · I picked up my biggest scar that evening (60-something stitches?) and the saga didn’t end until several hours later — in a different city. Early in the first period, the Jets’ Eddie Olczyk circled behind his net with the puck under full siege by our forecheck.

Apr 29, 2014 · Hockey players are usually not a very pretty sight, especially during the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Anaheim Ducks captain sported the old baseball face after being hit in the face by a Tyler...