RICHARD ZEDNIK RUMORS

Hockey Rink Collapses Video Game Style

This clip of a hockey rink collapsing in Namestovo, Slovakia on Sunday reminds me a clip that should be in Max Payne or Metal Gear Solid. It honestly does not look real. It happened while former Florida Panthers right winger Richard Zednik was training young hockey players in his native land; when all of a sudden (33 seconds in) the roof starts shaking, pieces of ice falling, and...
Via FloppingOut  |  19 days ago

Richard Zednik And Youth Hockey Team Evacuate Hockey Rink Moments Before Roof Collapses (Video)

Former NHL player Richard Zednik was skating with some kids in a hockey rink in his native Slovakia when they found themselves having to evacuate. The roof of the rink started to crack from the weight of the snow and ice on top of it, and Zednik and the kids were able to clear the rink just moments before the roof collapsed. Read more » Holdout Sports is now a member of the...
Via Holdout Sports  |  19 days ago

Ice Rink Roof Collapsing the Second Worst Thing to Ever Happen to Richard Zednik

Wait, make that the third worst thing to ever happen to former NHLer Richard Zednik.  I forgot about the two years he spent with the Florida Panthers. Zednik was in his native Slovakia participating in a youth hockey event when the roof of the hockey rink, which opened just last November, started to collapse from the weight of ice and snow, until it totally came down on the ice...
Via The Last Angry Fan  |  19 days ago

Roof of Slovakian hockey arena collapses

The roof of a rather new Slovakian ice rink (so I'm told) collapsed Sunday while former NHLer Richard Zednik was skating with children. What started as an open skate turned into a run for your life as the clip shows the ice slowly get covered with roof. Thankfully, nobody was hurt.
Via It's Always Sunny in Detroit  |  19 days ago
BRING DOWN THE HOUSE

Video: Roof collapses on Slovakian hockey rink

The roof of a newly-constructed ice hockey rink in Slovakia collapsed over the weekend because of the pressure from a snow storm. Former NHL winger Richard Zednik was training with some youth players at the hockey rink, which is in the Hotel Altis in Trstena, Slovakia, when the roof started to cave. Zednik described the scene as “full of fear and panic...
Via Larry Brown Sports  |  20 days ago

Hockey rink roof collapses moments after Richard Zednik, youth players leave ice (Video)

Former NHL forward Richard Zednik is an ambassador for hockey in his native Slovakia. He was in Námestovo on Sunday, skating with youth players inside a rink that opened last November, when something absolutely catastrophic and quite horrific occurred. Ice pieces began to fall from the roof as the training session was ongoing. With Zednik and the children cleared from rink, the...
Via Puck Daddy  |  20 days ago

NHL: (video) Worst hockey accident ever, not for squeamish

After talking about the video of the Richard Zednik accident with a friend of mine the other day he sent me over the below video, which I remember seeing. I do not know the exact details of the video but what I do know is that Goalie Clint Malarchuck gets his throat cut with a skate blade and starts to gush blood on the ice - yup that one-ups Zednik
Via FrontRowSportsReport.com  |  February 22, 2008

NHL: Lose the Mittens and Stick

With the recent gruesome injury to Zednik, which we are in no way making light of, it makes us wonder, what happened to the violence in hockey? Did it disappear when hockey in America became a second citizen on the OLN channel? Well look no further, have you heard of the Ligue Nord-Americaine de Hockey?
Via The BearDown  |  February 13, 2008

NHL: (video) Panthers Zednik gets neck cut with hockey skate

Florida Panthers forward Richard Zednik was in stable condition last night after getting slashed in the neck by a teammates skate. Zednik underwent surgery to close the gash on the right side of his neck. "The surgery was successful and he's resting comfortably in the hospital," Panthers spokesman Brian Goldman said. Below is the full video of the incident:
Via FrontRowSportsReport.com  |  February 11, 2008

Random Video of Horrific Violence: Zednik's Throat Slashed

When skating on ice with really sharp blades, its always a danger in the NHL that someone is going to get cut. It rarely happens that someone gets their carotid artery sliced. Here's the video of Richard Zednik getting his throat cut open, hitting that major artery, and the blood that gushed on the ice. The scared look on Zednik's face says it all.
Via Deuce of Davenport -  |  February 11, 2008
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