Dr. Carla Goddard

"Player Dead From Blade Slicing Neck"



Posted: Monday, August 09, 2010

by Dr. Carla Goddard

Florida Panthers forward Richard Zednick had his jugular vein slashed by a teammates skate during a Pather/Sabre game, losing one third of his blood supply. The dangers of hockey skates made front page news. The blade slicing his jugular vein which, if it had not been for the doctors on hand, would have left Zednick dead in a matter of minutes. The reality is, that skates pose a dangerous threat to every player on the ice. Many youth leagues now require it's players to wear neck guards to attempt to protect the neck from such injury as Zednick had. Why the NHL doesn't require neck guards after this event is still a mystery. Every sport has its risk of injury, ice hockey is no different. All though it probably is the only sport, with the exception of fencing, that requires a blade be sharpened, angled, and resharpened before every game. There have been relatively few injuries due directly to the skate blade. More often in hockey, the injuries are coming from the sticks or pucks equipment wise. However, whenever the skate blade lifts off the ice surface there is a danger posed.

For the most part the body is protected from the blade with the exception of mandated neck guards and mandated face shields. In amateur hockey, both of these additional pieces of safety equipment are required. Why they are not in the NHL is anyone's guess.

Zednick is not the first player to be injured by a skate. Back in the 80's we saw a goalie that suffered the same injury as Zednik. More often the injury has been to the face when a player is down and another players skate gashes the face with the blade. One player had over 90 stitches, barely missing his eye, on his face that could have been completely avoided if he had a face shield on. Another player recently had jagged slices around the chin and lip area when a skate slide into him as he went down after a check.

With the blades becoming an integral part of obtaining an edge over the next player, the risks are becoming greater every year from skate blade injuries. It is time for the NHL to step up and mandate safety equipment like neck guards and mandated face shields before the front page headline for NHL reads "Player dead from blade slicing neck".
Dr. Carla Goddard is a contemporary Shaman Medicine Woman. Father was of a small Nation in Maine, trained with a Mohawk Shaman, studied with a Waiest Monk, and academia background in Metaphysical Sciences specializing in Parapsychology.

She draws upon the energetic flow of life to share with people a path to heal their own souls, to find the flow of energy in their own life, and to have profound shifts in awareness. Connecting individuals with their own soul and with other soul’s to create a “tribe"; her own desire to change the world one soul at a time across the globe by envisioning what the world needs next. Believing that the change in the world will happen through active presence, active communication, and active connections to blaze a new path.

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