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barry33


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Most of you will not rememember this, but the old Quebec Nordiques used to have their farm team (AHL) in Fredericton New Brunswick. Next summer they are bringing alot of the old players and coaches back to play a fun intra-squad game and charity golf tournament among other things. Notable ex-Express players who have confirmed their participation are Habs coach Claude Julien, Canucks coach Marc Crawford (Marc was actually a Vancouver farmhand when they had a sharing agreement with Quebec), goalies Clint Malarchuck, Brian Ford (now a Fredericton City cop), ex habs coach Jacques Demers (the first coach in Express history), Trevo Steinburgh (now head coach of the St. Mary's Huskies of the AUAA, Mike Eagles (now head coach at St. Thomas of the AUAA), Al McCadam, Alain Lemieux (Mario's younger brother..had about 1/10th the talent but Quebec signed him anyway), Gord Donnely (as tough a fighter as I ever saw) amongst others. All money raised going to breast cancer awareness. Should be alot of fun.

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And the money is going to a very worthy cause.


I remember Clint Malarchuk's near fatal accident back in '88 or '89.  His jugular (at least I think it was his jugular) vein was sliced open by a skate during the heat of a game.  Of course, his heart was pumping away, and the result was one of the scariest sights these eyes have ever seen (on TV).  I also recall that one of the team doctors happened to be sitting right behind the glass at Clint's end of the ice, and that may have been the reason the guy survived.  The doctor actually had to pinch shut each severed end.



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Special Agent Utah wrote:

And the money is going to a very worthy cause. I remember Clint Malarchuk's near fatal accident back in '88 or '89.  His jugular (at least I think it was his jugular) vein was sliced open by a skate during the heat of a game.  Of course, his heart was pumping away, and the result was one of the scariest sights these eyes have ever seen (on TV).  I also recall that one of the team doctors happened to be sitting right behind the glass at Clint's end of the ice, and that may have been the reason the guy survived.  The doctor actually had to pinch shut each severed end.

Seeing Malarchuk's name on that list brought back those exact same memories to me.  To this day the goriest/scariest sight I've ever seen in all of sports.  The blood was just spewing out in bucketfuls!  The man is vveeeeerrryyyy lucky to be alive today.


As for the Fredericton Express, I remember them very well.  They later moved to Halifax to become the Citadels - the last failed pro team in Halifax.  Most of those guys played here too.


 



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