Scariest Moments You've Seen Live

[NastyKnies]

Aaron Romes hit in Horton, that was scary asf.

 

[SwordsgoneWild]

The Zednik incident . Still makes me shudder.

 

[DFC]

Todd Fedoruk getting his face shattered by Colton Orr's fist at MSG. Crowd went wild until they saw Fedoruk not moving. Scary, scary scene.

My dad was watching a Leafs game one night and I was walking by when the Colton Orr/George Parros fight happened. If I remember correctly, when Orr went down, he pulled Parros with him, and Parros smashed his face into the ice. That one was pretty scary too.

 

[DrMartinVanNostrand]

I think the scariest moments I've seen live are from other sports though. Christian Eriksen having a heart attack mid play and Romain Grosjean almost burning to death have to be the two scariest, both are pretty recent as well.

Quoting this to echo the bolded, doubly so personally because Eriksen played for my favorite club team at the time which created an extra layer of scariness for me watching that happen. Dude just staggered forward and fell down, I've never seen anything like it and hope I never see it again.

 

[Mitch nylander]

Not hockey,

but Christian Eriksen, in the euros. I thought he had died. It was horrific. They gave him CPR for almost 10 minutes live.

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For hockey I'd say two come to mind:
- John Tavares in the playoffs, seeing him fall back well the trainer was holding him.
- Khaira being knocked out cold

 

[Jerzey Devil]

I didn’t watch it live but the news showed Clint Malarchuck grab his neck and bleed all over the ice the night he was cut. They gave a warning but I still wasn’t ready for that.

 

[Duder54]

For me it was the first time I had to listen to Cassie Campbell doing colour commentary. That sh*t was truly terrifying.

In all seriousness though, the scariest thing I’ve every seen wasn’t in a hockey game, but rather in a road cycling race. Mitch Docker crashing on the cobbles of Paris Roubaix 2016 edition at 60kph. Tongue cut in half, lip cut in half, smashed eye socket, and more blood than a B-grade horror film.

(https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/...s/news-story/6a87a1af6e76265f035c69b634dca5f5)

 

[JoVel]

Quoting this to echo the bolded, doubly so personally because Eriksen played for my favorite club team at the time which created an extra layer of scariness for me watching that happen. Dude just staggered forward and fell down, I've never seen anything like it and hope I never see it again.

What made is worse was that the TV director was incredibly pathetic that day. It was very clear early on that it was very serious, but the guy kept finding shots of his teammates and family members in tears, and the medical personnel doing CPR on him. Absolutely inexcusable.

 

[Rants Mulliniks]

Not in person was Malarchuk jugular slash (watched live). Only time I ever heard commentators say “turn the camera away”.

In person was hit that ended Gaston Gingras’ career. Perfectly legal hit by Ken Belanger, exact same as Clark’s hit on Bell behind the net. Gingras was out cold before he ever hit the ice, was there for a while and when helped off his legs were dangling and eyes glassy. Never played another minute.

 

[The Blunder Years]

I was at the Zednik game on my 10th birthday

 

[HighAndTight]

Not really scary but the 2010 luge crash. Watched it live. The moment you heard the thud you knew he was dead.

 

[Profet]

Johnson is a piece of garbage.

 

[AvroArrow]

Rich Peverley literally dying on the bench from a heart attack and then being brought back to life

 

[spiny norman]

I was in attendance for this game at the old Winnipeg Arena where Anaheim player Don McSween suffered a slashed wrist; the blood sprayed the boards and the ice between the player benches.

Ducks' McSween Suffers Severely Slashed Wrist

Mighty Duck defenseman Don McSween's season is probably over after he was severely cut on his right wrist by a skate blade in a bloody incident Saturday night during the Ducks' 4-3 victory over Winnipeg.

www.latimes.com

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

Unfortunately, the Zednik incident.

Yup. I remember thinking “whoa, that skate blade kicked up! Wonder if anything happened..” as the camera panned. Then it cuts back, and dear lord. Idk, somewhat desensitized already by then, but still weird.

I was in attendance for this game at the old Winnipeg Arena where Anaheim player Don McSween suffered a slashed wrist; the blood sprayed the boards and the ice between the player benches.

Ducks' McSween Suffers Severely Slashed Wrist

Mighty Duck defenseman Don McSween's season is probably over after he was severely cut on his right wrist by a skate blade in a bloody incident Saturday night during the Ducks' 4-3 victory over Winnipeg.

www.latimes.com

From a fight with Tkachuk? Whoa, didn’t know about that one. Any insight on what happened?

 

[waffledave]

On TV - Pacioretty/Chara. I thought for sure he was dead.

Live in the arena - George Parros flipped on to his face as he was pulled down to the ice by a falling Colton Orr and getting KO'd. Stretcher out and everything.

 

[Dr Pepper]

Rich Peverley literally dying on the bench from a heart attack and then being brought back to life

This one, and the Jiri Fischer incident, always get me.

IIRC though, one of the first things Pevs said once he was literally brought back to life, was if he could get back out there. What a warrior.

 

[Voight]

Non hockey: The Dale Sr and Senna crashes.

 

[kvladimir]

My list would be, and these are all TV viewing fortunately, never had any incidents like these happen at a live game:

-McCleary puck to throat
-Linden smashing Jeff Norton through the glass (a lot of people love this clip, but it gave 10 year old me nightmares...)
-Pronger slapshot to chest
-McSorley stick swing to Brashear's head
-McLaren on Zednik
-Stevens on Lindros
-Stevens on Kariya
-Bertuzzi/Moore
-Iginla fight vs... Kesler I think it was? In which Iginla severely dislocated his finger and this was shown live, his finger bent fully sideways
-Rome/Horton
-2011 riot
-Perry/Tavares
-Schiefele/Evans

And I'm probably forgetting plenty of others...

 

[Goose]

Nickelback being brought out at the Heritage Classic.

I got tickets last minute and nobody warned me that I’d have to see and hear that.

 

[Xss]

I was at the game Chara broke Pacciorettys neck. That was scary and the looks I was getting while in my Bruins sweater was also scary

I was also at that game and I had a Bruins fan behind me shouting that it was a clean hit... Not the smartest thing to do.

 

[tom leafers]

My list would be, and these are all TV viewing fortunately, never had any incidents like these happen at a live game:

-McCleary puck to throat
-Linden smashing Jeff Norton through the glass (a lot of people love this clip, but it gave 10 year old me nightmares...)
-Pronger slapshot to chest
-McSorley stick swing to Brashear's head
-McLaren on Zednik
-Stevens on Lindros
-Stevens on Kariya
-Bertuzzi/Moore
-Iginla fight vs... Kesler I think it was? In which Iginla severely dislocated his finger and this was shown live, his finger bent fully sideways
-Rome/Horton
-2011 riot
-Perry/Tavares
-Schiefele/Evans

And I'm probably forgetting plenty of others...

I think your the first person to mention Bertuzzi/Moore- Maby people at the time in the arena didnt thikn it was as bad as it was but obviously went on to ruin Moore's career

 

[PunchImlach is Alive]

The Clint Malarchuk game was the third live hockey game I've ever been to

 

[TooManyHumans]

I was at an Orioles game where Mike Mussina got drilled on a line drive to the head/face. I was behind the dugout and could hear the crack of the ball off the bat and then another crack as it hit Mussina. I could see blood as he fell to the ground and I truly had a moment where I thought he was dead. It was pretty awful. I couldn't find a video of the incident but did find a SABR recap of the game that talks about it. May 14, 1998: Mike Mussina takes a line drive to the face as Cleveland nips Baltimore, 5-4

 

[bleedgreen]

Pronger collapse
Jiri Fischer getting cpr on the bench
Mogilny leg break

Watched all live on the tube.

I was at an NHL game (Whalers) as a tiny kid when a guy got drilled head first into the net post back when they didn’t pop off. I’m a paramedic and that’s still one of the bloodiest things I’ve ever seen.