Big Z! Big Comeback!

On February 13, 2008 one of the scariest, most unthinkable things happened in the NHL. Florida Panther's forward Richard Zednik was skating to the puck when the skate of his teamate Olli Jokinen was uplifted slicing Zednik's carotid artery. Blood began to gush everywhere and the medical staff immediatly came to his aid. With in minutes he was rushed off the ice to Buffalo General Hospital, where emergency surgery was performed to possibly save his life. Meanwhile at the arena stunned players and fans stood in silence praying for the best yet fearing the worst. It wasn't until 20 minutes later that the Buffalo Saber's stadium announcer came on and let everyone know that Zednik was in stable condition. This announcement was followed up by both chears and sighs of relief from everyone in the stadium as well as everyone at home. All this being said Zednik's chances of ever playing hockey again looked very slim.

Fast forward exactly one year the February 13, 2009 and Zednik was back on the ice. Doubters said he probably wouldn't live and he proved them wrong. Doubters said he would never play hockey again, and he was once again back on the ice. And even after he proved all these people wrong many people doubted that he would ever be able to play on the level that he once did, and on this night, the one year anniversary of his accident, he proved all of them wrong. With exactly 5 minutes left in the game the Panthers were trailing theToronto Maple Leafs two goals and they looked all but out. Someone needed to step up and be the hero and that person was Richard Zednik. He scored the final 2 goals to send the game into overtime and then scored the game winning goal in the extra period to seal the victory as well as cement his name in history as one of the greatest comeback stories of all time.

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