This Just In: Blades = Sharp

Okay, seriously people, what is up with the recent spate of skate-related horrific injuries in the NHL? HEY GUYS! THOSE THINGS ON YOUR FEET? R SHRP. Yeesh. This isn't news. Watch where your feet go and maybe try to keep them out of your teammate's neck.

No, I'm not kidding. Richard Zednick got caught in the neck by his own teammate's skates on Sunday. He's in stable condition at a Buffalo hospital and is expected to recover.

On Saturday, during a Flyers-Rangers game in Philly, Linesman Pat Dapuzzo got a skate in the FACE. Mere seconds after the injury, a brawl broke out between the two teams, leading to a couple minutes of utter chaos as the remaining officials tried (and mostly failed) to break up the fights, Dapuzzo attempted to . . . I don't know, bleed the guys into behaving, and both team's trainers came charging out to put his face back together.

Ugh. Cut it out. I mean, some blood in hockey is okay, but there should be a noticeable difference between "Hockey Night in Canada" and "This NONES NONES NONES the LIONS ARE BACK at The Coliseum...."