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More from NHLFlorida Panthers forward Richard Zednik has left the hospital and returned to Florida less than a week after he was slashed in the throat by a teammate's skate.
Zednik went home Friday after being released Thursday evening, officials at Buffalo General Hospital said. Zednik lost 5 pints of blood when he was accidentally sliced by the skate of teammate Olli Jokinen in a game against the Sabres.
The 32-year-old forward said he barely felt the skate slice into his carotid artery, but with blood gushing from his neck he knew he was in trouble. "I was like, 'Whoa.' I knew I had to get to the bench."
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