Slovakian star Zednik recovering from neck wound

0 Comments | AFP, February, 2008

BUFFALO, New York (AFP) — Florida Panthers left wing Richard Zednik was recovering in hospital Monday after he was gashed in the neck by a skate blade, the National Hockey League team said.

"This was a remarkable injury in that the common carotid artery was severed almost completely in half but nothing else was really injured by this skate blade that went though his neck like a knife," doctor Richard Curl said.

"It's very difficult to say, but this morning he looks very good."

Zednik underwent surgery on Sunday night to repair the artery. Doctor Sonya Noor, the attending surgeon, likened the clean cut made by the skate blade to a stab wound, and said there were few complications during the surgery.

"Down the road, we should allow him to go back to...