BALLARD SMASH!!! Apparently that picture above is the result of Florida Panthers defenseman Keith Ballard venting his frustration after seeing his goalie give up a goal…by taking a swing at his goalie’s facemask. Poor Tomas Vokoun didnt have a chance against Ballard’s hockey stick that he whipped at Vokoun’s face at like 100mph. Vokoun had to get carted off the ice on a stretcher after the blow you can view below.

Man, I’d hate to see what Ballard does when someone crosses him off the ice. Give Ballard the wrong change at Starbucks…that’s a stabbing. DO YOUR JOB!!

When skating on ice with really sharp blades, its always a danger in the NHL that someone is going to get cut. It rarely happens that someone gets their carotid artery sliced. Here’s the video of Richard Zednik getting his throat cut open, hitting that major artery, and the blood that gushed on the ice. The scared look on Zednik’s face says it all.

(AP Photo/Don Heupel)