- Trent McCleary
Trent Kenneth McCleary (born
September 8 ,1972 inSwift Current, Saskatchewan ) was a Canadian professional hockey player who played for theBoston Bruins ,Ottawa Senators andMontreal Canadiens in theNational Hockey League .Throat injury
McCleary's career was cut short after a freak incident during a home game on
January 29 ,2000 . While attempting to block a shot byPhiladelphia Flyers playerChris Therien , he was accidentally struck in thethroat by the flying puck. An emergencytracheotomy had to be performed at the Molson Centre, a procedure that saved his life [cite web
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title = Don Cherry repeats call for mandatory throat guards in NHL
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accessdate = 2008-02-17] . Several surgeries were required before he could regain his speech. He now has a 15% narrower air passage due to a partially paralyzed leftvocal cord and scar tissue on the cricoid cartilage in histhroat .Career statistics
--- Regular Season --- ---- Playoffs ----Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1988-89 Swift Current Broncos WHL 3 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- --1989-90 Swift Current Broncos WHL 70 3 15 18 43 4 1 0 1 01990-91 Swift Current Broncos WHL 70 16 24 40 53 3 0 0 0 21991-92 Swift Current Broncos WHL 72 23 22 45 240 8 1 2 3 161992-93 New Haven Senators AHL 2 1 0 1 6 -- -- -- -- --1992-93 Swift Current Broncos WHL 63 17 33 50 138 17 5 4 9 161993-94 Prince Edward Island Sena AHL 4 0 0 0 6 -- -- -- -- --1993-94 Thunder Bay Senators CoHL 51 23 17 40 123 9 2 11 13 151994-95 Prince Edward Island Sena AHL 51 9 20 29 60 9 2 3 5 261995-96 Ottawa Senators NHL 75 4 10 14 68 -- -- -- -- --1996-97 Boston Bruins NHL 59 3 5 8 33 -- -- -- -- --1997-98 Las Vegas Thunder IHL 54 7 6 13 120 3 1 0 1 21997-98 Detroit Vipers IHL 21 1 1 2 45 -- -- -- -- --1998-99 Montreal Canadiens NHL 46 0 0 0 29 -- -- -- -- --1999-00 Montreal Canadiens NHL 12 1 0 1 4 -- -- -- -- --1999-00 Quebec Citadelles AHL 27 7 9 16 56 -- -- -- -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NHL Totals 192 8 15 23 134 -- -- -- -- --References
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List of WHL seasons
*List of AHL seasons
*List of NHL seasons
*List of NHL players External links
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