I think with something so bizarre and horrific its just a way to defuse the shock of it all. I don't think its meant to be mean spirited or disrespectful. Its just this incident was so outlandishly horrible, how do you digest it? Its crazy.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
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