"Blades of Gory", Way to Die #110, is the sixth death to be featured in "Up With Death", which aired on December 16, 2009.
Plot[]
Mario was an aggressive amateur hockey player who had dreams of making it into the pros, but is currently playing in a city league. He checked everyone including his teammates. They hated him for that. He eventually got into a big fight with an opponent. They fell back and the razor sharp blade of the ice skate sliced Mario's jugular vein and he bleeds to death in minutes, leaving a mess of blood on the ice, and sending him to Hell.
Transcript[]
"I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out"
(Buzzer Blares)
It's an old joke, With a lot of truth in it
Mario had dreams of turning pro but now he's just another 30-something weekend warrior playing city league hockey
But that didn't keep him from putting the hurt on as often as possible
(Joe DeRosa) - Gotta be mean, thats what its all about it's a game of toughness it really is, people love that about hockey 95% of games is won though toughness and being rough and not being afraid at all
(Narrator) - Even in practice Mario couldn't resist dropping the hammer on his own teammates
(Teammate) - Dude same team man! Same team!
(Narrator) - Maybe he was bitter about never making it, Maybe it was just part of his game, Or like most thought, Mario was just a mean, nasty son of a bitch
(Player Crashes into rink wall)
(Narrator) - Whatever it was everyone had grown tired of his cheap shots
(Goalie) - You're a hack, Buddy!
(Narrator) - So when another flying elbow wound up in a teammates face
(Teammate) - Come on man!, Want to go?
(Narrator) - The gloves came off
(Mario and his teammate start to fight)
(Joe DeRosa) - You cannot back down, the scariest guy isn't the biggest guy, toughest guy, The scariest guy is the guy who's willing to literally die during this fight
(Narrator) - Hockey fights are usually harmless, but this time Mario wasn't so lucky-His teammate went down, His skate came up, and the sharp edge of the blade sliced right though Mario's carotid artery.
(Mario groans in pain)
(Dr. Vyshali Rao) Hockey blades are a very dangerous weapons if you think about it, if one of these hockey blades slices though his cartoid artery, jugular vein death is most likely instantaneous within minutes.
(Players shouting)
(Joe DeRosa) - All of us like to see a little bit of blood during hockey, you know it's almost like you're a gladiator back in Rome, you know people love it.
(Narrator) - "Mario never made it to the pros.
(Buzzer Blares)
But in the end he sure left his mark".
Cast & Interviewees[]
- Mario Barry - Mario (Lead; Intended victim)
- Brian Papson - Ice Hockey Goalie
- Joe DeRosa - Himself (Amateur Hockey Player)
- Dr. Vyshali Rao - Herself (Cardiologist)
Trivia[]
- This death is loosely based on a real-life incident in 1989 involving former NHL player and Buffalo Sabres goaltender Clint Malarchuk. Malarchuk was hit by Steve Tuttle of the St. Louis Blues and Uwe Krupp of the Sabres when the latter two chased after the puck. During the entanglement, Tuttle's skate blade hit Malarchuk's neck, severing his cartoid artery. Unlike Mario, Malarchuk survived the incident.
- Another death loosely based on a real-life incident in 2008 involving NHL player and Florida Panthers Right Wing Richard Zednik, teammate Olli Jokinen (Panthers) got tangled up with Clarke MacArthur of the Buffalo Sabres and lost his balance in front of Zedník. As Jokinen fell, Zedník was skating past and his skate blade accidentally clipped Zedník's neck, slicing his common carotid artery open and causing it to spray a trail of blood onto the ice. Unlike Mario, Zednik survived the incident.
- Also known as ”Accident Complete” on the danish version.
- It is the fifth segment in the German version.
- In the Latin American Spanish version, has a *BLEEP* censure about Mario's behavior.
- This is the second death of which only the CGI graphics show how the victim dies. The first one was Re-Tired.
- This is also the first death in the series to take place in Canada, and only one to take place in Halifax.
- Mario's name is a reference to Mario from the Super Mario Bros. series.
- On January 2022, in a High School at Greenwich, Connecticut, 16 year-old Teddy Balkind died after a player’s skate blade cut his neck in an on-ice collision in a Hockey game. There is an article about the tragic event in the New York Times: Link
- This death is similar to the very recent passing of Adam Johnson on October 28, 2023. During a SHE Steelers VS NOT Panthers Game, Matt Petgrave charged towards Adam Johnson, where Petgrave's skate hit Johnson's throat and sliced his juggular artery. Adam Johnson then died due to blood loss. The Following contains NSFL Unedited Clip, Viewer Discretion Advised (Rest in peace, Adam Johnson. 29, 1994-2023)
- This death takes place exactly one day before Death of Sum Young Guy.
Segment Nicknames[]
- Hockey Havoc
- Hockey Slayer
- Slashing Dreams
- Bleeding on Thin Ice
- Stanley Killed-Cup
Foreign Names[]
- Patines Sangrientos (Bloody Skates) - Latin American Spanish dub
- Con los patines puestos (With the skates on) - European Spanish dub
- Hóquei Horror (Hockey Horror) [also a play on the Portuguese pronunciation of Rock & Roll] - Brazilian Portuguese dub
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