1989 Topps hockey card of former National Hockey League goaltender Clint Malarchuk. Malarchuk played in the NHL from 1981 through 1996 with the Quebec Nordiques, Buffalo Sabres and Washington Capitals. On March 22, 1989 while playing for the Sabres, he suffered a life-threatening injury when the skate of St. Louis Blues’ player Steve Tuttle severed an artery in his neck. The wound bled profusely and it took 300 stitches to close it. After retiring as a player Malarchuk had problems with alcoholism and nightmares, but has gotten his life together in recent years and in 2010 was hired as a goaltending consultant with the Atlanta Thrashers.