NHL Legend Recounts His Remarkable Return After Dying On Ice

This story reaches back into one of hockey’s most surreal and haunting moments, then adds new detail to a comeback few people would ever believe if they had not seen it. An NHL legend surviving that kind of collapse is the sort of thing that follows a franchise and a fan base for decades. The fresh details make the memory sharper, not softer, because the line between tragedy and miracle in this sport can be thinner than a shift change.