'Ramsey recalled that Malarchuk began counting as soon as the blood starting gushing from the wound. He said Malarchuk had read somewhere that a person had three minutes to live after suffering a severed artery. "He was counting the seconds," Ramsey said. " 'I've got three minutes… I've got two minutes… ' Our trainer was working on him and he was saying, 'I've got a minute 45… I've got a minute 30… ''