John Scott's Near-Death Experience

[Eleven]

Whoa.

 

https://www.cbssports.com/nhl/news/former-nhl-all-star-john-scott-survives-near-death-scare-after-falling-through-ice-on-lake/

[MakeSabresGrr8Again]

6 minutes ago, Eleven said:

Whoa.

 

https://www.cbssports.com/nhl/news/former-nhl-all-star-john-scott-survives-near-death-scare-after-falling-through-ice-on-lake/

Amazing he's alright. Glad to see he's OK and that his family didn't have to experience a bad event.

Great guy.

[darksabre]

This is why you never go out on the pond alone.

[Sabres Fan in NS]

Scary stuff.  Glad he is OK.  He is a good guy by all accounts.

[Weave]

John Scott is a fisherman. Another reason I like the guy.

 

Fear of going through the ice is why I don’t fish the hard water.

[sabills]

Since this Scott topic is already up, here's a podcast all about John Scott going to the All-Star game:

https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/radiolab-punchline

[Eleven]

1 hour ago, darksabre said:

This is why you never go out on the pond alone.

I read this in the voice of J. Walter Weatherman from Arrested Development.

7 minutes ago, sabills said:

Since this Scott topic is already up, here's a podcast all about John Scott going to the All-Star game:

https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/radiolab-punchline

*Radiolab* did a John Scott episode?  That's gotta be awesome.

[sabills]

12 minutes ago, Eleven said:

I read this in the voice of J. Walter Weatherman from Arrested Development.

*Radiolab* did a John Scott episode?  That's gotta be awesome.

I think it just came out today. At least I just found out about it. I'm still about halfway through. I'm right at when he got traded to Montreal and dropped to the AHL because they didn't want him in the game, which I had basically forgot about.

Edited January 16, 2019 by sabills

[SwampD]

1 hour ago, Eleven said:

I read this in the voice of J. Walter Weatherman from Arrested Development.

*Radiolab* did a John Scott episode?  That's gotta be awesome.

Radiolab is just so good. They keep me riveted to a story I already know well.

[Indabuff]

2 hours ago, Weave said:

John Scott is a fisherman. Another reason I like the guy.

 

Fear of going through the ice is why I don’t fish the hard water.

Shore ice can be unstable even if the main sheet is safe.

[apuszczalowski]

6 hours ago, New Scotland (NS) said:

Scary stuff.  Glad he is OK.  He is a good guy by all accounts.

Heard the same about him too. Used to work with a guy who lived next to John's parents. Never heard anything bad about him, seems to have a good sense of humor about himself and knew he serves a dying role in the NHL.

[Doohicksie]

6 hours ago, Weave said:

John Scott is a fisherman. Another reason I like the guy.

It didn't say he was a fisherman.  It said

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the 36-year-old prepared to clear some snow off the lake to make a backyard skating rink for him and his family Sunday

 

[Andrew Amerk]

Reading this reminded me of The Dead Zone. 

[Ogre]

You’re a 6’8 giant, John. WTF were you thinking? I’ve heard that you’re smarter than than that.

[Pimlach]

Glad he is ok.  I will always admire him for doing a dirty job and taking care of his teammates. 

 

 

[hsif]

 

Loved the guy.............

 

[Kr632]

Glad he's ok. It is no fun falling thru ice. 

[Jacque Richard]

A Buddy of mine fell thru as kids too in a pond. We were going to shovel the ice to skate. Lucky all of us were there to help. We always remembered that day over a beer now that we’re old.

[BMWR100RT]

Thanks for sharing that RadioLabs. I don't know why, maybe because I was just an average athlete that had to work twice as hard, but I got just as teared up as when I watched it actually happen. Maybe because of his and his wife's narration. Fantastic stuff.