Former NHL Star Mike Danton Saves Teammate’s Life After Seizure

Former NHL player Mike Danton has faced  adversity after he served five years in federal prison for attempting to murder his former agent.

Now, though, Danton is a hero to at least one person.

During a Swedish professional hockey game, Danton’s teammate, Marcus Bengtsson, was having convulsions — an apparent seizure — on the ice after taking a hit along the boards. That’s when Danton stepped in. Danton wrote on his blog:

As his eyes continued to roll into the back of his head, his mouth finally opened a bit. It was at that time that I jammed my fingers into his mouth and clawed his tongue. While I did that, Max and Roger tilted Bangan [Bengtsson] on to his side to keep his tongue and blood from sliding into his throat.”

After a summer full of tragedies in the NHL, it’s nice to have at least one heroic tale.

[Sports Illustrated]