A similar thing happened to Chris Pronger in an NHL game 25 years ago. Got hit in the chest in exactly the wrong spot at exactly the wrong time. He also survived, went on to play hockey for several more years. This type of cardiac event occurs in car accidents, too. A blow to the chest in the area of the heart can do it if it hits at the wrong time.

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