This time three years ago, John Scott was the most popular player in the NHL. Last weekend, he almost died.
Scott, now 36 and living in Traverse City, Michigan, told The Athletic’s Chris Kuc that he nearly died after falling through the ice on a frozen lake in his backyard.
Scott said he was attempting to clear snow off the lake’s icy surface so he and family could skate and thought it would be safe to do so because people were ice fishing nearby. But Scott, who was listed at 6'8", 260 pounds in his playing days, soon felt the ice give way under his feet and plunged into the frigid water.