A charge of disorderly conduct was dismissed Friday against ex-National Hockey League goalie Clint Malarchuk after he was allowed to withdraw a guilty plea stemming from an altercation with deputies in October 2007 at a Gardnerville bar.
Malarchuk, 47, did not attend Friday's hearing in East Fork Justice Court, but was represented by lawyer Tod Young.
He paid $250 restitution last year for a Douglas County deputy's flashlight broken in the fracas and was allowed to withdraw his plea if he violated no laws for a year.
Malarchuk is best known for an on-ice accident during a March 22, 1989, National Hockey League game versus St. Louis when he was playing for Buffalo.
Malarchuk, playing goal, was slashed in the neck by the Blues' Steve Tuttle's skate as Tuttle was upended in front of the Sabres goal.
The skate got caught under Malarchuk's mask and above his protective collar, slashing his jugular vein.
Blood gushed rapidly from a 6-inch cut on the right side of his neck, spilling onto the ice as Malarchuk collapsed before a horrified crowd.
Last October he accidentally shot himself in the chin with a .22-caliber rifle. He was taken by helicopter to Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno for treatment.
Malarchuk is the goaltending coach for the National Hockey League Columbus Blue Jackets, and lives with his family in Fish Springs.
