Buffalo Bills' safety Damar Hamlin made an emotional return to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, almost eight months after the hospital's staff saved his life.

Hamlin, 25, shared a carousel of photos and videos from a visit with the staff at the Cincinnati hospital where he was treated for cardiac arrest in January.

It was in the Stanley Cup playoffs in 1998, and Pronger — then with the Blues — took a slap shot off the chest at Joe Louis Arena against the Red Wings. Pronger felt the sting and tried to get to the bench. He didn’t want to lay fallen on the ice in a visitor’s rink.

“Just get up,” he told himself.

Then Pronger blacked out.

Red Wings head athletic trainer John Wharton, positioned behind the bench, and Blues head athletic trainer Ray Barile were by his side within 15 seconds. Barile took Pronger’s pulse on his wrists. Nothing. Barile started CPR compressions while Wharton began to cut away Pronger’s jersey, using a hand signal to call for the defibrillator, which was in the Zamboni entrance

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