pilldoc Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 https://www.espn.com/olympics/hockey/story/_/id/31074525/russian-hockey-player-dies-being-hit-puck Sad story out of Moscow ... MOSCOW -- A Russian hockey player has died after being hit in the head by the puck during a game, his club and the league said Tuesday. He was 19. Defenseman Timur Faizutdinov was playing for Dynamo St. Petersburg's junior team in a playoff game against Loko Yaroslavl on Friday when he was struck by a puck hit from the neutral zone. Faizutdinov collapsed and was treated on the ice by the team doctor and paramedics before being taken to a hospital in the city of Yaroslavl. The Junior Hockey League said Faizutdinov died Tuesday after "doctors fought for Timur's life over the course of three days." Dynamo said upcoming games in competitions, including the Kontinental Hockey League, will begin with a minute's silence for Faizutdinov. Just proves how dangerous this game really is at times ...... thoughts go out to the player's family. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandron Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 5 hours ago, pilldoc said: https://www.espn.com/olympics/hockey/story/_/id/31074525/russian-hockey-player-dies-being-hit-puck Sad story out of Moscow ... MOSCOW -- A Russian hockey player has died after being hit in the head by the puck during a game, his club and the league said Tuesday. He was 19. Defenseman Timur Faizutdinov was playing for Dynamo St. Petersburg's junior team in a playoff game against Loko Yaroslavl on Friday when he was struck by a puck hit from the neutral zone. Faizutdinov collapsed and was treated on the ice by the team doctor and paramedics before being taken to a hospital in the city of Yaroslavl. The Junior Hockey League said Faizutdinov died Tuesday after "doctors fought for Timur's life over the course of three days." Dynamo said upcoming games in competitions, including the Kontinental Hockey League, will begin with a minute's silence for Faizutdinov. Just proves how dangerous this game really is at times ...... thoughts go out to the player's family. Extremely sad story. And agree - this game could be very very dangerous. Our deep condolences to the player's family; relatives and his friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extra skater Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 A 19-year-old kid with a whole life and career before him... it's really something sad to read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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