The demise of a Connecticut highschool hockey participant after an on-ice collision final week has been dominated unintended, the state medical expert introduced on Monday.
Teddy Balkind, a Tenth-grader at St. Luke’s College in New Canaan, died on Jan. 6 after his neck was sliced open from the “skate of [the] different ice skater after falling on ice throughout sport,” the Connecticut Workplace of the Chief Medical Examiner advised NBC Information. The collision was formally dominated an accident.
The tragedy happened throughout a sport between St. Luke’s College and Brunswick College, a prep faculty in Greenwich.
Throughout the sport, Balkind fell to the ice. As he lay there, one other participant who was close to him was unable to cease and the 2 collided, Greenwich police mentioned final week.
The sport was instantly stopped and Balkind was rushed to Greenwich Hospital, the place he died from his accidents, police mentioned.
His father had been current on the sport.
A touching put up from Balkind’s Instagram wherein he calls the time he spent along with his state championship-winning hockey teammates the “greatest” years has since gone viral.
“It’s been an ideal 8 years with the winter membership and it led to one of the simplest ways doable#state champs,” Balkind shared on March 4, 2020, together with a photograph of the group.
“Yesterday, we misplaced a valuable younger man in a tragic accident,” St. Luke’s College mentioned in a press release to college students on Friday, obtained by CBS 2. “Each St. Luke’s College and Brunswick College are in shock as we work to assist our college students and households. St. Luke’s singular focus at this second is to take care of our devastated neighborhood.”
Heartbroken NHL gamers supplied their condolences to Balkind with the hashtag #sticksoutforTeddy and a photograph of their hockey sticks, together with LA Kings ahead Alex Turcotte, Devils heart Alex Henrique and Rangers defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk.
Carolina Hurricanes winger Teuvo Teravainen memorialized Balkind by writing “Teddy” on his hockey stick throughout a sport.
The NHL additionally launched an official assertion: “The Nationwide Hockey League mourns the tragic passing of Teddy Balkind, a member of the hockey household misplaced too quickly.”
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