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The initial reports were so totally at odd with what I saw it was bizarre.
The video was from a phone from the back of one of the stands so you didn't see any of the detail (thank god) as above I can buy the idea that it was a kick aimed at the chest which has gone horribly wrong. I have no idea if that considered reasonable in hockey, I hope not.
HousecatHST-
Sometimes people see what they want to see. 🤷
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just read this about Ice hockey dont think a kick t the chest is legal !
"Player s are allowed to physically engage with an opponent using their strength and balance as long as their primary focus is to gain possession of the puck . In classification where body checking is allowed, the focus of the body check must be to gain possession of the puck ." -
I can only imagine there was a lot of confusion to what actually happened, or the clubs/police asked to keep the initial report vague ?
It's full on psycho behaviour if a player actually aimed a kick at someone, the blades are insanely sharp, a hockey player would know how dangerous it was.
The most horrific thing I've ever seen in my life was someone kneecaping guy with his skate at the ally pally ice rink. An 8 year old me could have done without that blood stained image.
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Didn't know anything about the circumstances of the death, the news mentioned a freak accident.
Skates in the air is not a freak accident
Leshaches
Rich_G
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lynx
That's horrendous, when I first read the initial report it was just explained as a collision, it made it sound like the blade of a hockey stick cut his throat during a check. The whole way it was described made you think it was incredible that these accidents didn't happen more often.