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This category covers ice hockey players who have either died while playing, died directly from injuries sustained while playing, or died after taking ill during a game. See also List of ice hockey players who died during their playing career , which includes deaths not related to play.
Age Player Nationality Date of death Cause of death Notes 40: Terry Sawchuk Canada May 31, 1970: injuries suffered in an off-ice shoving incident: Played 21 seasons and 972 games in the National Hockey League from 1949 to 1970; 14 of those seasons played with the Detroit Red Wings who retired his number 1; set numerous NHL goalie records and won numerous NHL awards; considered by many to be ...
The family of an ice hockey player who died after his neck was cut during a freak accident have revealed how they were watching the game online in America and witnessed the dramatic efforts to ...
A series of tragic deaths, both on and off the ice, has left the world or professional hockey in mourning. On March 18, 2024, former NHL players Konstantin Koltsov and Chris Simon were announced ...
Adam Johnson was involved in an in-game collision where his throat was slashed by an opposing player's skate. Former NHL player dies in 'freak accident' during hockey game Skip to main content
During the game that would become known as the Punch-up in Piestany, a moment of silence was held for the players who were killed at the start of the second, and ultimately final, period. On the 30th anniversary of the crash, December 30, 2016, a memorial was unveiled near the site of the accident.
Milchick makes his way down to Irving and Helly, informing the former that he will face an “immediate and permanent dismissal.” “You have threatened collegial murder in the pod of Woe’s ...
Killed by machine-gun fire while assaulting the town of Saint-Juvin. Frank McGee * [1] 33 1916 Centre / rover: Ottawa HC: 1906 Canadian Expeditionary Force Killed in action during the Battle of the Somme. George Richardson * [1] 29 1916 Left winger Kingston Frontenacs: 1912 Canadian Expeditionary Force Killed in action.