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John G. Tucker (born September 29, 1964) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played twelve seasons in the National Hockey League in the 1980s and 1990s, most notably with the Buffalo Sabres and the Tampa Bay Lightning, scoring 177 goals and 259 assists in 656 career regular season games and a further 28 points in 31 play-off games.
Played in the NHL for the Calgary Flames and Columbus Blue Jackets. Across parts of 11 NHL seasons, was a 7-time NHL All Star, NHL All-Rookie Team selection, one-time NHL First All-Star Team selection, and the 2017 recipient of the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy. Gaudreau's brother and retired ice hockey player, Matthew, was killed in the same crash.
It took the NHL until 1979 to mandate helmets and goalie masks for new players. Broken jaws, smashed noses and concussions haven't led to full face shields or cages in professional men's hockey at ...
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.
Johnson — a forward with the Nottingham Panthers and one-time member of NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins — died at 29 on Oct. 28, 2023 during a game against the Steelers.
Johnson, 29, was playing for the Nottingham Panthers against the Sheffield Steelers on Oct. 28 when he was struck by an opponent's skate blade in the Elite Ice Hockey League game at Sheffield’s ...
Nottingham Panthers player Adam Johnson was killed on Saturday (28 October) when his throat was cut by Sheffield Steelers opponent Matt Petgrave’s skate blade, causing a catastrophic bleed.
Although these policies have existed since 1964, they were not enforced until general managers voted to enforce it in the 2013–14 season. [4] Some reporters suggested that enforcing uniform rules was the National Hockey League's attempt to reduce freak accidents where a player's body was cut by skate blade [5] while others said the league was laying down rules for eventually selling ...