CT H/S Hockey Player Dies from Game Injury

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From: WTNH News8

High school hockey player dies from injury sustained during game in Greenwich

by: Isabella Gentile
Posted: Jan 6, 2022 / 09:26 PM EST / Updated: Jan 7, 2022 / 12:37 PM EST

GREENWICH, Conn. (WTNH) — A high school hockey player has died from an injury sustained during a game at Brunswick School in Greenwich Thursday night, according to police.

Brunswick was playing St. Luke’s School in a JV game.

During the normal course of the game, which began around 5 p.m., Greenwich Police Captain Mark Zuccerella said “a player from the other team fell to the ice.” That player was from St. Luke’s School.

Another player (from Brunswick) who was near the downed player was unable to stop and collided with the player who fell, he said.

According to Zuccerella, the player on the ice sustained an injury. The game was stopped, 911 was called and the player was taken to Greenwich Hospital. ...

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From: The Metrowest Daily News > Sports > High School

Wayland hockey player Sam Brande starts petition for use of neck guards after friend's death

Tommy Cassell
MetroWest Daily News
Published 5:01 a.m. ET Jan. 18, 2022


Sam Brande wants to be the change.
So the Wayland High sophomore has sprung into action.

After a high school hockey player from Connecticut died from a neck injury on Jan. 6, Brande created a petition to make neck guards mandatory across USA Hockey.

The hockey player’s petition on Change.org – which has over 93,000 signatures – reads:

“I lost one of my best friends due to lack of player safety rules in USA hockey. Please consider signing this so we can raise awareness and nobody needs to lose a loved one or a life in a avoidable accident. Thank you.”

Brande is currently working on a written plea to send to USA Hockey. ...

Read more at: https://www.metrowestdailynews.com/story/sports/high-school/2022/01/18/wayland-hockey-sam-brande-neck-guard-petition-after-teddy-balkind-death/9194184002/