19-Year-Old Russian Hockey Player Dead After Being Struck By A Puck
Timur Faizutdinov, a 19-year-old Russian hockey player, is now dead after being struck by a puck during a game last Friday (Mar. 12) against professional ice hockey team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, also known as the Hockey Club Lokomotiv.
It’s reported that a member from the opposing team was attempting to strike the puck toward the goal, but instead, the puck flew up and hit Faizutdinov — who proceeded to grab his face and fall to the ground. Faizutdinov, a defenseman with Dynamo St. Petersburg’s junior team, was rushed to a hospital, where laid in intensive care with a head injury.
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On Tuesday (Mar. 16), Faizutdinov’s team released a statement confirming he passed from injuries sustained. The statement, translated from Russian to English, read, “The puck hit the head area, the player was hospitalized in serious condition. Doctors fought for his life for three days … Forever at Dynamo. Forever in our hearts.” During their game on Tuesday, the team held a moment of silence and posted it on their Twitter page.
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В память о Тимуре Файзутдинове 🕯️ мы помним….#лигасильных pic.twitter.com/i3shRYkNoU
— Молодежная Хоккейная Лига (@MHL_rus) March 16, 2021