SHEFFIELD, England—Police are investigating the death of American ice hockey player Adam Johnson after his neck was cut by a skate blade in an English game.
Johnson was playing for the Nottingham Panthers at the Sheffield Steelers when he suffered the skate cut in a Champions Cup game on Saturday. He died in hospital. He was a Minnesota native who appeared in 13 NHL games with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2019 and 2020.