Russian Junior Player Dies After Being Struck in the Head by Puck

Russian Junior Player Dies After Being Struck in the Head by Puck
A hockey puck on the ice in a file photo. Rich Lam/Getty Images
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MOSCOW—A Russian junior ice hockey player died on Tuesday after being struck in the head by a puck during a game last week, Russia’s Junior Hockey League (MHL) said.

Timur Faizutdinov, a defenseman for Dinamo St Petersburg in the MHL, was hit by a puck cleared during a playoff game against Loko Yaroslavl last Friday.