This Day in History: Benjamin Edward "Teddy" Balkind, age 16, was a high school student from Connecticut who died after suffering an injury to his neck during a junior varsity ice hockey game on this day in 2022. A hockey player for St. Luke's School, Balkind died after he fell during a game and was accidentally hit by another player, who was unable to stop in time. The other player's skate blade cut Balkind's neck, and he died following an emergency operation.
A Swedish hockey player, Bengt Akerblom was killed in 1995 during an exhibition game when he had his carotid arteries cut by a skate. A requirement for all ice hockey players to wear a neck guard was introduced in Sweden after that.
In 2016, a 16 year old Russian hockey player named Alexander Orekhov passed away after being hit in the neck with a puck. "The shot that hit Orekhov struck him with enough force that it damaged the carotid artery and broke several bones. Orekhov collapsed on the ice and suffered cardiac arrest. He was resuscitated and taken to a local hospital, at which point he was put into a medically induced coma. After nearly three weeks in a coma, however, Orekhov passed away." Source
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