Nottingham Panthers player Adam Johnson's throat was cut by an opponent's skate blade when they collided during a match against the Sheffield Steelers on Saturday.
The 29-year-old briefly stood up, bleeding profusely on to the ice, before collapsing again during the game in Sheffield. He received immediate medical attention, with CPR performed on the ice, and was taken to hospital but could not be saved.
Sheffield Steelers player Matt Petgrave, 31, fatally cut his opponent's throat in a freak accident when they collided during a match in front of 8,000 horrified fans.
Petgrave crashed into one of Johnson's teammates on Saturday, which appeared to knock him off balance before his leg lifted up and sliced across Johnson's neck.
Now, I've watched the footage of this in slow mo. And it's very clear that Petgrave tries to tackle a first player, loses his balance then kicks up in an effort to tackle Johnson. Petgrave has form for being a dirty player, and has several PIMs for bad behaviour on the ice.
Watch it yourself and make your mind up. What's really telling is that Petgrave just skates off. If you thought you'd accidently hurt someone you'd be going back there to check them out, not skating off. But you would skate off if you did it deliberately.
-- Edited by Digger on Monday 30th of October 2023 04:01:25 PM
Syl said
Oct 30 5:28 PM, 2023
Only he knows if he did it deliberately.
He knew he had hurt the player, skating off like he did certainly doesn't paint him in a good light.
Either way, it was horrific .
Magica said
Oct 30 11:11 PM, 2023
I saw this on the news, devastating. Ahh his poor girlfriend crying by his body. So very sad.
I've played Hockey, can't see how you can do this accidentally tbh.
Edited to say I never played ice hockey, so maybe accidents like that can happen on ice. Different to playing on grass. It's so very sad.
-- Edited by Magica on Tuesday 31st of October 2023 12:28:07 AM
Maddog said
Oct 31 1:19 AM, 2023
Digger wrote:
Nottingham Panthers player Adam Johnson's throat was cut by an opponent's skate blade when they collided during a match against the Sheffield Steelers on Saturday.
The 29-year-old briefly stood up, bleeding profusely on to the ice, before collapsing again during the game in Sheffield. He received immediate medical attention, with CPR performed on the ice, and was taken to hospital but could not be saved.
Sheffield Steelers player Matt Petgrave, 31, fatally cut his opponent's throat in a freak accident when they collided during a match in front of 8,000 horrified fans.
Petgrave crashed into one of Johnson's teammates on Saturday, which appeared to knock him off balance before his leg lifted up and sliced across Johnson's neck.
Now, I've watched the footage of this in slow mo. And it's very clear that Petgrave tries to tackle a first player, loses his balance then kicks up in an effort to tackle Johnson. Petgrave has form for being a dirty player, and has several PIMs for bad behaviour on the ice.
Watch it yourself and make your mind up. What's really telling is that Petgrave just skates off. If you thought you'd accidently hurt someone you'd be going back there to check them out, not skating off. But you would skate off if you did it deliberately.
-- Edited by Digger on Monday 30th of October 2023 04:01:25 PM
Hockey isn't like soccer. Soccer is the beautiful game. Hockey is warfare on ice. It's hard to say if it was intentional, but hockey players will mostly definitely skate off after injuring someone.
-- Edited by Maddog on Tuesday 31st of October 2023 01:26:09 AM
Watch these hits. The inflictors carry on as if nothing happened when some of these guys are out cold.
-- Edited by Maddog on Tuesday 31st of October 2023 01:27:26 AM
That sport makes rugby look genteel...definitely not for the delicate.
jackthelad said
Oct 31 3:08 PM, 2023
Maddog wrote:
Digger wrote:
Nottingham Panthers player Adam Johnson's throat was cut by an opponent's skate blade when they collided during a match against the Sheffield Steelers on Saturday.
The 29-year-old briefly stood up, bleeding profusely on to the ice, before collapsing again during the game in Sheffield. He received immediate medical attention, with CPR performed on the ice, and was taken to hospital but could not be saved.
Sheffield Steelers player Matt Petgrave, 31, fatally cut his opponent's throat in a freak accident when they collided during a match in front of 8,000 horrified fans.
Petgrave crashed into one of Johnson's teammates on Saturday, which appeared to knock him off balance before his leg lifted up and sliced across Johnson's neck.
Now, I've watched the footage of this in slow mo. And it's very clear that Petgrave tries to tackle a first player, loses his balance then kicks up in an effort to tackle Johnson. Petgrave has form for being a dirty player, and has several PIMs for bad behaviour on the ice.
Watch it yourself and make your mind up. What's really telling is that Petgrave just skates off. If you thought you'd accidently hurt someone you'd be going back there to check them out, not skating off. But you would skate off if you did it deliberately.
-- Edited by Digger on Monday 30th of October 2023 04:01:25 PM
Hockey isn't like soccer. Soccer is the beautiful game. Hockey is warfare on ice. It's hard to say if it was intentional, but hockey players will mostly definitely skate off after injuring someone.
Only Americans refer to football as soccer but we know what you mean.
Nottingham Panthers player Adam Johnson's throat was cut by an opponent's skate blade when they collided during a match against the Sheffield Steelers on Saturday.
The 29-year-old briefly stood up, bleeding profusely on to the ice, before collapsing again during the game in Sheffield. He received immediate medical attention, with CPR performed on the ice, and was taken to hospital but could not be saved.
Sheffield Steelers player Matt Petgrave, 31, fatally cut his opponent's throat in a freak accident when they collided during a match in front of 8,000 horrified fans.
Petgrave crashed into one of Johnson's teammates on Saturday, which appeared to knock him off balance before his leg lifted up and sliced across Johnson's neck.
Now, I've watched the footage of this in slow mo. And it's very clear that Petgrave tries to tackle a first player, loses his balance then kicks up in an effort to tackle Johnson. Petgrave has form for being a dirty player, and has several PIMs for bad behaviour on the ice.
Watch it yourself and make your mind up. What's really telling is that Petgrave just skates off. If you thought you'd accidently hurt someone you'd be going back there to check them out, not skating off. But you would skate off if you did it deliberately.
-- Edited by Digger on Monday 30th of October 2023 04:01:25 PM
He knew he had hurt the player, skating off like he did certainly doesn't paint him in a good light.
Either way, it was horrific .
I saw this on the news, devastating. Ahh his poor girlfriend crying by his body. So very sad.
I've played Hockey, can't see how you can do this accidentally tbh.
Edited to say I never played ice hockey, so maybe accidents like that can happen on ice. Different to playing on grass. It's so very sad.
-- Edited by Magica on Tuesday 31st of October 2023 12:28:07 AM
Hockey isn't like soccer. Soccer is the beautiful game. Hockey is warfare on ice. It's hard to say if it was intentional, but hockey players will mostly definitely skate off after injuring someone.
https://youtu.be/fZ29Kv80S_A?si=-hvljBaN-IVPsIn8
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-- Edited by Maddog on Tuesday 31st of October 2023 01:26:09 AM
Watch these hits. The inflictors carry on as if nothing happened when some of these guys are out cold.
-- Edited by Maddog on Tuesday 31st of October 2023 01:27:26 AM
That sport makes rugby look genteel...definitely not for the delicate.
Only Americans refer to football as soccer but we know what you mean.