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Russian hockey player Timur Faizutdinov dies at 19 from puck-to-head injury – NEWS.com.au
Russian hockey player Timur Faizutdinov dies at 19 from puck-to-head injury
A Russian hockey player has died after being hit in the head with a puck during a game, team and league officials said.Timur Faizutdinov, a 19-year-old defenseman for Dynamo St. Petersburg’s junior team, was struck last week during a Junior Hockey League playoff game against Loko Yaroslavl in Yaroslavl.
Faizutdinov was rushed to a hospital in serious condition and doctors “fought for his life for three days”, but were unable to save him, team officials said in a statement.
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