Athletistic/Hockey. A young hockey player from the SKA school in St. Petersburg died after being hit by a puck in the chest during a training session.

“On August 11, a terrible tragedy happened to the whole hockey family – as a result of an accident during a training session of the SKA school team born in 2008, the young hockey player Vsevolod Malkov died During one of the exercises, after a defender clicked, the puck hit the player in the chest, in the area The team doctor immediately helped the hockey player and called an ambulance , who carried out all resuscitation measures.

The Hockey Club SKA expresses its deepest condolences to the parents, relatives and friends of Vsevolod. The club will provide all necessary assistance to the family of the deceased and will conduct an internal investigation into all the circumstances of the incident,” the statement read.

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