GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut 10th-grade hockey player has died after falling to the ice and being cut on the neck by the skate of another player during a game, school officials and police said. The accident occurred Thursday as the junior varsity team at the Brunswick school, a college preparatory school for boys in Greenwich, played St. Luke’s School, a private co-educational school from New Canaan. He fell to the ice and the other player was unable to stop and collided with him, Greenwich Police Capt. Brunswick Head of School Thomas Philip said in a statement that Balkind suffered a cut to his neck. No classes were held on Friday because of a snowstorm, but St. Luke’s Head of School Mark Davis said the building would be open in the afternoon so that the community could gather to grieve.

Source: Huffington Post January 08, 2022 13:17 UTC