University of Minnesota-Duluth’s hockey coach, Scott Sandelin, talks to reporters on his experience with former Minnesota-Duluth hockey player Adam Johnson. Johnson died after taking a skate blade to the neck during a game, while he was playing for the Nottingham Panthers in England.

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20 Comments

  1. No matter how heated any sport can be or how high tensions rise … If you have a skate with a very sharp blade at the bottom of it … what would possess you to raise your foot to another person's neck !?! Where is that thought process

  2. Matt Petgrave purposely lifted his leg trying to impede and block Adam. I can't even lift my leg they high. This is manslaughter.

  3. Watch this frame by frame by pausing. Matt pushed the other player away and drop kicked him. It's so clear. This is such a horrific tragedy.

  4. Talking about double standards: "White men can't jump" vs "Black men can't skate".

  5. This is manslaughter the guy did a full upper kick and used his skate as a weapon. I hope the guy is locked up until a full investigation takes place, He killed a person accident or not he should be held responsible for the death taking a life. R.I.P Adam Johnson prayers for the family. Hope Justice will be served

  6. My heart goes out to his Parents siblings loved ones. Years invested in healthy sports. This is DIRTY PLAY It needs to be addressed. No kid should have intentional kick to NECK How can this even be done? These players dont understood that kills? Im so, so sorry. The kick WAS INTENTIONAL The death NOT Very heartbreaking As a parent of sons playing sports THIS NOPE. SO WRONG. May his parents loved ones lives forever changed find peace. Just heartbreaking 💔

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