MOSCOW, Aug 12 The death of a 14-year-old hockey player is an irreparable loss for the academy St. Petersburg SKA, said the head coach, general director of the KHL club and first vice-president of the Russian Hockey Federation (FHR) Roman Rotenberg. On Thursday, the SKA hockey club announced that a young hockey player born in 2008 died in an accident in training. During one of the exercises, the puck hit the player in the chest in the region of the heart. The team doctor assisted the hockey player and called an ambulance. He was taken to the hospital, but it was not possible to save the boy. «At the training session of the SKA team born in 2008, an accident occurred, a 14-year-old hockey player died. The tragic news about the death of an SKA pupil shocked each of us. I did not sleep all night and thought about the boy. Difficult find words to express all the bitterness and pain of loss, this is an irreparable loss for our academy, for the club, for the entire big hockey family. There is nothing worse than the death of a child. We will definitely provide any necessary financial support to his family. Each of us deeply mourns with close to the boy, he will forever remain in our hearts. Blessed memory,» Rothenbreg wrote in his Telegram channel.
