http://www.thelocal.se/24696/20100131/
Police said the referee was wearing a helmet but the puck struck a fatal blow when it hit him high on the back of the neck.
"The puck struck the referee between the nape (of the neck) and the lower part of his head, just under where the helmet stops," said Börje Öhman, a police officer in Västernorrland county.
The players in the under 18 game, some of whom were as young as 15, were distraught after the incident.
"They were very upset and wondered what would happen to the boy that shot the puck," one of the team's trainers told the local radio station P4.
Despite efforts to revive him, the referee was pronounced dead before emergency services had reached the hospital.
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referee killed by a puck in Sweden
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Posted 31 January 2010 - 04:30 PM
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Posted 31 January 2010 - 04:42 PM
Deepest sympathies to the family.
A tragedy indeed.
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Posted 31 January 2010 - 05:24 PM
How awful! Those poor kids. Very sad indeed. Sympathies to the family indeed.
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Posted 31 January 2010 - 08:41 PM
Totally fluke and tragic accident. Wow. My prayers go out to all involved.
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Posted 31 January 2010 - 09:12 PM
QUOTE (MrsBevo @ Jan 31 2010, 08:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Totally fluke and tragic accident. Wow. My prayers go out to all involved.
Indeed!
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Posted 31 January 2010 - 09:35 PM
my sympathies to his family
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Posted 02 February 2010 - 01:54 PM
Now what kind of helmet are they going to create to prevent that one from happening. Tragic freak accident, prayer to the family and to the kid who shot the puck. He must be having a hard time.
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Posted 02 February 2010 - 06:34 PM
That's awful! 
Many prayers to the family and the kids.
Many prayers to the family and the kids.
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