DULUTH, MN (KDAL-Northern News Now) – A 29 year old Hibbing native and former UMD hockey player, Adam Johnson, died from a tragic accident while playing hockey with the Nottingham Panthers on Saturday.
Johnson took a skate blade to the neck in the game against the Sheffield Steelers and died later at a hospital in England.
Johnson played college hockey at UMD, helping the Bulldogs reach two NCAA tournaments. He scored an overtime game-winner in the 2017 tournament, sending Minnesota-Duluth to the Frozen Four by beating Boston University.
Johnson spent 13 games over parts of the 2018-19 and 2019-20 seasons playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins in the National Hockey League before spending the 2020-21 season in Sweden with the Malmo Redhawks.
He also played for three American Hockey League clubs during his career, was in Germany with the Augsburg Panther in 2022-23, then agreed to join Nottingham for the 2023-24 campaign.
UMD coach Scott Sandelin is scheduled to speak with reporters on Monday at 10 a-m.
KDAL (610 and FM 103.9) is planning to carry that news conference live.
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