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Funeral Of MN Hockey Player Who Died Will Be Live Streamed
Following the freak hockey accident that killed him during a game in England, Adam Johnson will be laid to rest in Hibbing, Minnesota.
HIBBING, MN — Hibbing, Minnesota native Adam Johnson will be laid to rest in his hometown on Monday.
Johnson, 29, died after a skate blade cut his neck during a game Saturday in Sheffield, England.
The forward for the Nottingham Panthers was skating with the puck when a Sheffield Steeler player lifted his leg and the blade of his skate slashed Johnson's neck.
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Blood immediately gushed from Johnson's neck and a ref escorted him off the rink to receive medical attention. Johnson's team announced his death a day later.
After graduating from Hibbing High School in 2013, Johnson went on to play hockey for the Indiana Ice, Sioux City Musketeers, University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs, then professionally for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, Pittsburgh Penguins, Malmo Redhawks, Ontario Reign, Lehigh Valley Phantoms, Augsburger Panthers and finally, the Nottingham Panthers.
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"Adam had a quiet confidence about him and was never boastful," his obituary reads. "He loved his fiancée, family, and friends above all else. His loving and quiet demeanor will be eternally missed."
Watch a live stream of the funeral mass for Johnson here. The stream will begin at 3:30 p.m.
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