High school ice hockey player dies after in-game skate injury

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(NEW YORK) — A high school ice hockey player has died after sustaining a skate injury during a game, in what school officials called an “unimaginable tragedy.”

The accident occurred Thursday evening during a junior varsity game at Brunswick School, a preparatory school in Greenwich, Connecticut. The visiting team was from St. Luke’s, a prep school in New Canaan.

During the game, a St. Luke’s player fell to the ice and a Brunswick player unable to stop collided with him, police said.

“Game play was stopped and 911 was called,” Greenwich Police Department Captain Mark Zuccerella said in a statement.

The St. Luke’s