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Tributes have been paid to high school hockey player Teddy Balkind, who has been described as an “amazing young man” after he died in Connecticut following a horrific accident during a match.
Tenth grader Teddy Balkind was fatally injured during a private-school game at St Luke’s School in New Canaan after he fell to the ice and was sliced through the neck by another player’s skate.
The teenager was rushed to Greenwich Hospital, where medics were unable to save him. Balkind’s father is said to have been watching the game between the local all-boys college prep Brunswick School and the private co-ed St Luke’s.
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Students and their families gathered outside St Luke’s to mourn Balkind on Friday, with one 18-year-old describing the situation as “horrible” and “really bad” to CBS 2.
In a statement seen by CBS, the school said: “Yesterday, we lost a precious young man in a tragic accident.
“Both St Luke’s School and Brunswick School are in shock as we work to support our students and families. St Luke’s singular focus at this moment is to care for our devastated community.”