Ice hockey hit by new blade horror after Adam Johnson’s tragic demise
- A young person had his chest break up open by a skate blade throughout a match final week
- He has admitted he was lucky that that injury was not even worse
- His damage scare comes a month after Adam Johnson died after having his neck clashed by a skate blade
Norwegian teenager Jonas Nyhus Myhre suffered a horror damage after taking a skate blade to the chest throughout an ice hockey match final week.
Myhre, 19, was enjoying for his facet Lorenskog towards Storhamar on Thursday when he was caught by a stray blade from an opponent.
After taking the blow which he described as like a ‘horse kick’, Myrhe initially tried to play on however he was in an excessive amount of ache.
He proceeded to carry his shirt to indicate his team-mates the injury, they usually reacted with shock that he had a deep lower the place his chest had been break up in half.
Myhre was swiftly transported to hospital the place it was established that he had broken his pectoral muscle, and he wanted the muscle and the pores and skin to be sewn again collectively.
Norwegian teenager Jonas Nyhus Myhre had his chest break up open after being caught by a skate blade
Myhre (pictured) admits he was ‘fortunate’ that the injury wasn’t worse after having his chest break up open
Reflecting on the incident, Myhre stated, as quoted by Norwegian outlet Sport Bladet: ‘I had a lot adrenaline that I did not really feel it for the primary couple of minutes. But after about 5 minutes it began to essentially harm and I could not use my chest muscle.’
He additionally admitted that issues may have been even worse if the blade had caught him nearer to his coronary heart, as he conceded ‘I used to be very fortunate’.
Myhre is now anticipated to be out till properly into the brand new 12 months, with the younger expertise not prone to make his return till mid-February on the earliest.
This implies that he’ll miss the World Juniors that are because of get underway in Sweden on Boxing Day earlier than ending on January 5.
Myhre’s horror damage comes simply over a month after Adam Johnson (pictured) died after having his neck fatally slashed by a skate blade
His horrific damage comes simply over a month after American ice hockey participant Adam Johnson died following a tragic incident when he was enjoying for Nottingham Panthers in October.
Johnson had his throat fatally slashed in his facet’s match towards Sheffield Steelers, and medics have been unable to save lots of him, with round 8,000 followers witnessing the incident.
A person was arrested for manslaughter simply over two weeks after Johnson’s passing, earlier than he was launched on bail pending additional inquiries.
Neck guards will now be obligatory for all worldwide ice hockey occasions from 2024 following Johnson’s demise.
