The question was rhetorical and answered quickly. The Magentasport reporter wanted to know from Samuel Soramies how difficult it was for him to play ice hockey today. “Very difficult,” Soramies said. Then he took off the headset and the break interview was over. There were tears in Soramie’s eyes.
The German international is one of ten professionals who played for the Augsburg Panthers last season alongside the American Adam Johnson. Johnson was hit in the neck by an opponent’s skate blade during his Nottingham Panthers cup game in Sheffield on Saturday; Despite immediate medical attention, the 29-year-old later died in hospital.
The shock of the colleague’s death has spread around the world since it was announced on Sunday morning. The Pittsburgh Penguins, for whom Johnson played 13 games in the North American NHL, remembered him in a ceremony on Monday before the game against Anaheim, as did the Augsburg Panthers on Tuesday before their DEL duel with Düsseldorfer EG.
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Instead of the usual warm-up show, both teams lined up around the center circle, draped Johnson’s jersey in the middle and scenes and interview excerpts from his career were shown on the video cube. The Augsburg players wore Johnson’s initials and jersey number – AJ27 – on their helmets. Several professionals wore neck protectors that could potentially have saved Johnson’s life.
During the game, both teams visibly tried to take each other into consideration in critical situations. The spectators in the Curt Frenzel Stadium largely refrained from loud cheers. The bottom of the table, DEG, won 4:2.
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2023-11-02 03:44:50
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