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The 29-year-old Minnesota native was playing for the Nottingham Panthers in a Challenge Cup game against the Sheffield Steelers when he suffered a slashed neck.Minnesota-Duluth center Adam Johnson chases the puck during the first period of a men's college hockey game, Thursday, April 6, 2017, in Chicago.DULUTH, Minn. — Adam Johnson, a former University of Minnesota-Duluth men's hockey player and Hibbing native, has died after a"freak accident" Saturday while playing in England.
"Adam, our number 47, was not only an outstanding ice hockey player, but also a great teammate and an incredible person with his whole life ahead of him." We are deeply saddened to learn that former Hibbing star and UMD Bulldog Adam Johnson passed away after suffering a tragic injury on Saturday night with the Nottingham Panthers. The State of Hockey is grieving for Adam, his family, and his hockey community."Right now it's just a numb feeling," said Mark DeCenzo, who coached Johnson in high school on the Hibbing/Chisholm team.
Johnson served as captain his junior and senior years and was a finalist for the Minnesota Mr. Hockey Award. "He's one of those guys where if he wasn't there, you were asking where he was," Tufte said."And if he wasn't there, it was different. It wasn't the same." In his career, Johnson skated in 81 of 82 games after joining the Bulldog program in 2015-16 and had 55 points . He was also a two-time NCHC All-Academic Team selection, according to UMD.
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