Hockey Player Matt Petgrave has Reportedly Been Arrested for the Death of Adam Johnson

The man who slashed the throat of ice hockey player Adam Johnson on Oct 28 has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter, according to a recent report by the BBC. 

Johnson, a former Pittsburg Penguins player took a skate blade to the neck and later died at the hospital. He was playing in England for the Nottingham Panthers when Petgrave’s blade cut his neck during a ‘collision.’

Video of the incident shows Matt Petgrave appear to intentionally kick his skate toward Johnson’s throat.

Tanyka Rawden, Senior Coroner for the Coroner area of South Yorkshire (West) listed in her report that: “Mr. Johnson sustained an incised wound to the neck caused by the skate of another player.”

In her report she questioned whether or not neck guards could have prevented Mr. Johnson’s death and urged the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) to examine whether or not the agency should adopt such measures to prevent similar incidents in the future. “I am sufficiently concerned that deaths may occur in the future if neck guards or protectors are not worn”, she wrote.

BREAKING: Hockey player Matt Petgrave has reportedly been arrested for the death of Adam Johnson.

Johnson was killed after Petgrave's skate slashed his neck during a hockey match.

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