NHL goalie dull after July Fourth fireworks accident
The clinical educated’s office said he died from trauma to the chest.
July 5, 2021, 7: 39 PM
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A mishap bright fireworks on the Fourth of July took the lifetime of Columbus Blue Jackets goalie Matiss Kivlenieks, investigators said.
First responders in Oakland County, Michigan, rushed to the scene of the incident Sunday night the place they learned the 24-yr-feeble injured, the Blue Jackets said in an announcement. Kivlenieks succumbed to his accidents shortly after abet arrived, the crew said.
Even supposing an early order from the Blue Jackets said initial records showed Kivlenieks suffered a head damage, a representative from the Oakland County Medical Examiner’s Location of enterprise told ABC Data that Kivlenieks’ clarification for death changed into once “chest trauma” from a fireworks mortar blast. The style of death changed into once dominated accidental, per the clinical educated.
The investigation is ongoing, per the police.
The Latvia native signed with the crew in Can also goal 2017. Kivlenieks made his NHL debut at Madison Square Garden on Jan. 19, 2020, stopping 31 of 32 images in a victory in opposition to the Unique York Rangers.
The Blue Jackets left a few hockey sticks outdoors the Nationwide Enviornment in Columbus on Monday afternoon as a tribute to Kivlenieks.
His teammates shared their condolences on social media throughout the day.
Blue Jackets middle Nathan Gerbe tweeted a photo of his formative years playing on the ice with Kivlenieks.
“Phrases are exhausting to gain stunning now, however the day we place the an identical jersey on meant that we may perhaps well per chance per chance be family and not utilizing a kill in sight. When my formative years play Kivi ‘the cramped one’ in map it goes to accept as true with a higher meaning!!” Gerbe wrote.
John Davidson, the Blue Jackets’ president of hockey operations, gave his condolences to Kivlenieks’ family.
“Kivi changed into once an excellent young man who greeted on on daily foundation foundation and each person with a smile, and the affect he had throughout his four years with our group may perhaps well per chance per chance no longer be forgotten,” Davidson said in an announcement.
The NHL paid tribute to Kivlenieks throughout Monday night’s recreation four of the Stanley Cup closing with a 2nd of silence before the match began.
