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Medical Examiner Issues Ruling In Death Of HS Hockey Player From New Canaan Medical Examiner Issues Ruling In Death Of HS Hockey Player From New Canaan
Medical Examiner Issues Ruling In Death Of HS Hockey Player From New Canaan The death of a Connecticut high school hockey player after an on-ice collision has been ruled accidental. The state's chief medical examiner announced on Monday, Jan. 10 that Teddy Balkind, a 10th-grader at St. Luke’s School in New Canaan, who died on Thursday, Jan. 6, during a game died from an "incised wound of the neck," and the incident was officially ruled as accidental. Balkind, age 16, was killed around 5 p.m., during a junior varsity game at the Brunswick Upper School in Greenwich. The tragic accident occurred when Balkind fell to the ice, and another player who was near him was u…