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Tragic Death Of 16-Year-Old High School Player Mourned Inside, Outside Hockey World Tragic Death Of 16-Year-Old High School Player Mourned Inside, Outside Hockey World
Tragic Death Of 16-Year-Old High School Player Mourned Inside, Outside Hockey World The death of a young athlete who died during a collision between two hockey players on the ice during a game earlier this week is being mourned in areas near and far from both inside and outside the hockey community. Fairfield County resident Teddy Balkind was 16 years old and a 10th-grader at the St. Luke’s School in New Canaan. The incident that led to his death happened around 5 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 6, during a junior varsity game at the Brunswick Upper School in Greenwich. Balkind, a New Canaan resident, fell to the ice, and another player who was near him was unable to stop, and …

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