Nyköping: Slovak Hockey Player Taken to Hospital – Skate Hit His Neck

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Ugly scenes unfolded during the U20 five-nation tournament in Nyköping. Slovakia's Matúš Válek was hit in the neck by a skate and was rushed to hospital. The match against the Czech Republic was abandoned.

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Nasty accident in Nyköping. A hockey player has been hit in the neck by a skate and taken to hospital. – The injuries are serious, says the association's competition manager Magnus Mårtensson.

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A player on the Slovakian U20 national team has been taken to hospital after being injured in an ice hockey match in Nyköping.

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The match between Slovak under-20 hockey players was ended prematurely.

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A player for the Slovakian U20 national team has been taken to hospital after being cut in the throat by a skate, local media in Sörmland report.

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The game lasted less than fifteen minutes, and then hockey had to be completely sidelined. The junior derby was marked by a horror incident, when Slovak international Matúš Válek was hit in the neck by skates. The match was ended prematurely with the score 1:0 in favor of the Czechs due to the severity of the seventeen-year-old forward's injury.