Bengt Ture Åkerblom (2 May 1967 – 15 October 1995) was a Swedish professional
ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...
player.
Biography
Åkerblom played fifty-three games during three seasons for
Djurgårdens IF Hockey in the
Elitserien, in addition to seven seasons with
Mora IK
Mora IK (or Mora Ishockeyklubb) is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Mora in northern Dalarna. After failing the 2019 SHL qualifiers, Mora has been relegated for play in the second-tier league, HockeyAllsvenskan. Mora has previously p ...
in the
Allsvenskan
Allsvenskan (; ), also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan (, ) is a professional association football league in Sweden and the highest level of the Swedish football league system.
Founded in 1924, it operates on a system of promotion and relegatio ...
.
Åkerblom is one of the few ice hockey players to have sustained a fatal injury on-ice whilst playing for their team. This happened during an
exhibition game
An exhibition game (also known as a friendly, scrimmage, demonstration, training match, pre-season game, warmup match, or preparation match, depending at least in part on the sport) is a sporting event whose prize money and impact on the playe ...
on 15 October 1995 between his team
Mora IK
Mora IK (or Mora Ishockeyklubb) is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Mora in northern Dalarna. After failing the 2019 SHL qualifiers, Mora has been relegated for play in the second-tier league, HockeyAllsvenskan. Mora has previously p ...
and
Brynäs IF
Brynäs IF is a Swedish professional ice hockey team from Gävle. The club currently plays in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), promoted from the HockeyAllsvenskan, the second tier of ice hockey in Sweden, following the 2023–24 season. The ...
at the
FM Mattsson Arena in
Mora, Sweden
Mora is a urban areas of Sweden, locality and the seat of Mora Municipality, Sweden, Mora Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 10,896 inhabitants in 2010.
History
There are signs of human activity in the surroundings of Mora dating from ...
, when the 28-year-old Swede had his
carotid arteries
In anatomy, the left and right common carotid arteries (carotids) () are arteries that supply the head and neck with oxygenated blood; they divide in the neck to form the external and internal carotid arteries.
Structure
The common carotid ...
cut by a
skate. Unfortunately, the player would later pass away from his injuries. A requirement for all ice hockey players to wear a
neck guard
A neck guard (also called a Kim Crouch collar) is a piece of protective equipment worn by players around the neck area, particularly by (though not exclusively) players in the ice skating team sports of ice hockey, bandy, ringette, and rinkbal ...
was introduced in Sweden on 1 January 1996.
References
External links
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* https://web.archive.org/web/20090304122603/http://www.hockeysnack.com/permalink/594594
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1967 births
1995 deaths
Sport deaths in Sweden
Swedish ice hockey centres
Djurgårdens IF (men's hockey) players
Mora IK players
Ice hockey players who died while playing
Nacka HK players