Bengt Ture Åkerblom (2 May 1967 – 15 October 1995) was a Swedish professional

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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

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. 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

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on 15 October 1995 between his team

and

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at the FM Mattsson Arena in

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, when the 28-year-old Swede had his

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cut by a skate. Unfortunately, the player would later pass away from his injuries. A requirement for all ice hockey players to wear a

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was introduced in Sweden on 1 January 1996.

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