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Russian hockey player Timur Faizutdinov dies after being hit by puck

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CALGARY, AB - MARCH 31: Pucks fill the net during warmup before the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers game on Saturday, March 31, 2018 at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, AB. The Flames won the game 3-2. (Photo by Brett Holmes/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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MOSCOW -- A Russian hockey player has died after being hit in the head by the puck during a game, his club and the league said Tuesday. He was 19.

Defenseman Timur Faizutdinov was playing for Dynamo St. Petersburg’s junior team in a playoff game against Loko Yaroslavl on Friday when he was struck by a puck hit from the neutral zone.

Faizutdinov collapsed and was treated on the ice by the team doctor and paramedics before being taken to a hospital in the city of Yaroslavl.

The Junior Hockey League said Faizutdinov died Tuesday after “doctors fought for Timur’s life over the course of three days.”

Dynamo said upcoming games in competitions, including the Kontinental Hockey League, will begin with a minute’s silence for Faizutdinov.