Some kid thought he was being smart lifting the puck. Didn't mean to hurt anyone, but it should be a rule to keep the puck on the ice if you aren't wearing helmets.
At the New Year's party we went to a couple of nights ago, with a lot of children playing around the house, some problem kid threw a block and hit a young girl on the head. She had blood all over her face and her mother had to take her to the ER for stitches. Don't throw blocks, don't lift pucks. But it's bound to happen once in a while. Kids don't realize the consequences.
Dennin Bauers, 52, was struck behind the left ear by a puck at around 9:30 a.m., when about 20 high school players - mostly from Duluth Central High School -- took on their fathers at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center. He was wearing a helmet, but collapsed and was taken to the hospital.
Why can't flukes like this happen to the likes of Hitler, Stalin, Clinton, Mao, Kerry, Hussein, etc. ?
There wasn't anything in the article indicating that one of the kids intentionally lifted the puck. These are high school kids, not the NHL. It could have been a deflection or some other fluke thing. This was just a tragic accident.