Timur Faizutdinov Explained

Position:Defenceman
Played For:Dinamo Saint Petersburg
Height Cm:187
Weight Kg:88
Birth Date:6 October 2001
Birth Place:Chelyabinsk, Russia
Death Place:Yaroslavl, Russia
Career Start:2017
Career End:2021

Timur Ramilevich Faizutdinov (Russian: Тимур Рамилевич Файзутдинов; 6 October 2001 – 16 March 2021)[1] was a Russian ice hockey defenceman. He played for Dinamo Saint Petersburg,[2] (JHL) of which he was the team captain at the time of his death.[1]

On 12 March 2021, Faizutdinov was struck in the head by a hockey puck while playing in the final 16 of the Kharlamov Cup against Loko in Yaroslavl, Russia.[2] [3] Faizutdinov's father, Ramil, wrote on social media that his son was struck in the area of the carotid artery.[3] Faizutdinov was hospitalized in serious condition, and died four days later, on 16 March, at the age of 19 years old. HC Dinamo Saint Petersburg announced that upcoming games would begin with a minute of silence for Faizutdinov.[2] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Тимур Файзутдинов . Timur Faizutdinov . Russian . 24smi.org . 17 March 2021.
  2. News: Ullah . Zahra . Chernova . Anna . Russian hockey player Timur Faizutdinov, 19, dies after being hit by puck . 16 March 2021 . . 17 March 2021.
  3. News: Puck strikes Russian ice hockey player in the head . 16 March 2021 . Pravda Report . 17 March 2021.
  4. Web site: Russian . Вечная память . Everlasting memory . . 16 March 2021 . 17 March 2021.