Adam Johnson: Ice hockey player’s shirt number retired as memorial game held in his memory
A memorial game of ice hockey has been played in Nottingham for Adam Johnson, the player who died after his neck was slashed by a skate.
His team, Nottingham Panthers, returned to the ice on Saturday for the first time since he died on 28 October.
Johnson was hit in the neck by an opposition player’s skate during an away match against Sheffield Steelers.
A man has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and was later bailed.
Adam Johnson’s shirt number is being retired
The Panthers and their opponents, Manchester Storm, wore special jerseys for the memorial game, which were due to be raffled afterwards.
As the players took to the ice at the Motorpoint Arena, the sell-out crowd chanted Johnson’s name.
Once the lights had been faded, his picture was displayed on the main scoreboard above the rink.
The words “forever our 47” were shown in honour of his shirt number, which is being retired.
The players tapped their sticks on the ice as the crowd applauded.
Fans chanted Johnson’s name during the 47th minute of the match.
Supporters have continued to lay tributes outside the Motorpoint Arena to Johnson, who also had a spell with the Pittsburgh Penguins, joining the Panthers ahead of the 2023-24 season.
An inquest into his death was opened and adjourned on 3 November.
A post-mortem examination confirmed the Minnesota-born star died as a result of a fatal neck injury.
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Neck guards will not be made mandatory
Tributes to Adam Johnson at the Motorpoint Arena
There is a new focus on neck guards, and the English Ice Hockey Association has said they will become mandatory from next year.
But the Elite League, in which the Panthers compete, is not under its control.
The Elite Ice Hockey League has said it will not make neck guards mandatory, but will “strongly encourage” players and officials to wear them.
All proceeds from the sale of the jerseys will be donated to the Love for Hibbing & Hockey Memorial Fund, which was established to support charitable causes in Johnson’s hometown area of Hibbing, Minnesota.
The match ended in a 4-4 draw.
Elon Musk says he has created a new political party – the America Party –
after asking his followers if he should do so in an online poll.
It follows his public falling out with Republican President Donald Trump.
On Friday, the billionaire had asked his followers on X whether a new US political party should be created.
On Saturday evening he wrote on the same platform: “By a factor of 2 to 1, you want a new political party and you shall have it!
“When it comes to bankrupting our country with waste & graft, we live in a one-party system, not a democracy.
“Today, the America Party is formed to give you back your freedom.”
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Trump threatens to ‘put DOGE’ on Musk
The world’s richest man made the announcement just one day after President Trump signed a tax-cut and spending bill into law on Friday, which Musk had fiercely opposed.
Musk had previously said we would form and fund a new political party to unseat lawmakers who supported the bill.
From bromance to bust-up
The Tesla boss backed Trump’s election campaign with more than a quarter of a billion dollars, later rewarded with a high profile role running the newly created department of government efficiency (DOGE).
But observers of the two men, both with huge wealth and reputations, wondered how long the bromance would last.
Donald Trump gave Musk a warm send-off in the Oval Office in May. Pic: Reuters
In May Musk left the role, still on good terms with Trump but criticising key parts of his legislative agenda.
After that, the attacks ramped up, with Musk slamming the sweeping tax and spending bill as a “disgusting abomination” and Trump hitting back in a barbed tit-for-tat.
Trump earlier this week threatened to cut off the billion-dollar federal subsidies that flow to Musk’s companies, and said he would even consider deporting him.
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