{"id":101212,"date":"2023-11-25T14:16:59","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T14:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?p=101212"},"modified":"2023-11-25T14:16:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T14:16:59","slug":"adam-johnson-traumatised-nottingham-panthers-team-mate-leaves-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/sport\/adam-johnson-traumatised-nottingham-panthers-team-mate-leaves-side\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Johnson: &apos;Traumatised&apos; Nottingham Panthers team-mate leaves side"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>&#8216;Traumatised&#8217; team-mate of Adam Johnson quits Nottingham Panthers after sharing that he &#8216;tried to suppress everything&#8217; after witnessing the player&#8217;s fatal on-ice collision<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Johnson, 29, passed away following a fatal neck injury at the end of October\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Saturday saw the side host a memorial friendly game in tribute to the player\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>A number of the Panthers wore neckguards amid calls for kit to be mandatory\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A Nottingham Panthers player who was on the ice when Adam Johnson&#8217;s throat was fatally slashed in a collision has left the team weeks after describing the incident as &#8216;the most traumatising thing&#8217; he has ever experienced.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Victor Bjorkung was part of the side fielded by the Panthers during their match against Sheffield Steelers in October, which saw Johnson injured in the fracas after a skate slashed his neck.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The tragic accident &#8211; which was witnessed by around 8,000 fans at Sheffield&#8217;s Utilita Arena &#8211; sent shockwaves through the ice hockey community both in England and around the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But the loss of Johnson has been especially felt by his team-mates, who Bjorkung revealed in an interview with Swedish outlet Expressen have been working with psychologists and a trauma team since his death.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I have tried to suppress a lot,&#8217; Bjorkung said. &#8216;You are so shocked at the moment, everything goes so damn fast.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/09\/78192269-12786805-Victor_Bjorkung_right_has_quit_the_Nottingham_Panthers_in_the_wa-a-56_1700819826850.jpg\" height=\"473\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Victor Bjorkung (right) has quit the Nottingham Panthers in the wake of Adam Johnson&#8217;s death<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/09\/78191617-12786805-image-a-21_1700818574340.jpg\" height=\"447\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Panthers paid tribute to Johnson in a memorial game on Saturday against the Storm<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/09\/78191615-12786805-image-a-20_1700818569172.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Fans left hundreds of tributes to the 29-year-old outside of Nottingham&#8217;s Motorpoint Arena<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;One moment you have your friend there, the next second he&#8217;s gone.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Being on the ice when a friend I hold close dies like that. It&#8217;s terrible. It went so damn fast,&#8217; he continued. &#8216;I was a few meters away from him and I have a lot of memory gaps, but I have been told that I played the puck up to him on the left wing and then it takes a few seconds before\u2026 well, everyone knows what happens after that.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Panthers announced the departure of their player on Monday stating that the player had himself informed the club that he would not be returning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We are sad to be losing a member of this close-knit team, but fully respect and understand his decision not to return,&#8217; their statement read, before including a farewell missive from the 31-year-old.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I have loved every second of playing for the club and my team-mates. I&#8217;m more than proud of them. The fans have been amazing from day one &#8211; thank you for everything,&#8217; said Bjorkung.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I don&#8217;t know where hockey will take me moving forward but I will take all the good memories with me and play in Adam&#8217;s honour.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Bjorkung&#8217;s departure comes in the wake of Saturday&#8217;s memorial game for Johnson against Manchester Storm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of messages and floral tributes were left outside the Motorpoint Arena, and before the game started, Panthers announced that they would be retiring Johnson&#8217;s No 47 jersey.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/09\/78191643-12786805-image-m-23_1700818585735.jpg\" height=\"457\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The former NHL player was fatally injured in an accident which saw him take a skate to his neck<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/09\/78191621-12786805-image-a-24_1700818612391.jpg\" height=\"440\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The club have retired his No 47 jersey and painted a lasting message to Johnson on the ice<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/09\/78191679-12786805-image-a-26_1700818622635.jpg\" height=\"441\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Multiple players wore neckguards during the friendly tie after the coroner at the head of the inquest called for the piece of kit to be made mandatory<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/09\/78191659-12786805-image-a-25_1700818616689.jpg\" height=\"414\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The arena previously paid host to a memorial which let supporters sign a book of condolence<\/p>\n<p>Storm played the match in commemorative Johnson jerseys for the occasion, which were later sold to fundraise for a foundation established by the player&#8217;s family.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The majority of Panthers players appeared to wear neckguards on the night, with at least 14 sporting the safety gear that the coroner involved in an inquest into Johnson&#8217;s death called to be mandatory across the sport.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The English Ice Hockey Association will make neck guards obligatory from 2024 onwards, but the division the Panthers feature in &#8211; the Elite Ice Hockey League &#8211; has announced that it has no plans at this point to follow suit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An inquest into Johnson&#8217;s death was opened two weeks ago, but has been rejoinded until the new year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last week, a man was arrested on charges of manslaughter by South Yorkshire Police, but was later released on bail.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/nhl\/article-12786805\/Adam-Johnson-death-Nottingham-Panthers-quit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Traumatised&#8217; team-mate of Adam Johnson quits Nottingham Panthers after sharing that he &#8216;tried to suppress everything&#8217; after witnessing the player&#8217;s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101211,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Adam Johnson: &amp;apos;Traumatised&amp;apos; 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