An 11-year-old Wyoming boy narrowly escaped death after taking a skate to the neck during a hockey game Sunday.

The Associated Press is reporting that Johnson died after his neck was cut by a skate blade in an on-ice accident. In a Facebook post issued by the Phantoms, it reads in part "Adam was a wonderful ...

The U.K. hockey team officially retired Johnson's No. 47 jersey on Saturday in tribute to the American forward who died after his neck was cut by an opponent’s skate during a game over a year ago.

Jeanine Leech/Icon Sportswire via Getty In the wake of Adam Johnson’s death, the English Ice Hockey Association ... accident” in which his neck was cut by a skate blade during a game in ...

Roughly a year and a half since Adam Johnson died from a skate cut to the neck during a game in England, the topic was prominent on the second day of the NHL general managers meeting ...

He said: “You have players skating ... cut his face, only for him to return to the action later in the game. Read more: Mourning ice hockey family must come together in the wake of Adam Johnson ...

Jeanine Leech/Icon Sportswire via Getty Adam Johnson, a former NHL forward for the Pittsburgh Penguins, has died at the age of 29. Johnson's team, the British ice ... be a cut to the neck from ...