Shortly before his death, the hockey player who died after the match hit the boards hard (VIDEO)

      The death of 39-year-old Yekaterinburg resident Alexander Krasovsky after a hockey match was preceded by a body check, as a result of which he struck the boards hard. This was reported by "KP-Yekaterinburg."

      Before the defenseman suddenly became unwell, he hit the boards hard with his chest after being subjected to a body check.

      The moment of the collision was caught on video and sparked heated discussion. "How is this possible?! They slammed his chest into the boards!", "Guys, play carefully. Like you're fighting for the Stanley Cup," users wrote.

      Recall that the condition of the 39-year-old player of the amateur hockey club "Avtopapy," Alexander Krasovsky, suddenly worsened shortly after the end of the game against the "Ural Wolves" club, held on November 3 at the Lokomotiv ice arena. Resuscitation efforts were unsuccessful. The man died on the way to the hospital.

      Earlier, investigators learned of the death of a Yekaterinburg resident whom they had been searching for as a victim in a criminal case on hooliganism.

      At a bus stop he was beaten by a gang of minors in an act of hooliganism. A criminal case was opened on this incident, but during the process of identifying the victim it became known that the man had died shortly after the attack.