Parents want arrest after son 'deliberately kicked' in neck during Edmonton hockey game
CTV
A Junior C hockey player says he is lucky to be alive after his neck was sliced open by a hockey skate last week in an act his parents believe – and the referee ruled – was an intentional kick.
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A Junior C hockey player says he is lucky to be alive after his neck was sliced open by a hockey skate last week in an act his parents believe – and the referee ruled – was an intentional kick.
"I was on the ice. He stepped on my head," Richie Compo recalls of the Sept. 27 incident at Castle Downs Recreation Centre in north Edmonton.
"I checked my neck, my hand, there was blood. So I ripped off my helmet."
Compo – who plays for the Junior Braves in the Noralta Junior C Hockey League – recalls begging for the help of the opposing team's trainer, who jumped on the ice to assist.
"I looked him dead in the eyes [and said] 'Don't let me die. Please don't let me die. I don't want to die," Compo told CTV News Edmonton.
"There was no, no pain, it was just 'I'm dead.' That’s all I could think was 'I'm dead.'"
