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Former Hockey Player Janne Puhakka Dead at 29 in Suspected Murder


Finland’s first openly gay ice hockey player Janne Puhakka was found dead in his home over the weekend

Soon after Puhakka’s death was confirmed, Finland’s former Prime Minister Sanna Marin took to Instagram to share an image of the former ice hockey player with a broken love heart emoji. Courtesy of Janne Puhakka/Instagram“We send our sincere condolences to his family, his relatives and all his former teammates,” the Rapaces de Gap hockey team said in a statement via Instagram on Monday, October 14. On March 18, 2024, former NHL players Konstantin Koltsov and Chris Simon were announced dead in separate instances, the latest in a string of recent passings to rock the sport.

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