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The fiancée of the ice hockey star who died from a freak accident has been identified as Ryan Wolfe.
Miss Wolfe is originally from Oak Grove in Minnesota.
According to The Sun, Ryan Wolfe was in the crowd and ran onto the ice following the incident before praying for Johnson.
Ryan Wolfe and Adam Johnson’s engagement
Johnson and Miss Wolfe had become engaged over the summer and lived together in England, his former college teammate Riley Tufte told The Athletic.
Ryan Wolfe tribute to Adam Johnson
Ryan Wolfe paid tribute to Adam Johnson on Instagram, posting a picture of him and saying: ‘My sweet, sweet angel. I’ll miss you forever and love you always.’
Who was Adam Johnson?
Adam Johnson, 29, was an American professional ice hockey player who was playing in England with the Nottingham Panthers this year.
Johnson was born on June 22, 1994 in Hibbing, Minnesota, a mining city in the north of the US.
He played ice hockey after high school, representing the Indiana Ice and Sioux City Musketeers at junior level, before heading to college to play with the University of Minnesota-Duluth Bullldogs in the National Collegiate Hockey League.
Johnson impressed at the Bulldogs, grabbing an impressive 18 goals and tallying 37 points in 42 games to finish second in the club in both goals and points.
His brilliant overtime, power-play goal to defeat Boston University ensured the Bulldogs made it to the Frozen Four, the highest level of men’s collegiate hockey.
His success earned him a place at the prospect development camp of the NHL side the Pittsburgh Penguins, performing well enough to agree a two-year, entry-level contract in 2017.
In 2020 Johnson decided to move abroad, playing for Swedish side Malmo Redhawks, before returning to North America to ply his trade for Canadian side Ontario Reign.
However the forward’s time was not done in Europe, moving again to represent German DHL side Augsburger Panther in 2022 and then finally signing for Nottingham Panthers for the 2023-24 season.
