A medical examiner in Michigan says an autopsy has determined that Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Matiss Kivlenieks died of chest trauma from an errant fireworks mortar blast, and not a fall as authorities previously reported.

Police in Novi, Michigan, said the mortar-style firework tilted slightly and started to fire toward people nearby Sunday night. The 24-year-old Kivleniek was in a hot tub and tried to get clear with several other people, police Lt. Jason Meier said

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wow how awful

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Not quite a prominent name on the CBJ roster, but was huge news here this morning.

What a sad, random, and just plain stupid and unnecessary way to go.

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Not a mult.

Note to self: hide under water if this ever happens to me.