Crash Injures Four Members of Championship Hockey Team, One Fatally

The hockey community in Minnesota is in mourning following the untimely death of a member of a local team that recently won a national championship. Four members of the Gustavus Adolphus hockey team, which won the NCAA Division III championship in March, were in an SUV early Sunday morning that collided with a mini-van. All four were injured. 19-year-old goaltender Jori Jones of Little Canada, Minnesota was killed.

Jori Jones


According to the Star Tribune, police said one of the vehicles involved in the crash failed to stop at a stop sign. Authorities would not specify which one. Also travelling in the vehicle with Jones were 19-year-old Gianna Gasparini, 20-year-old Kayla Bluhm, and Lily K. Mortenson, 19. Their injuries are described as non-critical. The driver of the mini-van also survived the crash.

According to the team's head coach, the women were travelling back from an off-season trip to South Dakota that was meant "to see each other and enjoy their company,"


Source: Star Tribune