In the tragic death of a former NHL player, there is the matter of a broken heart in the form of Ryan Wolfe, who has to deal with the fact that the love of her life has passed on in a tragic and unexpected way.
Police in England arrested a man on suspicion of manslaughter in the death of hockey player Adam Johnson but that wasn’t the only thing that has the 24-year-old woman in tears this week.
According to a report from USA Today, Johnson was ready to make the next move in his personal life as he purchased an engagement ring before the start of the 2023-24 season. He had plans of proposing to her at an undisclosed time.
“We were all really excited because we were really looking forward to their future and he didn’t get a chance to ask her, and then this happened,” Johnson’s aunt told SWNS.
The late Nottingham Panthers forward had purchased an engagement ring “before the couple flew to England for the 2023-24 hockey season,” according to the report, which stated Wolfe discovered the ring in the couple’s shared apartment “after Johnson’s family revealed the secret.”
Wolfe, who dated Johnson for over three years, delivered a heartbreaking eulogy to the “love of [her] life” in his native Minnesota last week.
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“To me, you were everything. You were my home, my best friend, my sounding board, my rock, my safe haven, and the love of my life. I’m never going to stop thinking about you, missing you, and loving you until we can be together again. I love you,” Wolfe said.
Johnson joined the Panthers in August after playing for Augsburger Panther in Germany last year.
He appeared in 13 NHL games as a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins across the 2018-19 and 2019-20 seasons.
The man who was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter in connection to Johnson’s death was released on bail the following day.
Although he wasn’t named, Matt Petgrave, a defenseman for the Sheffield Steelers, was the other player involved in the collision with Johnson.
