There wasn't anything in the article indicating that one of the kids intentionally lifted the puck. These are high school kids, not the NHL. It could have been a deflection or some other fluke thing. This was just a tragic accident.
My son put a puck through the glass behind the goal when he was 16.
It could have been a deflection or some other fluke thing.
Yes, it could have been that. Or it could have been what Cicero said: Some kid thought he was being smart lifting the puck.
I see way too many kids who think that hockey is about lifting the puck and, once they learn to do that, developing real hockey skills like skating, stick handling, passing and puck control go out the window. Probably 30% of the yelling that I do at hockey games is: Keep the puck on the ice!