A hockey star who lives in Los Angeles has been left with accidents so dangerous he can now not have intercourse together with his spouse, a lawsuit has claimed.
Ivan Zenchencko, 32, was a defender in a USA Hockey-sanctioned recreation on September 27, 2025, on the LA Kings Valley Ice heart when a puck pierced his helmet, the paperwork say.
The protecting gear, a Bauer Re-Akt 55, cracked open sending the disc “penetrating to his head,” which left the Russian-born athlete spurting blood throughout the rink, the go well with continues.
Video obtained by the California Publish confirmed the group screaming in horror when the star stood up and the extent of his accidents turned declare.
Zenchenko, who made the Russian 2026 Olympic group, was rushed to Valley Presbyterian hospital and handled for lacerations and hematoma, the go well with says.
He suffered fast reminiscence loss and coordination of eyesight and has by no means been on the ice once more, in response to the lawsuit.
Zenchenko’s spouse Sofia Zenchenko can also be named as a plaintiff within the paperwork and says she’s suffered “lack of conjugal fellowship, sexual relations, and companionship” attributable to his accidents.
“So far he can not usually operate”, the papers say. Zenchenko’s lawyer Paul Sigelman advised The Publish: “There are some intimacy issues. They don’t have the identical intercourse life, Ivan is totally disabled.
The lawyer, who as soon as represented Hollywood icon Milton Berle, added: “That’s a acknowledged matter in California that for those who lose a sexual accomplice, that’s her loss and she or he has a proper to sue for that.”
The glamorous couple is asking for a “not but totally ascertained” quantity for his or her struggling, however Sigelman mentioned “it’s a multi-million greenback loss.”
The lawsuit names defendants Bauer Hockey, together with the Pure Hockey retailer in Anaheim, Caifornia. the place Zenchenko purchased the helmet on July 3, 2025, the lawsuit says.
The go well with reads: “It was chosen and really useful by Pure Hockey for Zenchenko’s competitors use on the ice. The manufacturing defect and/or the faulty design was bought with out warning.”
It continues: “It’s believed, and theron alleged the helmet differs from manufacturing specs and design from different typical items of the Bauer Hockey helmet product line.”
Zenchenko has been unable to work on the unique automotive rebuild firm the place he was employed and has suffered fright, shock, physiological impairment and traumatic mind damage, in response to the go well with.
Sigelman mentioned: “He’ll be engaged on a automotive and he’ll take this piece off for no matter, and a second later go to place it again and he has no reminiscence of the place it got here from.”
Sofia has picked up work as a home keeper and is solely supporting the couple, who solely converse Russian, in response to Sigelman.
They’ve lived modestly within the San Fernando Valley after arriving in Los Angeles lower than two years in the past, Sigelman mentioned.
He added: “He’s a really candy man. He needs to play hockey once more. It was his complete life. His complete life was hockey.”
The Publish reached out to Bauer Hockey and Pure Hockey for remark.
