KHLer goes berserk, exhibition game called after massive brawl

A massive brawl resulted in a KHL exhibition game being called Monday.

Damir Ryspayev got things started with a cheap shot on Tomas Marcinko, and then proceeded to go after any player on HC Kunlan Red Star, a Chinese club that joined the KHL this season.

Ryspayev attacked players on the Kunlan bench, too, and the referees were completely unable to control the situation.

Marcinko was sent to hospital, according to Szymon Szemberg, managing director of the Alliance of European Hockey Clubs.

Ryspayev has spent his career playing in Kazakhstan and the KHL, and has one professional goal to his name. The KHL announced his suspension for the remainder of the preseason, according to Aivis Kalnins.