In the 90s, hockey fights were commonplace, and tough guys were present on every team. In almost every match there were daredevils who wanted to improve each other’s smiles with their bare fists in a fair fight. Fans were looking forward to these meetings, and full-length feature films were even dedicated to stories about the lives of hockey tough guys. In modern hockey world In the pursuit of safety, hockey fights go not even into the background, but into the background, becoming, unfortunately, a rare sight. Blog MASSKOTT compiled his top list of the brightest and most massive fights in history Russian hockey, giving preference and men's duels, and impressive wall-to-wall battles involving goalkeepers and substitutes. There is no rating or clear location in this top, since each fight is unique in its own way and, in some people’s opinion, even beautiful.

Damir Ryspaev Vs Kun Lun Red Star, 2016

Many people call Damir Ryspaev the last pure tough guy in the KHL. Unlike Svitov, from the point of view of hockey skill, Ryspaev would hardly have even gotten into the 4th tier of outsiders in the league, but for his ability to wave his fists (with the patronage of coach Nazarov) he became the local star of the team and the hero of numerous videos on Youtube. However, as a tough guy, many fans have questions for Ryspayev, since he often attacks his opponent without warning, and some also note the player’s tightly fastened helmet, which few opponents manage to rip off during a brawl. During his short career, Ryspayev earned a certain image, so every appearance of the player on the ice caused excitement in the stands, anticipating a massacre. In the match with the Chinese “Red Star”, Ryspayev outdid himself, first beating the opposing players on the ice, and then, not calming down, rushed to the bench. It seemed that Ryspaev wanted, like in the movies, to kill all his opponents single-handedly. The player was not forgiven for this trick and was disqualified. No one knows when we will see Ryspaev next on the ice in the KHL.

Radulov Vs Gorovikov, 2015

It's worth watching just for the footage of three referees unable to restrain Alexander Radulov, who knocks the helmet off Konstantin Gorovikov with one blow.

Lokomotiv Vs SKA, 2017

A fresh fight from the last Gagarin Cup, in which Yaroslavl's Lokomotiv did not want to concede to the tournament favorite. In an equal fight, refereeing errors came to the fore, which heated up the nerves of the game and eventually resulted in an epic fight between several players at once. Three bright fights, which, of course, individually could have ended up in reviews of the best hockey fights, but together they created simply a masterpiece.

“Vityaz” Vs “Avangard”, 2010

It was simply impossible to do without “Vityaz” in this selection. Many people remember this battle, and its individual moments are still savored to this day. Already during the roll-out, the first rudiments of the future battle flared up, and the fight itself had to wait a few minutes. The air seemed to be saturated with gasoline, and all it took was a small flame to ignite. As a result, already at the beginning of the game, Svitov met Vero and away we go. The fight took place in in full force, not without the participation of Jaromir Jagr himself. As soon as one fight ended, another would break out during the next shift. The referees unsuccessfully tried to return the match to the normal course of the game, issuing disciplinary fines one after another, but in the end the game simply had to be canceled, since there were simply no players left in the lineups of both teams to take to the ice. Not only all the reserve players took part in the fights, but even those who had already been removed jumped onto the ice again and rushed into the thick of things. By the way, the return game went even better - already in the 6th second of the game, the Vityaz tough guys rushed at the first link of Avangard, causing quite serious injuries to the leading players of the opponent.

Artyukhin Vs Brennan, 2011

Well, what would it be like without Artyukhin. Many players in the KHL were afraid of this thug, but Kip Brennan was not afraid and actively started the fight, but when it seemed that in another second Artyukhin would fall, everything turned upside down. The case when both opponents looked decent.

"Ak Bars" Vs "Tractor", 2008

The score was 7-5 in favor of Ak Bars, half a minute left, the Kazan team had a double penalty - it seemed that nothing foreshadowed a massive brawl. However, the guests knocked the puck home and were already off to celebrate the goal when the referees ruled that the goal had been cancelled. Nerves could not stand it, and local mutual pushes grew into an ice battle, in which more and more new conflicts broke out, and even goalkeepers took an active part in the fight. The video is also worth watching for the young Nazarov with a hairstyle like Dima Bilan. It was 2008 – one of the best periods in Russian history.

Alexey Zhdakhin Vs Andrey Razin, 2015

It’s not only the KHL that keeps domestic hockey alive, because in the VHL there are also interesting stories. In 2015, Andrei Razin had not yet endeared himself to some of the neutral fans of Russia with his approach to training and directness in judgment, but worked modestly in the Izhstal team. In the semi-finals, having come to visit THC, the coach decided to cheer up the relaxed team using his example. With the score 0-2 in favor of THC, a fight between the coaches took place, with bare skin to the waist and some of the most striking footage in the history of the VHL. Perhaps this is what allowed Razin to end up in the KHL next season. By the way, the coach’s example had a positive effect on the team, which at the end of the game snatched a victory with a score of 3-2.

Lokomotiv Vs Avangard, 2005

A local brute force against the legendary Jaromir Jagr became the catalyst for a battle between all the players on both teams. Even the second goalkeepers decided to sort things out, although Sokolov never managed to pull his young opponent off the bench. A fight that is impossible to even describe. You just need to turn it on and watch.

"Ak Bars" Vs "Vityaz", 2012

Although it’s better to call this fight Panin vs. Posnov. This was the third fight in the match, but it turned out to be the most epic. Truly clear boxing blows at the beginning turned into a fight on the ground, and it all ended with a circle in an embrace with the judges.

“Vityaz” Vs “Tractor”, 2011

The beginning of the 2010s was the time when the Moscow region “Vityaz” secretly bore the title of a team of tough guys, who became famous for their fights much more than the game of hockey itself. Can you guess at once who was the head coach of the team at that time? Well, of course, Andrey Nazarov. “Vityaz” did not play hockey very well at that time, so the opponents were not afraid for final result on the scoreboard, but were very worried about the health of their own hockey players. It was the issue of protecting leading players that was the main thing for all mentors before the game with Vityaz. Chelyabinsk "Traktor" calmly finished the away game, winning 5-1, and it seemed that a fight had been avoided when, less than a minute before the end of the game, "Vityaz" confirmed its image. Vivid fist fights sprinkled blood on the ice in Podolsk, and highlight became a full-fledged duel of goalkeepers, in which Matt Dalton still defeated Kevin Garnett, who fought with dignity.

This selection could not do without Alexander Svitov, who fights about as often as he scores pucks. From all the variety of Svitov’s fights, we chose the fight in the match “Avangard” - “Ak Bars”, in which Svitov simply knocked out Alexei Emelin by one wicket.

Dynamo Vs Ak Bars, 2007

Not even the most best quality A rather old video does not allow us to ignore this fight, in which an enraged Vadim Shakhraichuk alternately collided with three Ak Bars players: Nikulin, Tereshchenko and Stepanov. This is the case when the saying “Don’t fall for the hot hand” clearly applies.

6 KHL players who can punish Ryspaev

Tough guy “Barys” Damir Ryspayev (21 years old, height 187 cm, weight 92 kg) beat three hockey players from the Chinese “Kunlun” and wanted to fight with them on the bench. The KHL has already suspended Ryspaev from preseason matches, and Match TV names six people who are capable of punishing Damir more seriously than the league.

Sergey Orlov, Avangard. 18 years old. Height 191 cm, weight 94 kg.

One of the most victimized teams in the league finally has big fists: 18-year-old Omsk graduate Sergei Orlov is at Avangard on a two-way contract. So far he has little experience playing, much less fighting, in professional hockey: last season he didn’t even play 10 matches for the Omsk Hawks in the youth league, but he managed to fight once. But Orlov has been training in MMA for four years in the gym of fighter Alexander Shlemenko - and this year he even won the city tournament. Sergei said that he was interested in a fight with Ryspaev and expressed hope that there would be a person on the team who would explain the details of the hockey fight. And there is such a person: Dmitry Ryabykin has been working at the Avangard headquarters since this year. Ryabykin was not a super fighter, but he never ran away from the most dangerous fights: while his teammates preferred to cover their heads with their hands and fall to their knees, Dmitry fought against both Alexander Yudin and Brandon Sugden.

Possibility of defeating Ryspaev: 30 percent. Sergei's only fight in the MHL lasted eight seconds. Orlov is too raw for such an opponent: his chance is to knock Ryspaev down with the first blows. If the fight drags on a little, Ryspaev will win: in a fight he has better balance on his skates and he will probably grab his opponent’s sweater better.

When can they meet: August 27 (Omsk), December 28 (Astana), February 18 (Astana).

Evgeny Artyukhin, “Siberia”. 33 years old. Height 196 cm, weight 117 kg.

Evgeny Artyukhin most likely won the fight against Ryspaev in 2015 (although Damir had the best and most accurate blow of the fight), but it’s unlikely that he has fun remembering that game. Artyukhin was released in the first shift, he got into a fight with Ryspaev - and never appeared on the site again. His playing time was 10 seconds.

Text: Alexander Lyutikov

They always talk about Ak Bars as a defensive team, but I don’t agree with this opinion. We just have a balance between attack and defense. But there is no pronounced advantage towards defense or attack.

This season, both matches with SKA for Ak Bars turned out to be very interesting. Which game was harder: at the start of the season in St. Petersburg or in winter in Kazan?

It was harder in winter game. Although the break was beneficial, after it it was difficult to get into the rhythm of the game. Well, these teams always have great matches. It’s good that both times this season we were luckier – we won twice in shootouts.

In the game against SKA in Kazan, Ak Bars played overtime for the first time this season in the new three-on-three format. There was an interesting moment when a player from St. Petersburg was sent off, you were playing four-on-three, the opponent’s penalty had expired, he went on the ice and both teams were simply in a stupor: continue playing four-on-four or return to the truncated format...

This often happens when something new appears. There was a little confusion among the players, but the coaches quickly suggested everything from the bench. The referees also got involved and explained that in such situations the game simply continues until the whistle in a four-on-four format, and then switches back to three-on-three. But there really was a fuss. My opinion: overtime in this format is more interesting. Teams have more free ice– more chances to score a goal. In the game with us, SKA showed a good idea specifically for this format. The player from the far bench tried to quickly run into the lead.

Lokomotiv head coach Alexei Kudashov recently expressed the opinion that in the KHL overtime in this format will not be as spectacular as in the NHL.

Perhaps he's right. After all, look, we have a larger platform. Overseas, they play more in the zones of both teams, the puck is quickly transferred from one zone to another. Our attacks are more protracted.

“Thanks to Gimaev and Hitchcock”

Ending now in Canada youth championship peace. What memories do you have from this tournament when you played there in the early 2000s?

What we managed to win in 2002. And it was always difficult there, especially in the matches with Canada. They lost in the final, but were able to turn the tide of the decisive match and win. Those emotions cannot be expressed in words.

- A year earlier, the World Cup was remembered not for the victory, but for the brawl with Switzerland...

Yes, in 2001, I, Kovalchuk and Yegor Shastin had a fight with them. They took seventh place then. A year later we played Switzerland again and got into trouble with them again.

In general, your career can be called successful: there is a championship with teams of different ages, there is a championship in Russia. But your career in the NHL did not work out, although you were the third pick in the 2001 draft.

There is no one reason why it didn’t work out there. When I was drafted, I missed a year. There was a story with the army, when Stanislav Chistov and I were sent to the barracks. Played three games during the season. Thanks to Sergei Nailyevich Gimaev, who then took us to the second CSKA team and gave us the opportunity to play. Although we were under special control and Stas and I were forbidden to play everywhere.

As for the NHL, he immediately went to a coach who eventually dispersed all the Russian hockey players from his team. When I first arrived there, they told me that I wouldn’t get much playing time: 6-7 minutes per game maximum.

Should I just fight every match? I never considered myself a fighter and never do. All situations are game situations. In general, I will say this: in my career I myself have never started a single fight first. Never.

- Because of his size, he was immediately signed up as a power forward.

Yes, I played in the fourth line with local fighters.

- In what year did you decide that the issue with the NHL was finally closed?

When he returned to Russia in 2007 and signed a contract with Avangard. Although Ken Hitchcock ( head coach“Columbus” in the 2006/2007 season – approx.) he called me for several more months, calling me back. He was clearly determined to get me back.

- There are legends about his relationship with Russian hockey players...

I don’t know about others, but I somehow got along with him right away. Quite a democratic specialist, he let me play a lot. There was maximum trust on his part, he tried to reveal my best sides, thanks to him for this.

Each coach has his own vision for each player. This is not only the case in the NHL - there are also many similar stories in Russia when coaches do not see certain players on their team. Personally, everything was fine with Hitchcock, I only had pleasant memories.

Now I’m happy with everything in Kazan. As for my playing career, I will play as much as I have the strength to do. As long as I am useful and meet the interests of the team, I will go on the ice.

- Did you part with the Omsk club management in 2010 on bad terms?

It’s just that the club, apparently, didn’t want to leave me. And with the management itself I have always had good relationship. It turned out to be a purely working moment: they didn’t extend me - I was looking new team. Many people mistakenly say that I myself left Avangard then.

Was the decision to move from Ufa to Kazan in 2013 easy or were there any barriers due to rivalry between the clubs?

There is nothing to hide - there were doubts. There were other proposals then. But I talked with Zinetula Bilyaletdinov, who at that time headed the Russian national team, and Valery Belov, who took over the Kazan club, and the decision was made immediately. When the coaching staff itself shows trust, it spurs me on. I no longer thought about other clubs and signed a contract with Ak Bars.

- Did you feel that in Ufa they reacted coldly to the transition to the camp of a principal rival?

Maybe there was something like that, but no one will say it to your face, right? And so, any transition causes discontent. It's impossible to please everyone, but that's the life of an athlete. There is no escape from negativity.

“In champion Ufa we enjoyed the game”

If you go back ten years ago, to the age of 24, has much changed in terms of hockey in preparation for matches, for example?

Over the past 7-10 years, nothing much has changed. Warm-up always follows the same plan and depends on which muscles need to be stretched. Pah-pah-pah, this year there were no injuries. Now there are no sores that greatly interfere with playing. Yes, in some places it started to hurt a little more with age. But everything passes. It will hurt and stop.

- When did you realize that it was useless to insert the front teeth?

When I started losing them. This happened in Ufa first. About five years ago, during training, a player from his own team knocked out half a tooth with a hockey stick.

I am pleased that there are always those who support and do not forget. I always bring a bag of gifts from Omsk. We played there in the fall - I brought a pillow. The guys knitted it themselves, with a number, with decorations, with a bow.

- Who did it come from?

From Oleg Saprykin. We were then put on the same level. I had to put a pin. Then time passes, I’m already at Ak Bars. We played in Omsk two years ago: I lay down under the puck and caught it with my beard, lip, teeth - everything I could. As a result, I tore my lip, broke the entire previous pin at the root, and came to the understanding that there was no point in installing a new one.

- And in that match, from whom did it come?

From Dan Kulyash.

- Which season do you remember most? Championship with “Salavat Yulaev”?

Yes, that season can be put on its own. But it’s not just the championships that remain in the memory, of course. I remember the final of 2001, when I played in Avangard against Magnitogorsk. Then the confrontation between Omsk and Magnitogorsk reached a new level, there was outrageous excitement, constant fights between the clubs. Even though our team lost that final, those games will be remembered for a long time. I would also note the final against Ak Bars in 2006. Here, in Kazan, I will also highlight the final. We failed to beat SKA in 2015, but the games were memorable.

There was a story with the army, when Stanislav Chistov and I were sent to the barracks. Played three games during the season. Thanks to Sergei Nailyevich Gimaev, who then took us to the second CSKA team and gave us the opportunity to play.

- How can you characterize that “Salavat Yulaev” of 2011?

Was very strong team, a close-knit team, everyone fought for each other. I think that it was the friendship within the team that decided a lot. Plus coaching ideas. Everything that the coaching staff said, we did, and everything worked out on the ice. We played for our own pleasure - we enjoyed hockey, and we also won the Gagarin Cup at the end of the season.

In the championship locker room, the first thing you said was that you dedicate the victory to heaven, to one hockey player with number seven...

We communicated very well with Alexey Cherepanov. I still keep in touch with his father now. Let's call each other. More often, of course, he calls me and asks how I’m doing. He now lives in Omsk in the apartment where Lyokha lived.

We had friendly relations in that Avangard between me, Cherepanov, Antokha Kuryanov and Slava Belov. You could often see the four of us somewhere together. Now, as soon as I come to Omsk, I always go to Cherepanov’s grave. You pass not far - Sanya Vyukhin is buried. Leonid Georgievich Kiselev there. Everyone is in the same cemetery, literally tens of meters from each other.

“I never considered myself a fighter”

- What can you say about the current Ak Bars?

I like our current team for its unity and organization. Plus we always try to follow the coach’s instructions. Hence the result, probably.

- As a captain, do you often have to raise your voice in the locker room?

There are always different situations. Somewhere you need to shout out, somewhere, on the contrary, to defuse the atmosphere, somewhere to start a team. I try to cheer up the guys in every game both on the bench and in the locker room. The main thing is to be positive.

From the outside it seems that the team has loosened up. Including in game moments, for example, in attack - you score a lot.

I wouldn't say that we score a lot. Moments were always created. Another question is how they were implemented. They always talk about Ak Bars as a defensive team, but I don’t agree with this opinion. We just have a balance between attack and defense. But there is no pronounced advantage towards defense or attack.

We played in Omsk two years ago: I lay down under the puck and caught it with my beard, lip, teeth - everything I could. As a result, I tore my lip, broke the entire previous pin at the root, and came to the understanding that there was no point in installing a new one.

- Do you see your maximum benefit on the ice in the creative or so-called “checker” units?

I don't care. Wherever they tell me to play, that’s where I’ll be. I try to find mutual understanding with any partners. We can say that I feel comfortable everywhere. And about the benefits for the team - this is to coaching staff. Whatever they decide, so it will be.

- As a captain, do you rule the music in the locker room?

We don't have one DJ. (Smiles.) Sometimes I stage, sometimes other guys do. When I do, I try to load up on club music before games. Something faster, more dynamic to get you going.

How do you deal with criticism? There are many journalists and fans in Kazan who say that Svitov is no longer the same. He doesn’t fight, which means he doesn’t fight for the team...

Everyone has their own opinion. Whoever sees what he thinks, says it. I am absolutely calm about this. There is no single truth, truth.

Understand, as a hockey player, I try to do everything on the ice that I did fifteen, ten, and five years ago. How people perceive it is another question. Well, should I just fight every match? I never considered myself a fighter and never do. All situations are game situations. In general, I will say this: in my career I myself have never started a single fight first. Never.

We communicated very well with Alexey Cherepanov. I still keep in touch with his father now. Let's call each other. More often, of course, he calls me and asks how I’m doing. He now lives in Omsk in the apartment where Lyokha lived.

- Even in the very first, memorable one, with Oleg Mikulchik, when you were still a mask wearer?

Yes, I didn’t want to fight there at all. We played with Magnitogorsk. I actually went to separate my Avangard partner, Canadian Chris Coveney, and the opposing player. I saw them pushing, I wanted to separate them different sides, but it turned out that I got into a fight. (Smiles.) Experienced Mikulchik did not like my behavior, he grabbed me by the mask and tried to pull me off, so I responded. After the game, Oleg himself came up to me and said: “Sanya, good job.”

This year, right at the start of the season, I had to take off my leggings because I got into a fight in a match with Medvescak. What was there?

The first match of the season was for me. We fought with Alexander Bolduc. I was passing the ball, and then he flew into me. And he didn’t play to the body, but knee to knee. It’s good that I managed to remove my leg, otherwise it would have come off. Basically, a game moment, emotions. I missed two starting games team, and then came out. Maybe somewhere emotions overwhelmed me, but I had to fight. They fought and fought, no big deal.

“I’m bringing a bag of gifts from Omsk”

Last season, your contract with Ak Bars was ending, which was extended in April for exactly a year. What will happen next spring?

I won't guess. All thoughts are about this season, the team faces certain tasks - they need to be solved. Everything depends on me only as a player and only on the ice. Last year, my agent worked with the Kazan club regarding an extension - mutual understanding was found.

Both my wife and I like everything in Kazan. The club provides an excellent base. Children here go to school: study, train. My son plays hockey at the Ak Bars Youth Sports School, born in 2008. My daughter took up dancing. Last year I tried to play volleyball.

- Recently, Ekaterina Gamova’s school opened in Kazan.

Perhaps my daughter will be interested.

And yet, you are 34 years old, a decent age for hockey. Earlier in an interview they said that they would not mind finishing their career in their native Omsk...

I’m not worrying about this right now. As it turns out, so it turns out. I repeat, now everything suits me in Kazan. As for my playing career, I will play as much as I have the strength to do. As long as I am useful and meet the interests of the team, I will go on the ice.

I remember the final of 2001, when I played in Avangard against Magnitogorsk. Then the confrontation between Omsk and Magnitogorsk reached a new level, there was outrageous excitement, constant fights between the clubs.

- Do Omsk fans greet you warmly when you come there for an away game?

Yes, we communicate with many during the season. I am pleased that there are always those who support and do not forget. I always bring a bag of gifts from Omsk. We played there in the fall - I brought a pillow. The guys knitted it themselves, with a number, with decorations, with a bow.

- Do you still start preparing for the new season in Omsk every summer?

In recent years, I’ve been in America more in the summer, with my family, so I start preparing for the season there. I train in Miami: jogging, gym. I manage to stay in Omsk for a week or a week and a half. We ride there with the Omsk guys. We take off the ice and start training at the skating rink.

There was a situation when a fan in Omsk left a message right on the car after an unsuccessful game. Then you even had to write a response on the Avangard guest book...

Yes, it happened. But I remember with a smile. He answered not out of malice then. In general, it is impossible to be offended by Omsk fans for long.

Dossier

Alexander Nikolaevich Svitov

Career: “Avangard” (Omsk) – 1999-2002; CSKA-2 (Moscow) – 2001/2002; Tampa Bay (NHL) – 2002-2004; Columbus (NHL) – 2003/2004; “Syracuse” (AHL) – 2004/2005; “Avangard” (Omsk) – 2005/2006; Columbus (NHL) – 2006/2007; “Avangard” (Omsk) – 2007/2010; “Salavat Yulaev” (Ufa) – 2010/2013; "Ak Bars" (Kazan) - since 2013.

Achievements: winner of the Gagarin Cup (2011), world champion (2012), world youth champion (2002), silver medalist Junior World Championship (2000), silver medalist of the Russian Championship (2001, 2006), silver medalist of the KHL (2015).

As Golubev said, he and Khlystov have personal scores to settle. This is the Tatar-Bashkir derby. True, the former “leopard” failed to prove himself in the fight. He survived, but did not land a single blow.

OSCAR OSALA (“METALLURG” MG) – ENVER LISIN (“ADMIRAL”)

Osala and Lisin are hot-tempered guys, so they calmly agreed on a fight. Finn emerged victorious, but we still need to mention Lisin, who was noticeably inferior to his opponent in size.

JONATHAN SIGALET (“SLOVAN”) – OLEG GUBIN (“SIBERIA”)

The Sibir players rightly decided to punish Slovan defender Sersen for rudeness, as a result of which a mass brawl broke out. Oleg Gubin found himself at the epicenter of the fight, and his opponent was Sigalet. Not to say that Gubin lost the fight, but in this whole mess it was he who was the most unlucky.

MIKHAIL FISENKO (“AMUR”) – VALERY VASILIEV (“AVANTGARDE”)

As a fighter, we know Fisenko well from his fight with Mikhail Pashnin. Then Fisenko knocked out his namesake. He also won the fight against Valery Vasiliev. If it weren’t for the judges who found a moment to intervene in the fight, the Avangard defender would have had a hard time.

SERGEY SENTYURIN (“METALLURG” NK) – EVGENY GRACHEV (“LOKOMOTIVE”)

Firstly, Sentyurin and Grachev started the battle very beautifully. Secondly, they finished it like a man. The fight itself turned out to be equal: Sentyurin hit hard with the first blow, but Grachev did not fall, and then even went on a counter-offensive.

DAMIR RYSPAYEV (“BARYS”) – NIKOLAY BELOV (“NEFTEKHIMIK”)

At 19 years old, Damir Ryspayev is so fearless that he is ready to challenge several opponents at once. In the game with Neftekhimik, he took turns putting Belov and Bryntsev on the ice, and then was not averse to continuing to sort things out with any player from the opposing team.

STANISLAV ALSHEVSKY (“NEFTECHEMIK”) – ALEXEY PEPELYAEV (“YUGRA”)

Pepelyaev did not treat Yaroslav Alshevsky according to the rules, and his brother Stanislav immediately stood up for him. A beautiful act, but very adventurous. After all, Alshevsky weighs 23 kilograms less than Pepelyaev, and for a fist fight this is a very significant difference. Nevertheless, Stanislav remained on his feet and even landed several blows himself.

ILYA KABLUKOV (SKA) – ATTE OKHTAMAA (“YOKERIT”)

In Helsinki, SKA lost to Jokerit, in addition to this, Kapanen broke Kovalchuk’s nose, so at some point the army captain lost his temper and unreasonably tried to take out his anger on his opponent. Korpikari refused to fight, and Okhtamaa eventually fell into the hands of Kablukov, who quickly threw his opponent onto the ice, pulled his playing sweater over his head, and then, it seemed, even wanted to throw him into the ippon.

NIKOLAI LEMTYUGOV (“AVANTGARDE”) – KONSTANTIN RUDENKO (“BARYS”)

Lemtyugov is quite a militant guy. It is after training that Nikolai can sing the song “Lova Lova” in the locker room, but on the ice he is not so cheerful and, if something happens, he is able to stand up for himself. In the game against Barys, the Avangard striker challenged Blokhin, but Rudenko stood up for him. The opponents exchanged a series of savory blows, which resulted in a broken eyebrow for the Barys player.

ALEXANDER SVITOV (“AK BARS”) – DAMIR RYSPAYEV (“BARYS”)

When Damir Ryspaev grabbed Alexander Svitov by the game jersey, he already understood that he would not refuse a fight. And if Svitov throws off his gloves, then it’s always a show. Ryspaev held out in battle for almost a full minute. Considering how it developed, this is a feat. Speaking in boxing language, Ryspayev survived all 12 rounds, but completely lost the fight on points. During this time, Svitov made more than 30 strikes. Not all of them reached their goal, and the helmet saved student Andrei Nazarov from serious damage.

Svitov appreciated the tenacity of the 19-year-old tough guy, but... Why was it necessary to throw a young guy under a tank?

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