Andrei Nazarov suspended two games after attack on fans

07 Nov 2011 | Fredrik Pålsson

Vityaz Chekhov is known for their sometimes ugly game on ice but now also their coach has been suspended after attacking fans with a stick in Minsk.

Andrei Nazarov, coach of the KHL team Vityaz Chekhov has been suspended two games for an attack on the home team's fans when his team played away to Dinamo Minsk on Sunday.

After being upset with the guests roughly played game the fans throw items on to the ice and into the bench of Vityaz. Nazarov then went berserk and attacked the fans closest to the bench with a stick. Player Artemy Panarin was also suspended one game for his part of the attack.

You can see the attack on Youtube, and when you see the images you have to be a bit surprise that Nazarov was only suspended two games.

Dynamo Minsk was also fined for deficiencies in the security arrangements around the game.

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