REPORT: Player facing LIFETIME ban for ALL leagues after kicking referee in the head

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Ryan
November 21, 2022 (10:21 PM)

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Over the weekend a video was going viral of a player from a Russian hockey league violently assaulted a referee by two-hand swinging his stick at him and proceeding to kick him with his skate after.

It was released yesterday that the referee suffered broken ribs, jaw, facial bone.

The league issued a lifetime ban for this player, which is the second time he has received this in his career.

UPDATE:
Lifetime league ban for Rizin.
This will be his 2nd lifetime league ban.

A few years ago he did this to a referee in another league: https://t.co/mOrEd5YdIF pic.twitter.com/OvX379ZEx4� Hockey News Hub (@HockeyNewsHub) November 20, 2022

The player's name is Nikolay Rizin, and has now received two life-time bans from hockey leagues, and this second league is making sure something like this never happens again.

The league is filing some paperwork with the Russian Federation to have Rizin banned from all leagues across Russia.

FINALLY HAD ENOUGH OF THIS GUY
Nikolay Rizin has been banned from the league.

They are now applying to the Russian Hockey Federation to have him banned from all competitions in Russia. Good. https://t.co/mOrEd5YdIF pic.twitter.com/l6woTWHSw7� Hockey News Hub (@HockeyNewsHub) November 21, 2022

Nikolay Rizin is not considered a top prospect or even a prospect, but someone who loves the game of hockey and was given a second chance with another league after assaulting a referee in his last one, should have thought about his actions a lot more before assaulting another ref.