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Watch KHL player fight twice in one shift (Video)

Two fights in one shift on the ice? No problem in the KHL.

Away from the play, Damir Ryspayev of Barys and Nikolai Belov of Neftekhimik start going at it. Ryspayev gets a couple good shots in as Belov drops to the ice and the linesmen jump in.

After ripping the two apart, Ryspayev skates towards his bench, with the linesman in tow. He takes one look at Alexander Bryntsev, grabs the player by the collar, and BOOM, the second fight commences. Bryntsev doesn't do much more than his teammate Belov did before falling to the ice.

Ryspayev appears ready to take on the entire Neftekhimik team as the poor linesman tries to hug him back to his own bench. Once he leaves the ice, he's given a fist bump by a guy in a suit who I'm going to guess is his coach. All in a days work.

For his troubles, Ryspayev is given five minutes for 'fisticuffs' (still the 1920's in Russia, apparently), and 20 minutes in game misconduct penalties. Not completely sure how the penalty structure works in the KHL, but 15 minutes after Ryspayev leaves the game he's given a four minute penalty for roughing.

As for his opponents, Belov earned two minutes and Bryntsev received four minutes for roughing. The latter must have had the extra two added on for a stink-eye given to Ryspayev inducing the fight.