"At a January 10 game between the AHL's Hershey Bears and Cleveland Monsters, under-8 players from the Central Penn Panthers Youth Ice Hockey Club took to the ice for what seemed to be another ordinary intra-squad scrimmage between periods of pro hockey. As the play went on, things changed quickly as the elementary schoolers decided to do their best Hanson Brothers impersonations and brawled all over the Giant Center ice."
"RMNB's Ian Oland, via Leah Hollenbach, and ABC27 News's Allie Berube posted the videos of the all-out melee. Instead of trying to score goals, the kids threw hits and gloved punches, tackled one another to form pileups on the ice, and then jumped on top of each other. Some of the fighting even included players getting in a few shots at their own teammates in the scrimmage."
"We are aware of a staged fight that occurred at the Hershey Bears (AHL) game involving a Pennsylvania 8U team. Affiliate, league, and club officials are investigating the matter and appropriate disciplinary action will be taken against those players and team officials involved with the staged fight. This intermission game was not sanctioned by USA Hockey or the Atlantic Amateur Hockey Association."
A now-viral brawl occurred during a Mites on Ice intermission at a January 10 Hershey Bears vs. Cleveland Monsters game. Under-8 players from the Central Penn Panthers Youth Ice Hockey Club engaged in an intra-squad scrimmage that devolved into fights, hits, gloved punches, pileups and players jumping on teammates. Videos of the melee were posted by RMNB's Ian Oland (via Leah Hollenbach) and ABC27 News's Allie Berube. Spectators largely reacted with amusement, but Atlantic Amateur Hockey Association officials criticized the lack of adult intervention and announced investigations and disciplinary consequences. The intermission was not sanctioned by USA Hockey or AAHA.
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