Damir Ryspayev

Damir Muratuly Ryspayev (Kazakh: Дамир Мұратұлы Ырыспаев, romanized: Damir Mūratūly Yryspaev; born 25 April 1995) is a Kazakh professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for Nomad Nur-Sultan of the Supreme Hockey League (VHL).[1]

Damir Ryspayev
Born (1995-04-25) 25 April 1995
Oskemen, Kazakhstan
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 203 lb (92 kg; 14 st 7 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Right
VHL team
Former teams		 Nomad Nur-Sultan
Barys Astana
Playing career 2014–present

Brawl vs Kunlun Red Star

On 8 August 2016, during an exhibition game against Kunlun Red Star, Ryspayev started a brawl that caused the game to get cancelled after just three minutes.[2] The brawl began when Ryspayev punched Tomáš Marcinko as he was checking him, and escalated when Ryspayev decided to attack the other Red Star players, seemingly at random.[2] Eventually, after trying to attack players on the Red Star bench, Ryspayev was ejected from the game with the rest of the game getting cancelled.[2] He was suspended by the KHL for the remainder of the exhibition season and faced a hearing for further discipline.[2] On 18 August 2016 Ryspayev received a lifetime ban from the league, with a representative of the league's Council of Directors stating that the league could not allow its rules to be "systematically and grotesquely violated".[3]

On December 27, 2017, the lifetime ban on Ryspayev was lifted.[4]

References
  1. "Damir Ryspayev". Kontinental Hockey League. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  2. "KHL Game Cancelled After Player Attacks Entire Team". Hockey Insiders. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  3. "Lifetime ban for Damir Ryspayev". en.khl.ru. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  4. "KHL player Damir Ryspayev has lifetime ban lifted". 27 December 2017.


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