A 10-year-old hockey player went ballistic and attacked 2 officials in the middle of a match in Russia

• A 10-year-old hockey player went ballistic during a youth match in Russia recently.
• The goaltender protested a referee's decision by whacking the frame of the goal with his stick.

A 10-year-old hockey player went ballistic and attacked two officials in the middle of a youth match in Russia.

Artemi Akshumov, a goaltender for the Ekaterinburg Youth Sports School team, punched one official and hit another with his stick during the shocking scenes that unfolded at a children's tournament in Kurganovo, near Ekaterinburg.

A commentator can be heard laughing in the highlight clip below, and those laughs only become more pronounced as the youngster's violence gets replayed again and again.

According to Russia Today, it happened as Akshumov reacted negatively to being penalized.

One official slapped Akshumov with a penalty for tripping, and the player protested by whacking the frame of the goal with his stick.

His frustrations only escalated from there as he appeared to attack an opponent, punched one official, and then hit another over the head with his stick. Akshumov's team was trailing heavily by a 10-1 score at the time.

The incident may have gone unnoticed but the former KHL player Nikita Shchitov, 38, amplified it by posting a video on his Telegram channel.

Watch the video right here:

State-owned website RT claimed the player tallied 47 penalty minutes in total during the tournament.