Police dog bites player during ceremonial faceoff in KHL

I swear I've written dozens of 'only in Russia' articles for Hockey Feed, but this is the first one featuring an animal.

Prior to last night's KHL game between CSKA Moscow and Dynamo Minsk, the teams welcomed a member of Minsk's local police force complete with an attack dog. And... well... attack he did.

The dog's handler had a very difficult time trying to get the K9 under control for the ceremony and Dynamo's captain Andrei Stas made the very regrettable decision to try to pet the dog. The dog leapt up and crunched down on Stas' glove.

Check it out:

Now that I watch the video back, the dog even gave a bit of a nip to CSKA's captain, as well.

Again... only in Russia.