Crazed coach attacks referee at youth hockey game.

We have all heard our fair share of horror stories from youth sports and more specifically from youth hockey events, and unfortunately we now have yet another example of how emotions can get the better of people in situations that really should not warrant that kind of an emotional response.

A video has making the rounds on social media over the last several hours and according to the person that has made it available it is a video that showcases an event that took place at a youth hockey game in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Now to be fair to all of the parties involved we do not know what went on prior to the camera being turned on, but that being said there are very few things that could possibly justify this kind of a reaction and frankly if any of those things had happened I would like to believe that the context would have been included prior to the video being published. 

Getting in to the content of the video itself we see what people are claiming is a youth hockey coach engaging in a vicious assault of an on-ice official, an assault that by all accounts was initiated by the youth hockey coach in question and one that should likely lead to criminal charges if it was indeed entirely unprovoked. In the video we see the coach come out onto the ice, already a problem, and he promptly spits in the face of an official who understandably retaliates by pushing the coach away from him. This then causes the coach to fall and it appears that this is the moment that truly sends him into a frenzy, likely having his ego bruised after falling flat on his rear due to the shove from the official.

The coach then proceeds to fire off several punches at the official, including throwing some big overhand punches and even an uppercut as the official tries to cover up and avoid the conflict. Towards the end of the video we see a second man step out onto the ice in an effort to break up the altercation, but we don't know how this one ends. 

We will continue to search for additional details regarding this story and we will bring you updates as we find them.

Update: A second video shows the start of the incident, including the coach repeatedly slamming the door and spitting on the referee.