Things were far from sweet on the ice in \u201cThe Sweetest Place on Earth,\u201d when a \u201cMites on Ice\u201d game in Hershey, Pennsylvania, descended into an all-out brawl on Saturday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The \u201cMites on Ice\u201d game was taking place between periods of an AHL game between the Hershey Bears and the Cleveland Monsters at Giant Center, when players from the Central Penn Panthers Youth Ice Hockey Club started fighting each other.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mite players are considered kids aged 8 and under.<\/p>\n
Video from the game showed multiple players trying to fight each other, with a player in a blue jersey taking an opposing player down to the ice and punching him in the helmet before teammates of the player in the white jersey came to his aid.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Other players in blue jerseys joined the fray, and eventually the white team\u2019s goaltender came bumrushing into the picture.<\/p>\n
A \u201cMites on Ice\u201d game was taking place between periods of an AHL game between the Hershey Bears and the Cleveland Monsters at Giant Center, when players from the Central Penn Panthers Youth Ice Hockey Club started fighting each other. \u201d X \/ @allieberube<\/p>\n
At no point in the one-minute video did any officials or adults attempt to break up the fracas, and toward the end of the footage, it looked as though some of the mites had turned their attention back to the puck.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In a statement Sunday, the Central Penn Panthers Youth Ice Hockey Club said they were aware of the incident at Saturday night\u2019s game and that they were \u201cconducting an internal review to understand the circumstances surrounding the incident.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The organization asked for \u201cpatience and understanding\u201d as it looked into the situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A \u201cMites on Ice\u201d game was taking place between periods of an AHL game between the Hershey Bears and the Cleveland Monsters at Giant Center, when players from the Central Penn Panthers Youth Ice Hockey Club started fighting each other. \u201c
X \/ @allieberube<\/p>\n
The Central Penn Panthers are based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and have teams that range in age from 4 to 18.\u00a0<\/p>\n