Teen girl breaks hockey stick over rival

An Under 16s world ice-hockey tournament has made headlines for all the wrong reasons after a Russian player's vicious attack on an American rival.

The sides were locked in an intense arm wrestle in the annual event when Svetlana Starovoytova of Russia's Spartak team took umbrage to a heavy challenge.Even though the referee had stopped play, Starovoytova still took matters into her own hands, attacking West Coast Selects defender Hannah Bates with her stick.She hit Bates so hard over the helmet that her stick broke on impact, drawing gasps from onlookers.Incredibly, Bates was okay and was able to continue playing."Shoutout to Warrior for making Russian-proof helmets that saved me from a concussion," she tweeted afterwards.Starovoytova was immediately thrown out of the game, with Bates' team going on to win the tournament for the third successive year.