Coaches, players engage in massive bench-clearing brawl after playoff game in German D III League

Playoff hockey is the most intense kind of hockey, regardless of whether it's NHL playoff hockey or men's league playoff hockey.

Everything ramps up when so much is on the line, from intensity, to emotion, to the willingness to do anything to help your team win.

On Sunday after a game between Hannover and Herner EV, teams in a German Division III league, tensions boiled over as players and coaches engaged in a massive bench-clearing brawl.

Whenever the goalies get involved, you know things are serious.

Hannover won the game 2-1, but we imagine the fight will have both teams amped up for the next game.

(H/T: /r/hockey)