6:00 PM: The verdict is in and Mangiapane has been assessed a one-game suspension. In the video, it’s noted that the league accepted Mangiapane’s contention that he wasn’t intending to drive McCann’s head into the ice and acknowledged that the Flames forward didn’t use his full extension of arms or body weight. However, he was deemed to have full body control, resulting in the decision to suspend him. This is the first suspension of his career and he will forfeit just over $30K in salary.
12:05 PM: The NHL’s Department of Player Safety has announced that Calgary Flames forward Andrew Mangiapane will have a hearing today for cross-checking forward Jared McCann in last night’s game against the Seattle Kraken.
The incident in question occurred at a chaotic moment during yesterday’s 6-3 Flames victory, wherein Mangiapane and other Flames players were making a push in the offensive zone, trying to get a goal past a scrambling Seattle netminder.
Mangiapane fired a backhander towards an open net that was promptly blocked by McCann, who as part of his block slid towards Mangiapane. The puck appeared to stay with McCann after the block, and, in his search for the puck under McCann, Mangiapane delivered a cross-check to the head/neck area of McCann.
McCann immediately recoiled, a whistle was blown, and Mangiapane was assessed a match penalty with a standard 15 penalty minutes added to his record. Now, Mangiapane is facing supplemental discipline by the NHL’s Department of Player Safety and could end up missing games for the Flames.
Any Mangiapane suspension would be a major blow to the Flames, who count on the 27-year-old as one of their more consistent scorers. Mangiapane currently ranks second on the Flames with seven points in 11 games, and losing him for any amount of time would make it even more difficult for the team to climb out of the 3-7-1 hole it has found itself in to start the season.
4 to 6 games could be ending someone’s career with head/neck shots with that force….
That force? He barely leaned on him.
Yah that force any force on the neck area is playing with someone’s career. Give your head a shake…
Lol yeah he “barely” reached all the way over to crosscheck a guy in the back of the neck while he was lying face down on the ice… good point!
Apparently, “Mang” had the other NHL instruction booklet. How to dislodge a puck from a defending player – cross-check him in the head/neck area until it pops loose. The neck area isn’t indestructible. It wasn’t harmless, but it also not extreme, as McCann didn’t have to be stretchered off. Suspension worthy, but what will DoPeS do? Any comments, GP?
Well, NHL.com’s reporting a big-fat-hairy-deal one game suspension. Like that dope meme reads, “Legal, for a price!”
Thought the wheel of justice was stuck on 4
@pawtucket – Parros broke it loose with a strategic cross-check to the upper-body area. “Do as I say, not as I do”, says George.
Seems a little light compared to other suspensions handed out so far this season.