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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
Mange was probably interpreted as poorly aimed shove and mixed with him falling forward and instinctively pushing out with his hands while his legs were tangled with the other player. That resulted in cross-checking the neck but was not seen as maliciously intended on a nothing play. Andersson was a leap off his skates into a headshot.
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This is well describe but probably irrelevant.
Whether the victim was injured or not seems the be the main determining factor for these suspensions. Laine was out.
Also it happening in the 1st period nearly counts as a game where as if Andersson wasn't suspended enough, he would have served a 0 minute penalty.