{"id":665235,"date":"2026-05-12T04:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T04:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/665235\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T04:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T04:00:08","slug":"wilds-mccarron-calls-avalanches-manson-a-dirty-player-after-butt-end-penalty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/665235\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild’s McCarron calls Avalanche’s Manson ‘a dirty player’ after butt-end penalty"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manson was assessed a five-minute major penalty in the first period of Game 4 after appearing to butt-end Minnesota Wild<\/a> forward Michael McCarron<\/a> as the two were tangled on the ice, but had the penalty reduced to a double minor upon review.<\/p>\n

Per NHL rule No. 58, butt-ending an opponent results in a major penalty and game misconduct \u2014 so, why did Manson only receive four minutes? <\/p>\n

Rule 58.2<\/a> stipulates that “A double minor penalty shall be imposed on a player who attempts to butt-end an opponent,” meaning a major penalty will only be assessed if the stick makes contact with the opponent.<\/p>\n

After a lengthy review, it appeared the officials could not determine conclusively if Manson’s stick made contact with McCarron, thus his major penalty was reduced to a double minor. <\/p>\n

McCarron did not mince words when voicing his displeasure over the reduced penalty in an interview with ESPN’s P.K. Subban <\/a>during the first intermission.<\/p>\n

“You’ve played against Josh, he’s a dirty player,” McCarron said. “He’s always been. Surprised he got away with only a four-minute (penalty). I’m happy he’s still in the game.”<\/p>\n

The Wild scored on the ensuing power play, but went on to lose 5-2 and now trail 3-1 in the series.<\/p>\n

As for Manson’s part in the play, the Avalanche defenceman said after the win that the butt-end wasn’t intentional, but admitted he was upset and had some bad intentions once the two hit the ice.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe hits me, but then he lands on me. I didn\u2019t really like that. …,” Manson said, per The Athletic’s Peter Baugh.<\/a> “I butt ended him. Was that on purpose? Was that my intention? Absolutely not. \u2026 Did I want to punch him in the head? I did want to punch him in the head.\u201d<\/p>\n

And what did Manson think about McCarron calling him a dirty player?<\/p>\n

“That\u2019s fine. If he wants to call me a dirty player he can look at my history,” Manson said. “It\u2019s been 13 years and I haven\u2019t been suspended yet, so obviously I\u2019m not that dirty. \u2026 Was that the cleanest play? No. Was it purposeful? No.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manson was assessed a five-minute major penalty in the first period of Game 4 after appearing to butt-end…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":665236,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-665235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}