Avalanche's Josh Manson Sparks Game 4 Feud After 5-2 Win Over Wild

7 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 12

Colorado's 5-2 Game 4 win was overshadowed by Josh Manson's first-period butt-ending of Minnesota forward Michael McCarron, an incident that spilled into a postgame war of words.
A review gave Manson a four-minute double-minor after he struck McCarron with the butt end of his stick while the two wrestled following a hard check; the Wild scored on the ensuing power play.
McCarron said the play was a butt-end to the face that should have drawn a five-minute major, while Manson said he lost awareness of his hand position but admitted he wanted to punch McCarron.
The clash adds more edge to a bruising second-round series as Colorado takes a 3-1 lead back to Denver for Game 5 and Minnesota faces elimination.

As this 'slugfest' series returns to Denver, will the butt-end incident lead to more violence or tighter officiating?

Will Josh Manson's admission of intent to harm lead to a suspension, or was the controversial double-minor penalty enough?