Tuukka Mantyla banned for 2 games

In the 20th minute of Tuesday’s game in Novokuznetsk between Metallurg and Amur Khabarovsk, visiting defenseman Tuukka Mantyla received a major plus game misconduct penalty (5+20 minutes) for checking to the head and neck area after aiming a deliberate blow to the head of home forward Vladimir Malinovsky. After studying the incident, the KHL Disciplinary Committee upheld the referee’s decision and has suspended Mantyla for two games.