I was watching that game at that point, and they had been messing with Briere for quite some time before he rearranged Neilsen's face. He still deserves the 3 games he got for it, because it was completely premeditated.
The real chicken shit play though was Carcillo coming in and leveling Neilsen after he had already been hit by Briere. Typical Carcillo.
And by some miracle, it doesn't sound like Hunter is going to get anything for his hit. Even though the 15 PIMs was about 15 more than he should have received anyway.
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