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Anthony Mantha made his season debut less than two months after his 22nd birthday. And the Detroit Red Wings big, talented forward did a lot of growing up along the way after that.
He learned all about fighting in the NHL by violating the unwritten code of hitting an opponent after he’s down on the ice — and paid for his mistake with a retaliation fight that resulted in a fractured finger.
He learned about the importance of forming good habits and being consistent throughout the NHL’s grind of a season — and paid for his lack of consistency with a late-season benching.