They retaliated a few minutes later and got a penalty in the game, they didn't do much when the actual hit happened which was pretty weak. If someone did that to Tage or Tuch we'd be swarming or at least I'd hope so.
You do realize he was skating very fast towards his target, it's not like you can stop on a dime, he was hitting his target regardless. Those types of hits were considered weak back in the 80's 90's.