However the news was much worse for Collingwood with star midfielder Brodie Holland facing the prospect of missing nearly a quarter of next season after being hit with one of the heaviest suspensions this year.
While the panel cleared Chick over his bone-jarring bump on Sydney's Nick Malceski, Holland was not so lucky over his similar clash with Bulldog Brett Montgomery during Sunday's elimination final loss at the MCG.
Holland was offered a five-match suspension by the panel but if not for his previous poor record would have only been facing a three-match ban.
The panel assessed the incident as intentional conduct, high impact, in play and high contact - which equates to a base points tally of 425 or a four-match ban.
But because Holland has served a total of five matches in suspensions in the past three years, his tally rose to 595 points and with another 96.88 residual points added on from another prior in the past 12 months, Holland's tally rose to a massive 691.88 points - or nearly a seven-match suspension.
It will be this tally he will be risking if he chooses to fight the panel's decision at the tribunal on Tuesday night but if the Magpies accept the charge and receive the 25 per cent points discount, Holland will end up with 518.91 points and a five-match sanction.
But that could still result in the Magpie star missing the first five rounds of the 2007 home and away season.
In clearing Chick, the panel decided that unlike Holland's bump on Montgomery, his bump on Malceski did not constitute a reportable offence.
The panel said Chick bumped Malceski just after the Sydney player handballed the ball with contact made to Malceski's chest and shoulder area.
"Although the contact was slightly late, the action was not considered a reportable offence and no further action was required," the panel said in clearing Chick.
However Chick, who is the Eagles' third most experienced finals player and who was influential in West Coast's second half fightback on Saturday night, will still have to prove his fitness for the clash with the Bulldogs after limping off with what appeared to be an ankle injury during the final quarter against the Swans.
The panel also gave the all-clear to two other incidents from the Swans' epic one point win over West Coast.
A clash between Sydney matchwinner Michael O'Loughlin and Eagle Adam Hunter from the first quarter was reviewed but given the all-clear after the panel ruled that although O'Loughlin made contact to Hunter's face, it was done as the Swans' star attempted to push himself up from the ground.
And West Coast's Brent Staker was cleared of striking Sydney's Adam Schneider after the panel ruled he had only pushed the Swans' goalsneak with an open hand.
The panel also offered St Kilda veteran Andrew Thompson a reprimand for rough conduct over his bump which caught Melbourne's Cameron Bruce high on Friday night while Melbourne defender Jared Rivers was hit with a $900 fine for wrestling.
St Kilda spearhead Fraser Gehrig was cleared of making contact to Ben Holland's neck area with the panel ruling his actions did not constitute a strike.
