Wild’s Ryan Hartman suspended 10 games for roughing Senators’ Tim Stutzle
The Minnesota Wild will be without forward Ryan Hartman for 10 games after the NHL Department of Player Safety handed him a suspension on Monday.
The Minnesota Wild will be without forward Ryan Hartman for 10 games after the NHL Department of Player Safety handed him a hefty suspension on Monday.
Hartman is facing discipline after a roughing incident against Ottawa Senators forward Tim Stutzle in their game on Saturday night.
The 10-game suspension is the first double-digit suspension for an on-ice incident since Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson received a 20-game ban for an illegal check to the head in 2018.
According to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, Hartman has 48 hours to decide if he wants to appeal. The first appeal would be to commissioner Gary Bettman and the second would be to an independent arbitrator.
The announcement of the suspension came after Hartman had an in-person hearing Monday afternoon.
The in-person hearing, as opposed to a phone call, offered the NHL the option to hand out a suspension of more than five games.
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Hartman was removed from the game against the Senators at the 20:00 mark of the second period after receiving a five-minute “attempt to injure” match penalty for the action against Stutzle.
After the puck was dropped while the two were lined up for a faceoff, Hartman brought Stutzle down and pushed his head into the ice. The whistle was blown immediately, and Hartman was taken out of the game.
“It is important to note that this is not a hockey play,” the NHL said in its video explanation of the suspension. “Hartman contends that he is attempting to use his hand to regain his balance using Stützle for support and that their fall to the ice is accidental. We disagree.”
“With Stutzle bent low and focused on winning the draw, Hartman chooses to take advantage of a vulnerable player in an unacceptable fashion. Hartman intentionally uses his forearm and body weight to drive Stutzle’s head directly into the ice from a height, which makes this play inherently dangerous and unacceptable.”
Stutzle had to be examined by the Senators’ medical team after the play as he was bleeding from a cut above his eye. He remained in the game.
Hartman has previously been suspended four times in his 11-year NHL career, with the last coming on April 1, 2024, after throwing his stick at officials.
The 30-year-old has seven goals and 10 assists in 47 games this season for the Wild.
Hartman is forfeiting $487,805 in salary as part of his 11th instance of supplemental discipline in 663 regular-season and playoff games since debuting in 2015.
