The winger had a hearing with the league after being assessed a match penalty for pushing Tim Stützle’s face into the ice after a faceoff.

ST. PAUL - Wild forward Ryan Hartman was suspended by the NHL Department Of Player Safety on Monday for his play on Ottawa Senators forward Tim Stutzle. Hartman, 30, missed the Wild's game on Tuesday then declared on Wednesday that he would appeal to the league his 10-game suspension.

Ryan Hartman of the Minnesota Wild has been suspended 10 games for slamming an opponent’s head to the ice with his right arm on a faceoff. The NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced the ban Monday night after holding a Zoom hearing with him hours earlier.