The NHL Department of Player Safety has announced the suspension for Wild Forward Ryan Hartman

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Sam Hutch
April 12, 2023 (3:30 PM)

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Earlier today it was announced that Minnesota Wild Forward Ryan Hartman would have a hearing today for his hit on Nikolaj Ehlers.

Now, a suspension has been announced for Hartman's actions by the NHL DoPs Twitter account, take a look:

Minnesota's Ryan Hartman has been suspended for one game for Interference against Winnipeg's Nikolaj Ehlers.

Hartman was assessed a two minute penalty for interference as a result while Ehlers fell awkwardly to the ice.

Part of the explanation from DoPS was that 1) Hartman passed the puck to a teammate prior to contact to deliver the hit and 2) Ehlers wasn't coming to deliver a hit and thus, Hartman had to take a different path to step in front of Ehlers.

While I agree with the NHL's reasoning for the suspension, it once again leaves me scratching my head as to how they come up with the amount of games.

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AVRIL 12 \| 35 ANSWERS The NHL Department of Player Safety has announced the suspension for Wild Forward Ryan Hartman Do you think the suspension should've been more?
Yes	7	20 %
No	20	57.1 %
2-4 games	4	11.4 %
The suspension was fine at 1 game	4	11.4 %
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