Minnesota Wild forward Ryan Hartman has been suspended for 10 games for roughing Ottawa Senators forward Tim Stutzle, the NHL department of player safety announced on Monday night, a sequence that the league ultimately determined was "not a hockey play.

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.

Minnesota Wild forward Ryan Hartman was suspended for 10 games Monday for roughing Ottawa Senators forward Tim Stutzle by driving him face-first into the ice following a faceoff.