Minnesota Wild forward Ryan Hartman was suspended for 10 games for roughing Ottawa Senators forward Tim Stutzle, the NHL department of player safety announced 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 has been suspended for 10 games for roughing the Ottawa Senators' Tim Stutzle during Saturday's game in Ottawa, Ontario. Hartman shoved Stutzle face-first into the ice after a faceoff at the end of the second period and picked up a five-minute match penalty for intent to injure.