Minnesota Wild forward Ryan Hartman has been fined $4,427.08 by the NHL, the maximum allowable fine, following an incident against the Winnipeg Jets on Dec. 31, in which he high-sticked Cole Perfetti in the face during a faceoff.
On Tuesday, Perfetti told reporters that Hartman admitted to him that the violation was intentional, and done in retaliation for an incident that resulted in an injury to Wild star Kirill Kaprizov just one day earlier.
“Yeah, he did. He made it pretty obvious,” said Perfetti, via Dave Minuk of Illegal Curve when asked if Hartman’s actions were done in retribution.
