Wild's Hartman Suspended Three Games for Unsportsmanlike Conduct

April 1, 2024: Minnesota Wild forward Ryan Hartman has been suspended three games for unsportsmanlike conduct during Saturday's game against the Vegas Golden Knights after verbally berating the officials and throwing a stick in the direction of the referee.
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[@jordanc2844]

I love how you can get three games for this, but the intent to injure via spearing, for example, only gets you one

[@cephalotus1013]

Most other players wouldn't have got 3 games. Hartman has become a whiny b*tch with fines and suspensions the last 2 seasons.

[@murdechoc]

Ask Tomas Vokoun what he feels about sticks that are not supposed to hit anybody. And also, Hartman got many suspensions in his career, Guhle never got suspended. I guess 2 games would be fine, maybe 3 is a little bit too much but still justifiable.

[@matt10342]

@@murdechocYeah, ok buddy. Throw an elbow? Get a fine. Throw a stick? 3 game suspension plus a $40,000 fine. Player safety is a fuckin joke. I'm sick of watching players get away with malicious plays bc they're not "repeat offenders" meanwhile the repeat offenders get the most ridiculous punishments for shit like this. All he did was throw his fuckin stick on the ice. If you can possibly justify a suspension for that in your head, you truly are a r3t4rd

[@WowOafus]

It’s not that you “can” get three games, it’s a three game minimum for throwing a stick in the direction of the ref. If it would’ve made contact with the ref and was deemed to not be with intent to injure, the minimum would be 10. If it hit the ref with intent to injure, it would be a minimum of 20. And penalties committed against refs are penalized harsher for a reason. If they weren’t harsher, you could go out there and beat the shit out of them and only get a five minute for fighting.

[@forestfofo9091]

100%.... 3 days give me a break!!! But what I really love it how strick they are that he's a repeat offender. Its clear the NHL has Stricker laws than what the US has on its Mexico border.

[@joeya8721]

Little darling Hughes of NJ threw his stick on the ice in a game vs LA. Not a word about it.

[@RodCalidge]

Another pampered, spoiled baby. They have just neutered this game to please a certain demographic. For shame.

[@jlip4308]

He almost hit Body in the face. The team never says anything to Hartman only reward him with more ice whenever he gets suspended.

[@brandongroff5091]

This is what happens when the refs don’t do their job right

[@moreygloss9248]

This is what happens when children aren't supervised.

[@tomofwc]

Wrong. This is what happens when adults take a game they get paid to play too seriously.

[@Tiredashelljoe107]

@@tomofwclet me high stick your face quick and see how you react in the moment baldy

[@Meintsy]

It's there job ofc there going to take it seriously

[@BayBye2011]

what about missed calls by officials and yet a player still gets a suspension... why were the on ice officals not punished 4 missing a suspendable incident...

[@WowOafus]

2 refs watching twelve players. Shit gets missed. Unless you want 12 refs out there, get used to it and accept it.

[@Guacamolequeenx2]

@@WowOafusNHL overtime, 8 players

[@WowOafus]

So many people here that clearly haven’t read the rule book. This is why I keep my phone in the penalty box when I ref. To show all the know-it-alls what the rules say. Doesn’t always shut them up, but them doubling down is hilarious.

[@johnl2613]

What a joke. 3 games for that? So they want to make an example out of him on "Dont touch the referee"? Geez

[@ronaldkonkoma4356]

I love it If he said he didn't do anything wrong he deserves to get punished to send the message if he said what he did was wrong it means what he did was so bad even he says he was wrong. Guys smash their sticks into toothpicks all the time, but if your stick is 20 feet from a referee and he skates towards it while it's sliding like a curling rock, that's a problem. The only guy in danger is his teammate. That was the scary part.

[@truebwon]

You're wrong man. 3 fucking games for that shit??? Unbelievable.

[@ronaldkonkoma4356]

@@truebwon read the comment slowly when you're sober I don't disagree with you

[@Lisamarievalerio]

Come on. Three suspensions? These refs need to be checked and I’m not just talking about hockey here.

[@PushinP718]

Wah wah wah ref needs to just skate away the stick was no where close to hitting anyone.

[@Hornsup179]

He was ticked off because he took a high stick to the face in the last minute and it wasn't called.

[@jakekromschroeder2833]

What kind of fucking crack does the nhl front office smoke before they come up with these suspensions😂

[@davidziolkowski9815]

I like seeing players who have spunk. Winning obviously means a lot to this player. Good for Ryan.

[@bousestudios6488]

Did not know referees had such thin skin.

[@lisa10133]

Three games for that? Gimme a f*cking break! Refs are damn joke! They weren’t doing their damn job all night! I would’ve been pissed too! It’s who you blow I guess.

[@jacoblamb3535]

You can’t suspend people for that. Maybe in communist Russia or Trudeaus Canada but not in a free country.

[@Kat01133]

The game was not over when this happened and the refs were shit a lot this entire game .... cant say i wouldnt have done the same shit

[@WowOafus]

We got a tough guy over here. Responding to hypotheticals with violence! So cool.

[@TheBloxBaconGamesVROFFICIAL]

SHEESH

[@oggiggs]

SOFT!!!!!!!!

[@TheJalinmyles]

Yeah Hartman is acting VERY soft

[@truebwon]

​@@TheJalinmylesyou're kidding, right?

[@TheJalinmyles]

@@truebwon I mean would you throw a stick at a ref honestly? Not to mention almost hitting someone who’s better than you on your team

[@TheJalinmyles]

@@truebwon especially in a game where the other team lost one of their best players in the second period in a game where the penalties were near even

[@northerngirl13]

repeat offender

[@RodCalidge]

A league full of spoiled, Millionaire brats. Love the sussie NHL. Keep it up.

[@Youlikemysausage]

Jealous much? 😂😂😂

[@truebwon]

Tf are you on about? 3 games is ABSURD for this.

[@RodCalidge]

​@truebwon waaa 😢, the ref made a call I don't like, and now I'm mad, 😠. 😅😅😅. It's about growing up and having some respect for sports. Not a lot to ask when that sport pays you huge money. Time to take the game back from the poor sports.

[@truebwon]

@@RodCalidge what?? The ref didn't make the call, the NHL did. 3 games for THROWING A STICK is unbelievable.

[@truebwon]

@@RodCalidge also, "growing up" is hilarious with the implicit bias