Minnesota Wild forward Ryan Hartman seemed to show immediate regret and contrition after slew-footing Tampa Bay’s Ross Colton on Sunday, trying to grab the centerman and prevent him from hitting the ice any harder than he did.
It may have prevented him from being suspended.
Hartman’s wallet, however, is a little bit lighter today as the NHL’s Department of Player Safety levied a $4,250 fine—the largest allowable by the current collective bargaining agreement—for the trip on Colton. Hartman also served a two-minute minor for his transgression, and later answered the bell by fighting the Lightning’s Zach Bogosian to fulfill the NHL’s honor code or whatever.