Cole Perfetti back on the ice for the Jets after taking a high stick to the face by Ryan Hartman off the faceoff during his first shift.
Hartman was caught on mic saying he high-sticked him on purpose after he told Perfetti what happened.
Wow. #mnwild F Ryan Hartman flat out told #NHLJets Cole Perfetti he deliberately high-sticked him in the face as payback for the Brenden Dillon/Kirill Kaprizov play a day earlier.
Source: Cole Perfetti, just now, AND the microphone he was wearing in game that caught it all.
#NHLJets coach Rick Bowness just told me Cole Perfetti kept Ryan Hartman's comments about deliberate high-stick to himself until after the game. Bowness says it would have been dealt with much differently had the team known during the game.
The play Hartman high-sticked Perfetti for was this one:
Dillon wasn't happy after getting popped with a phenomenal reverse hit by Kaprizov
The NHL DoPS got wind of the intentional high-stick and gave Hartman the maximum allowable fine.
Minnesota's Ryan Hartman has been fined $4,427.08, the maximum allowable under the CBA, for high-sticking Winnipeg's Cole Perfetti.
There is no place in hockey for these intentional dirty plays and Hartman is lucky to get away with a fine and not any suspension.
