The NHL Players’ Association said Wednesday it has filed an appeal on Ryan Hartman’s behalf after the Minnesota Wild forward was suspended 10 games for roughing. Hartman had 48 hours from the league’s ruling Monday night to decide whether to appeal the ban for slamming an opponent's head to the ice with his right forearm,

Despite getting suspended for the fifth time in his career, the NHLPA has filed an appeal on Wild forward Ryan Hartman's behalf.

Minnesota Wild forward Ryan Hartman was suspended 10 games for roughing Ottawa Senators forward Tim Stützle, the NHL Department of Player Safety announced Monday night, following a sequence that the league ultimately determined was "not a hockey play.