Maybe this is an instance where, if it were an option, Emelin would have wrapped Spezza and taken him to the boards. It’s hard to speculate. But the hit itself could easily be a suspension or at ...

Hartman’s case was the first time in more than three years that Bettman reduced a suspension on appeal. The last reduction was for Jason Spezza in Dec. 2021. That was the only other instance in ...

Bettman rarely docks games — it last happened in 2021, when he reduced a six-game suspension for kneeing against then-Toronto forward Jason Spezza to four games — but because Hartman’s ...

The NHL has reduced Minnesota forward Ryan Hartman's suspension to eight games after the NHL Players' Association appealed ...

Bettman rarely decreases suspensions, with it last happening in 2021, when he reduced a six-game suspension for Jason Spezza (kneeing) to four. Tom Wilson also had a 20-game suspension decreased ...

It's the first time Bettman has reduced a suspension on appeal since lowering a six-game ban against Toronto's Jason Spezza to a four-game suspension in 2021. Hartman has seven goals and 10 ...

He’s only done it twice in the past nine times they’ve come across his desk, most recently decreasing a suspension to then-Maple Leafs forward Jason Spezza from six to four games in December 2021.

This is the first time Bettman has reduced a suspension from the Department of Player Safety since he dropped Toronto Maple Leafs forward Jason Spezza's ban for kneeing Winnipeg Jets defenseman ...

Hartman’s case was the first time in more than three years that Bettman reduced a suspension on appeal. The last reduction was for Jason Spezza in Dec. 2021. That was the only other instance in ...