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Winnipeg Jets forward Cole Perfetti talks about comments Ryan Hartman made on the ice after high-stick

By now everyone has likely seen the high-stick to the face Cole Perfetti took on Sunday as he and Ryan Hartman faced off in St. Paul in the 1st period. If you haven’t here it is:

No penalty was assessed and the Jets forward left the ice to get patched up.

Winnipeg would go on to win the game 3-2.

We found out during morning skate that Hartman would be fined $4,427.08 for the incident.

Cole Perfetti was speaking to us after they had concluded getting ready for the Lightning at Canada Life and Mike McIntyre of the Winnipeg Free Press asked him if it was true he had been mic’d up.

Evidently Hartman later in the game admitted that the high-stick was retribution for what happened to Kirill Kaprizov the day before.

Worth noting that Perfetti didn’t volunteer this information about being mic’d up to us this morning. He was asked a direct question as you can hear above and he was honest in his response. In fact Jets head coach Rick Bowness said they didn’t find out about it until after the game and that things could have looked differently.

Here is his full detailing of the conversation between him and Hartman on Sunday:

For folks who are wondering why Hartman only got a fine it is because, as per Jeff Marek of Sportsnet, the CBA doesn’t allow mic’d up audio to be used in disciplinary proceedings,

While some folks are expecting fireworks on February 20th when these two teams meet again I’m inclined to believe the NHL will be alerting both clubs to severe penalties if there are any shenanigans.

David Minuk

Working hard on a daily basis to provide the latest Winnipeg Jets and Manitoba Moose news for our readers and listeners. I also appear on the Illegal Curve Hockey Show every Saturday on our YouTube channel as well as the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show after every single Jets game. And I occasionally jump in the play-by-play booth at Canada Life to provide colour analysis during Manitoba Moose games.

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