Is Rick Rypien At Fault for His Actions?

For many years, NHL players and coaches have been trying to avoid getting involved in fans that go against them or hate them. Unfortunately, last night's scuffle was one of them. In last night's Canucks-Wild game, Canucks center Rick Rypien was assessed a double minor for roughing and a 10-minute misconduct penalty. A Minnesota Wild fan was applauding just as Rick Rypien left the ice. Before heading into the tunnel, Rypien grabbed the Wild fan, shoved him, and then was grabbed by teammate Manny Malhotra before leaving into the tunnel.
Now that's been the first in a while since a player has had an altercation with a fan of some sort. Two seasons ago, New York Rangers coach John Torterella has an altercation with a Washington Capitals fan. He was suspended for one game and his team lost the game against the Rangers.
But this Rypien incident goes above what Coach John Tortorella did. He took the fan, shoved him, and disappeared into the tunnel. He has been suspended indefinitely and will get a hearing on Friday, where he will be heard from many NHL board members and commissioner Gary Bettman.
Is the NHL going to be a genius and fine this guy or suspend him? He has already been suspended for tonight's game against the Blackhawks but I have a gut feeling he's going to get more than just that game. He will get fined, he will get suspended, and he will get booed every time he returns to Minnesota. Okay, that last one, I'm just guessing that will happen.
The other big problem was the tunnel to the beaches. It's a tunnel on wheels and it wasn't completely moved out all the way to the benches. Arenas do this so that the fans can't get to the players. But at Xcel Energy Center, it wasn't completely moved out all the way. Instead, it stopped a few inches before the bench.
But Rick Rypien's attitude and temper towards this situation pisses me off. As an NHL player, you're not allowed to interact with fans or touch fans in an aggressive way. I hope he gets a suspension because it is unfair and illegal in the world of hockey. Hockey players try to play like nobody's in the stands but guess what, Rick Rypien didn't think that way in this game, didn't he?
So anyway he's out of tonight's game against the Blackhawks and I think 2-4 more games will be added to his suspension. It wasn't that violent but it's worth a good number of games. He'll probably have to think about what he did but guess what, in hockey, players get aggressive sometimes and for Rick Rypien it was clearly communicated in a negative way. Let's hope the league disciplines more players who decide to do this. Hopefully they all learned a lesson from this incident and hopefully Rick Rypien has as well.