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UPDATE (11:09 AM) - Looks like there's nothing doing. Carry on!
#NHL has reviewed #NHLBruins Brad Marchand incident at final buzzer on Tuesday. Expectation is that no supplemental discipline is coming from the league. #CBJ
— Aaron Portzline (@Aportzline) May 1, 2019
I missed this when it happened last night, but apparently Brad Marchand was acting up again.
Come on, Marchand pic.twitter.com/HOP6mScuLa
— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) May 1, 2019
If you can't see the video, Marchand SUCKER PUNCHED (if you're a Leafs fan), punched (most everyone else), or tapped (if you're most Bruins fans) defenseman Scott Harrington in the back of the head during a scrum around the net.
Nothing really came of it, until you went on Twitter after the game, where the entirety of hockey fandom was calling for him to be suspended immediately.
Some national hockey voices chimed in too:
Brad Marchand has a problem, and he needs to be reprimanded yet again. If the NHL's Department of Player Safety doesn’t suspend him, then it has become an enabler for his behavior. https://t.co/rXImxvjlef
— Kevin Allen (@ByKevinAllen) May 1, 2019
It's worth noting that most of the clamoring is coming from Toronto, which isn't surprising, but where there's smoke, there could be fire.
There's no denying it was a dumb thing for Marchand to do. We can argue all we want about how "bad" it really was, but when you're a guy with a history, you shouldn't be taking those chances.
Throw in the fact that the Bruins have been getting killed on special teams in this series and it becomes even more senseless.
It wasn't a good night for Marchand, who, along with the the Harrington incident, was whistled for a penalty for this:
Lots of chatter about the Marchand punch to the back of the head on Harrington while he was on his knees at the end of the game and for good reason but this crosscheck to the chiclets is just wow.... that’s all I got is wow SMH ♂️ pic.twitter.com/hdqUz4CEGV
— DartGuy (@LeafsMaz20) May 1, 2019
Again, from a Leafs fan, so take the caption with a grain of salt. Columbus would score the eventually game-winning goal on the ensuing power play.
Late in the third, Marchand drew a penalty that gave the Bruins a golden chance to tie the game. He then found himself back on defense on a Josh Anderson rush and got walked right around, leading to a Patrice Bergeron penalty that nullified the power play.
Your thoughts on THE INCIDENT™?