Brad Marchand went a little too far in trying to get his opponent's chest hot.
The Bruins' famous instigator put his hand around the neck of Senators forward Nick Cousins during the first period of Boston's 2-0 win Thursday night.
Tensions between the teams were high from the start, and Ottawa resumed its fightback with a 6-5 penalty shootout win over Boston six nights earlier. Marchand wasted little time in resuming hostilities, taking off his gloves during the end of the match and placing his bare hand on Cousins' throat. Plays from the 3:25 mark.
A linesman quickly intervened and separated them.
It wasn't all that surprising to those watching that Marchand and Cousins were in the middle of the kerfuffle. They were listed as the players other NHLers would most like to punch in the face. According to The Athletic's 2024 poll..
Marchand, 36, is well known for bringing a unique edge to his games, and in 2018 he was reprimanded by the league for licking, in addition to multiple fines and suspensions for dirty hits. Sometimes it happened.
Boston's captain once insulted Artemi Panarin to the point where the Rangers scorer threw a glove at him across the bench.
He wasn't afraid to mix it up on the ice this season either. Earlier this year, Marchand and Bruins star winger David Pastrnak got into a war of words with a local radio host after the host reported that they didn't like each other. month.
“We know that reporters have a job to do, and that job is to report on the team,” Marchand told media members. “Usually people try to represent things based on facts, but when the media is telling you nothing but obvious lies, that's where the problem lies. This guy has a platform and he's just making this up. The fact that he did this is embarrassing. There's no truth to what he said. He lost his job so quickly. I can't believe he even has a job after this. .”
His job may not be in jeopardy after Marchand's actions Thursday night, but his salary could be in jeopardy if the league deems it necessary to get on the phone about the matter. do not have.
