{"id":802560,"date":"2018-04-02T16:58:11","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T16:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=802560"},"modified":"2018-04-02T22:57:06","modified_gmt":"2018-04-02T22:57:06","slug":"brad-marchand-fined-5000-00-by-the-nhl-g1w1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/brad-marchand-fined-5000-00-by-the-nhl-g1w1\/","title":{"rendered":"Brad Marchand Fined $5,000 by the NHL"},"content":{"rendered":"

Public enemy number one, Boston Bruins forward Brad Marchand is trouble again. This time he’s been fined 5,000.00 by the National Hockey League for this cross-check\u00a0on Andrew McDonald. (Video of Marchand’s transgression below.) For his part, McDonald also did a great\u00a0job selling the infraction.<\/p>\n

Here’s the problem, if this cross-check in question had been perpetrated by another player other than Marchand, it probably wouldn’t have been given a second look. However, since it was Brad the Rat, he got some extra scrutiny. In my opinion, this play isn’t worthy of more than a two-minute minor penalty (which was the call by the on-ice officials).<\/p>\n

Right, wrong, or indifferent, Marchand has an extensive history of on-ice misconduct and he’s earned it. According to some fans, Marchand is becoming the NHL’s next Matt Cooke.<\/p>\n

According to NBC Sports<\/a>: Marchand has now been fined five times and handed six suspensions in his career. All total, he\u2019s lost out on $879,522.61 in salary since 2011.<\/p>\n

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Brad Marchand cross checks Andrew MacDonald in the face. pic.twitter.com\/bQa3DiRS8I<\/a><\/p>\n

— Broad Street Hockey (@BroadStHockey) April 1, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n