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Report: Brad Marchand to have hearing Monday over hit on Sami Salo

01.08.12 at 2:02 pm ET
By DJ Bean

Bruins forward Brad Marchand will have a phone hearing Monday with NHL disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan, the Boston Globe reported Sunday.

Marchand was given a five-minute clipping major and a game misconduct for his hit on Canucks defenseman Sami Salo in the second period of Saturday’s 4-3 loss to Vancouver. Salo will not play Sunday against the Panthers after waking up with a headache.

Marchand, a repeat offender, was suspended for two games last season for elbowing R.J. Umberger. He was also given a $2,500 fine this season for slew-footing Matt Niskanen.

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  • Matt

    HAA haa!

  • Ed

    horrible call by the official. the rule for clipping is lowering your body to at or below the opponents knee. marchand clearly contacts salo at mid thigh. it may be a cheap tactic to go low but that particular play is not a penalty. the refs wanted to make themselves the main attraction and cost the bruins the game. the initial 5-on 3 that vancouver scored on was unwarranted as was throwing out lucic which the league already admited was an awful call. then they give a 5 min major and toss marchand with a rule he didnt break. horrendous officiating ruined what should have been an awesome game. enjoy your moral victory canuck fans. you still lost the finals and your sorry excuse for a team still has zero heart and needs the refs to gift wrap wins.

  • Kajekabe

    You’re an idiot.  Boston can only win by playing dirty.. they don’t have half the skill as the skilled players on the Canucks.  They then hide behind generous rulings from the NHL head office.  Lucic is dirty and clearly came of the bench to make it 6 on 5 in the brawl.  

  • Sailsman11

    I guess you missed the 5 on 1 just prior to Thornton’s teammates coming to his defense you ignorant moron. Van has the most gutless punks ever assembled on one team. Begins with their spineless coach. Get a clue before you comment on this site idiot. As a matter of fact go waste your time on a canooks site..where all the other morons hang out. Hope to see them in the finals again so we beat the hell out of them.

    p.s. oh by the way, the biting down on a player’s thumb, the gang jumping on one player, the diving and faking of injuries….guess those are “non-dirty”?????? Idiot.

  • Semperfi24

    If Lucic came off the bench, why did the NHL say they were in fact wrong…?

  • Kimmi

    Woo-Hooo 5 games for the little pig

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