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Brad Marchand: Jeff Skinner ‘slew foots all the time’ 01.29.13 at 12:19 pm ET
By DJ Bean

Brad Marchand

Patrice Bergeron was uncharacteristically irate at the end of Monday night’s 5-3 win over the Hurricanes when Carolina forward Jeff Skinner appeared to slew-foot the Selke winner behind the Bruins’ net. Bergeron said Tuesday that he isn’t overly concerned with whether the league punishes Skinner, but one of his linemates was a little more fired up about it.

Brad Marchand, who was fined last season for slew footing Penguins defenseman Matt Niskanen, said that Skinner’s behavior was nothing new.

“Skinner slew-foots all the time,” Marchand said Tuesday. “He’s always doing that to guys and I think Bergy just had enough of it. We even spoke about it before the game in the room. The guys were talking about how much he slew foots and you’ve got to watch out for him. You can see it’s very blatant. He kicks his legs out and throws him back.

“I remember I got a fine for that last year. It’s not a good play, it’s frowned upon and if you continue to do that to guys, you’re going to get it. Bergy just had enough, and it was good for Bergy to stand up for himself like that.”

Marchand called the move “a greasy play” and said he regretted doing it himself last season, noting that Skinner should break the habit.

“He’s got to stop doing that,” he said. “If he does it again, I wouldn’t be surprised if a guy got up and took exception. It’s just not a good play.”

[An underrated part of the whole fiasco: Watch Tyler Seguin, who scored an empty-netter after the incident went down, asking, "No goal?" at 0:47]

Bergeron was quite a bit more reserved in addressing the situation, saying that though Skinner had never personally slew-footed him prior to Monday, that was enough to set him off.

“It was the first time he did it [to me], but I thought it was uncalled for,” Bergeron said. “The puck wasn’t even close.”

As for a potential punishment for Skinner, Bergeron said, “I’m not going to get into that.”

“I haven’t looked at the replay,” he said. “I know he did it, but still, at the same time I don’t really care what happens. I don’t think anything’s going to happen out of it.”

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  • Doc Gorham

    Can anyone tell me what that means?

  • Doc Gorham

    Can anyone tell me what that means?

  • Doc Gorham

    Can anyone tell me what that means?

  • Tito

    Marchand should keep his NOSE out of it.

  • Tito

    Marchand should keep his NOSE out of it.

  • Tito

    Marchand should keep his NOSE out of it.

  • Sticks1121

    Rule 85 (b):

    “A Minor penalty or, at the discretion of the
    Referee, a Major penalty and a Game Misconduct penalty shall be assessed any
    player who uses his feet to knock an opponents skates out from under him with a
    kicking or leg dragging motion from behind (“slew footing”).” (Canadian Hockey
    Referee’s Case Book/Rule Combination, 2001, pg. 221)

  • Sticks1121

    Rule 85 (b):

    “A Minor penalty or, at the discretion of the
    Referee, a Major penalty and a Game Misconduct penalty shall be assessed any
    player who uses his feet to knock an opponents skates out from under him with a
    kicking or leg dragging motion from behind (“slew footing”).” (Canadian Hockey
    Referee’s Case Book/Rule Combination, 2001, pg. 221)

  • Sticks1121

    Rule 85 (b):

    “A Minor penalty or, at the discretion of the
    Referee, a Major penalty and a Game Misconduct penalty shall be assessed any
    player who uses his feet to knock an opponents skates out from under him with a
    kicking or leg dragging motion from behind (“slew footing”).” (Canadian Hockey
    Referee’s Case Book/Rule Combination, 2001, pg. 221)

  • slew-foot

    shut up tito and stick to baseball…Leave the hockey to the men cupcake.

  • slew-foot

    shut up tito and stick to baseball…Leave the hockey to the men cupcake.

  • slew-foot

    shut up tito and stick to baseball…Leave the hockey to the men cupcake.

  • notahater

    neither a Bs fans or a hater but Marchand should mind his own manners. The one game I saw at TD last year was against the canes and he nearly took one of the Cane’s D’s hand clear off his arm with a slash. Ugly play.

  • notahater

    neither a Bs fans or a hater but Marchand should mind his own manners. The one game I saw at TD last year was against the canes and he nearly took one of the Cane’s D’s hand clear off his arm with a slash. Ugly play.

  • jjavaman

    Coming from the dirtiest player in hockey? Marchand should shut his mouth

  • jjavaman

    Coming from the dirtiest player in hockey? Marchand should shut his mouth

  • jjavaman

    Coming from the dirtiest player in hockey? Marchand should shut his mouth

  • Doc Gorham

    Thank you, obviously a hockey novice.

  • Doc Gorham

    Thank you, obviously a hockey novice.

  • Doc Gorham

    Thank you, obviously a hockey novice.

  • Uncle Buck

    It’s about the sleaziest move on the ice other than a butt end in the ear with the corner scrums.  Sticks1121 provided the technical description.  Basically you drag your foot under an opponents feet and upend him. It’s easy to do and hard for an official to always see.  Very sleazy move.

  • Kenyon36

    Skinners a sore loser. He knew the game was over and took out his frustration on bergeron of all people. Bergerons one of the most respected players in the league. It was pretty funny when seguin wanted to know if his goal counted. Lol. Atleast we know where his priorities are.

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