Brad Marchand Gets Penalized For Throwing A Temper Tantrum

In the Bruins' game against the Philadelphia Flyers, captain Brad Marchand received a controversial penalty after he threw a temper tantrum to a referee.

Marchand was sent to the box for two-minutes for unsportsmanlike conduct. He completely lashed out on a ref who failed to call a dangerous hit from Flyers' Erik Johnson.

Bruins' captain Brad Marchand gets a two-minute penalty for throwing a temper tantrum at a referee from the bench.

Marchand got on the receiving end of a dirty knee-on-knee hit by Erik Johnson and remained on the ice for a few seconds before returning to the bench. After he found his senses back, he started to scream at the referee for not calling a penalty on the hit.


Here's how it happened:







Knee-on-knee collision are very dangerous. Many hockey careers ended because of such incidents, explaining why Marchand was so angry.

Do you think Marchand overreacted?

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