Brad Marchand

Bradley Kevin Marchand (/mɑːrˈʃɑːnd/, /-ænd/[1]; born May 11, 1988) is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). Marchand was selected by the Bruins in the third round, 71st overall, at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. During his time with the Bruins, he won the Stanley Cup in 2011 and was named to the 2017 and 2018 NHL All-Star Game.

Brad Marchand
Marchand with the Bruins in 2016
Born (1988-05-11) May 11, 1988
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 181 lb (82 kg; 12 st 13 lb)
Position Left wing
Shoots Left
NHL team Boston Bruins
National team  Canada
NHL Draft 71st overall, 2006
Boston Bruins
Playing career 2008–present
Website bradmarchand.com

Marchand played major junior hockey in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) prior to his NHL career.

Playing career

Amateur

Brad Marchand grew up playing minor hockey in the Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia area, including AAA midget with the Dartmouth Subways before being a second round pick in the 2004 QMJHL Midget Draft. He played four seasons in the QMJHL between the Moncton Wildcats, Val-d'Or Foreurs and Halifax Mooseheads.

Professional

Marchand was selected 71st overall in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft by the Boston Bruins. He made his NHL debut on October 21, 2009, against the Nashville Predators.[2] He then scored his first career NHL goal against Jhonas Enroth of the Buffalo Sabres on November 3, 2010.

Marchand established himself as a two-way player for the Bruins during the 2010–11 season, his first full year in the NHL. He scored 21 goals, including five short-handed (ranked third in the league),[3] and 41 points; he also registered a +25 plus-minus rating.[4] On April 2, 2011, prior to the Bruins' final home game of the season, against the Atlanta Thrashers, Marchand was awarded the Bruins' 7th Player Award, as voted by the club's fans through the regional New England Sports Network (NESN). The honour is awarded annually to the Bruins player fans believe most performed beyond expectations. During the 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs, Marchand scored 19 points over 25 games, helping the Bruins to a Stanley Cup championship. His 11 goals tied Jeremy Roenick for the second-most by a rookie in the NHL. Marchand's total included two goals in the seventh and deciding game of the Finals against the Vancouver Canucks.

Marchand during the 2011-12 NHL season.

During the off-season, the Bruins re-signed Marchand to a two-year contract extension, announced on September 14, 2011.[5] During the ensuing season, on December 23, 2011, he scored his first career NHL hat-trick in an 8–0 win against the Florida Panthers at TD Garden. He also added two assists for a five-point effort.[6]

During the 2014–15 season, Marchand played on the Bruins' top line for the majority of the season, he finished the season as Boston's leading goal-scorer, with 24 goals, and tied for fourth on the team with defenceman Dougie Hamilton in point totals, with 42.[7] Immediately following the 2014–15 regular season, Marchand required surgery on the reportedly torn tendons around his right elbow, something that had been bothering him since the early spring of 2014 — he expected to be fully ready for the 2015–16 Boston Bruins season when training camp began on September 17, 2015.[8]

During a home game on February 6, 2016 Marchand was given a penalty shot chance against the Buffalo Sabres, a rare occurrence during an overtime tie-breaker round in the regular season — with 2:28 left on the 3-on-3 overtime clock, Marchand scored on the penalty shot, the first time in Bruins team history that a successful penalty shot ever won a regular season game in overtime.[9] Marchand finished the season with 37 goals and 24 assists, and a plus-minus of 21.[10]

Midway through the 2016 World Cup of Hockey, where Marchand was one of the leading scorers with eventual champion Canada, he signed an eight-year contract extension with the Bruins worth $49 million through the 2024–25 season. [11]

Late in the 2016–17 season, on March 13, 2017, Marchand scored the second hat trick in his Bruins career, with all three goals scored in the third period of a 6–3 road game Bruins' win against the Vancouver Canucks with only his teammate David Krejčí scoring one additional goal in-between Marchand's trio of third-period Bruins' goals.[12]

Marchand scored his third career hat trick, as well as a pair of assists making for a five-point night, in a 6–5 home-ice overtime victory over the Detroit Red Wings on March 6, 2018.[13] His third goal in this game was the overtime winner, which also made Marchand the Bruins' all-time franchise leader in regular-season overtime goals with the 11th of his career.[14] On March 31, 2019, in a game against the Detroit Red Wings, Marchand scored his 26th career shorthanded goal becoming the Bruins all-time shorthanded goal leader passing Rick Middleton.[15] In the Bruins' next game on April 3, on the road against the Columbus Blue Jackets, Marchand became the tenth Bruins player in team history to score 100 points (36 goals, 64 assists) in a season, the first Bruin to do so since former Bruins center Joe Thornton did in the 2002–03 season.[16]

Playing style and criticism

Marchand, while known for his scoring ability, has also been described as one of the NHL's most notorious "pests." His play is often overshadowed by his on-ice antics and dirty play. Marchand's list of foul play includes a two-game suspension for elbowing R. J. Umberger in March 2011; a $2,500 fine for slew footing Matt Niskanen in December 2011; a five-game ban for a predatory low-bridge hit on Sami Salo in January 2012; two games for slew-footing Derick Brassard in January 2015; and three games for clipping Mark Borowiecki in December 2015. In February 2017, the league docked Marchand $10,000, the maximum allowable amount per the collective bargaining agreement, for a dangerous trip of Detroit Red Wings defenceman Niklas Kronwall.[17] In January 2018, Marchand was again suspended for five games for what was ruled a deliberate elbow to the head of New Jersey Devils forward Marcus Johansson.[18] In March 2018, Marchand was fined $2,000 for diving.[19] The following month, Marchand was fined $5,000, the maximum allowable under the collective bargaining agreement, for cross-checking Philadelphia Flyers defenceman Andrew MacDonald,[20] marking the third time Marchand faced supplementary discipline in the 2017–18 NHL season and the sixth time he's been fined for his behavior in the NHL.[21] Marchand was also involved in two separate but similar incidents in which he would kiss or lick the neck or face of other players during play. The first of these incidents involved Toronto Maple Leafs forward Leo Komarov during the Bruins' and Maple Leafs' First Round matchup in the 2018 Stanley Cup playoffs,[22] while the second incident, this time involving Tampa Bay Lightning forward Ryan Callahan, took place the following round.[23]

International play
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Ice hockey
IIHF World Championship
2016 Russia
Canada Cup / World Cup
2016 Toronto
World Junior Championships
2008 Czech Republic
2007 Sweden
Representing Canada Atlantic
World U-17 Hockey Challenge
2005 Alberta

Brad Marchand has represented Canada four times in the 2007, 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, 2016 IIHF World Championships, and 2016 World Cup of Hockey bringing home gold from each tournament. He scored the winning goal for Canada, short-handed, in the second and deciding game of the 2016 World Cup of Hockey final.[24][11] He was the tournament's top goal-scorer and named to the all-star team.[25]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Bold indicates led league

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2003–04Dartmouth Subways Midget AAANSAAA4947428964—————
2004–05Moncton WildcatsQMJHL619202952111017
2005–06Moncton WildcatsQMJHL6829376683205141934
2006–07Val-d'Or ForeursQMJHL573347801082016244036
2007–08Val-d'Or ForeursQMJHL3321234436—————
2007–08Halifax MooseheadsQMJHL2611193040143161918
2008–09Providence BruinsAHL791841596716781526
2009–10Providence BruinsAHL3413193251—————
2009–10Boston BruinsNHL2001120—————
2010–11Boston BruinsNHL7721204151251181940
2011–12Boston BruinsNHL762827558771122
2012–13Boston BruinsNHL451818362722491321
2013–14Boston BruinsNHL82252853641205518
2014–15Boston BruinsNHL7724184295—————
2015–16Boston BruinsNHL7737246190—————
2016–17Boston BruinsNHL803946858161346
2017–18Boston BruinsNHL6834518563124131716
2018–19Boston BruinsNHL79366410096249142314
2019–20Boston BruinsNHL7028598782
NHL totals 751 290 356 646 756 108 30 53 83 117

International
Year Team Event Result   GP G A Pts PIM
2005 Canada Atlantic U17 6 5 6 11 10
2007 Canada WJC 6 2 0 2 2
2008 Canada WJC 7 4 2 6 4
2016 Canada WC 10 4 3 7 10
2016 Canada WCH 6 5 3 8 8
Junior totals 20 11 8 19 16
Senior totals 16 9 6 15 18

Awards, honors and records
Marchand at the 2011 Stanley Cup victory parade in Boston
Award Year
QMJHL
QMJHL President's Cup champion 2006 [26]
QMJHL Playoffs Most Goals (16) 2007 [26]
QMJHL Playoffs Most Assists (24) 2007
QMJHL Playoffs Most Points (40) 2007
NHL
Stanley Cup champion 2011
NHL All-Star Game 2017, 2018
NHL First All-Star Team 2017
NHL Second All-Star Team 2019 [27]
International
World U17 Hockey Challenge Bronze Medal 2005
IIHF World U20 Championship Gold Medal 2007, 2008
IIHF World Championships Gold Medal 2016
IIHF World championship Top 3 Player On Team 2016
World Cup of Hockey Gold Medal 2016
World Cup of Hockey All-Star team 2016
World Cup of Hockey Most goals in tournament 2016
Boston Bruins
Seventh Player Award 2011, 2016 [28][29]
Elizabeth C. Dufresne Trophy 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019
John P. Bucyk Award 2012
Eddie Shore Award 2014

Records
  • Most overtime goals in Boston Bruins history.
  • Most regular season penalty shot goals in Boston Bruins history.
  • Most shorthanded goals in Boston Bruins history.[30]

References
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  9. Kalman, Matt (February 6, 2016). "Bruins top Sabres on penalty shot". National Hockey league. Retrieved February 8, 2016. Marchand earned the penalty shot by stealing Rasmus Ristolainen's pass near the Buffalo blue line and gaining the zone with speed. Ristolainen dropped his stick and grabbed Marchand to prevent a scoring chance. It was the first overtime penalty-shot goal in Bruins history.
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