The Boston Bruins are likely to miss the services of their own ‘Little Ball of Hate’ at the Winter Classic. Bruins forward Brad Marchand was suspended early today by the NHL’s Department of Player Safety. The DoPS believed Marchand’s low hit of Senators defenseman Mark Borowiecki was severe enough to warrant a three game suspension.
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The league has a very strong case against Marchand. The league uses Marchand’s hit on Sami Salo (which led to Marchand’s first NHL suspension) as a textbook example of a low hit.