With less than two minutes to play in Saturday night’s match up between the Vancouver Canucks and Boston Bruins, Canucks forward Brandon Prust skated up to Boston Bruin Brad Marchand and deliberately jabbed him into the groin, forcing Marchand to the ground.
Wait, forcing Marchand to the ground? Was it really that terrible? Is Marchand not wearing a jock that is pretty much the hardest piece of protection a player has? Well, yes.
Marchand is famous for getting under his opponents’ skin in an attempt to pull penalties and get into situations like that last night.