BOSTON — Bruins ahead Brad Marchand has already secured his spot on the All-Centennial Staff and the captain retains including milestones to his resume.
In Boston’s 3-2 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday evening, Marchand scored each of the Bruins objectives and hit yet one more private milestone within the course of.
Along with his twenty second and twenty third objectives of the season, Marchand now has 395 profession objectives. He’s now tied with legendary defenseman Ray Bourque for fifth all-time in franchise historical past.
Marchand stated he didn’t know he tied Bourque together with his two objectives however spoke extremely of the previous Bruins captain.
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“He’s a defenseman, so it simply exhibits what an unimaginable profession he had,” Marchand informed reporters after the sport. “It sort of will get misplaced typically on you whenever you play that lengthy, and you’ve got success in sure areas.”
Though he’s honored to affix the legendary defenseman, Marchand stated he doesn’t get too caught up in private accomplishments.
“I strive to not get caught up in that. I really feel like I’ve a number of time left so I don’t actually care an entire lot about accolades which might be coming proper now,” Marchand defined. “It’s extra on the finish of the day the place they find yourself, and also you attempt to measure your profession by success and championships received. It’s nice the private accolades come alongside the best way, however I’d a lot fairly be part of Cup groups and have these on the resume than any sort of factors or objectives.”
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Because the Bruins proceed to navigate via their centennial season, Marchand and his teammates will likely be attempting to find Stanley Cup No. 7 in franchise historical past. Marchand was an intricate a part of the 2011 championship group that introduced the Cup dwelling to Boston after a 39-year absence.
