Wednesday afternoon in New York City, Boston Bruins' forward Brad Marchand appeared in front of the NHL to make his case during his appeal of his 6 game suspension. Marchand's case was simple, his actions did not warrant the type of suspension he'd received and the results were being based solely on the player he was previously and not who he is now.
Marchand felt that other suspensions in the past didn't align with this case and he presented his evidence as such, but today NHL Commissioner, Gary Bettman issued his verdict on the decision. Bettman elected to uphold the full suspension, resulting in Marchand not being able to appear this weekend in the Bruins' next game against the Ottawa Senators.
