Fans call out Brad Marchand for incident involving linesman in Game 2

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Brad Marchand will always be public enemy number one in any city he plays in outside of Boston. In the first round of the playoffs, he heard the boos from Leafs fans every single time he touched the puck.

Now, Tampa Bay fans are doing the same thing, but Marchand feeds off of the boos and it's obvious watching him play that the hate doesn't bother him.

That said, his actions on the ice always seem to bother fans, whether it be licking Leo Komarov or delivering a questionable hit. Monday night, Marchand was at the centre of another odd incident as fans called him out for this:

Marchand shouldn’t have been in the game after biting a linesman earlier in the game. How come NBCSN ignored this? pic.twitter.com/LTPTfApaoD
— Raymond0481 (@wauk126) May 1, 2018

Vasy was punched, Cirelli was slashed and Marchand did the biting thing against a linesman. Bolts still winning against the Bruins and non calls by the refs. No pp for the Bolts in 2nd period.
— Susan Doyle (@SusanDo21) May 1, 2018

Marchand punches with gloves off + bites a linesman (?) = Bruins PP
Blatant interference on 91, no call, icing, Bruins goal

love too be invested in the NHL
— rafael (@rflcaa) May 1, 2018

And by the way, so the point isn't lost on anyone: Brad Marchand got away with BITING a linesman on the arm in the scrum where Johnson got the penalty. I'll continue to reiterate that. He BIT a linesman and got away with it.
— Pete (@JollyMeanGiant) May 1, 2018

Marchand was about to bite the ref until he realize it was the ref #StanleyCup
— Sebastian Coot (@logancotter) April 30, 2018

Did Marchand bite the linesman? You can make the call on that, but at the end of the day, he's being talked about on Tuesday for doing that and for the non-call that went against him when he had a chance to tie the game.

Brad Marchand on non-slashing call on his breakaway late in 3rd period: “That’s a play that they called earlier in the game, and what they’ve called all year…slash up on the hands. That’s an automatic penalty shot, let alone a penalty. A tough one there, but we had some chances"
— Joe Haggerty (@HackswithHaggs) May 1, 2018

Inconsistency has been a big problem all season long, whether it be with reviews or calls during a game. As Marchand said, it was a tough one, but they had other chances.

On the bright side, the Bruins took Game 1 and have a chance to take the series lead at home Wednesday night.

(H/T: /r/hockey)