Professional athletes are in peak physical form and among the most talented people at what they do in the entire world. But sometimes, they remind us that, at heart, they’re just like us.
Take Boston Bruins winger Brad Marchand, who needed to score in Monday night’s shootout to avoid losing to the Philadelphia Flyers. Marchand promptly overskated the puck and didn’t even carry it with him. As his stick grazed the top of it, however, it counted as an attempt.
File this under "things we've never seen before"
Brad Marchand overskates the puck at centre ice in the shootout so the Flyers win. pic.twitter.com/9DrriRNyri
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) January 14, 2020
That’s about as embarrassing as it gets, especially for someone of Marchand’s caliber. His only solace is that this didn’t happen on a more high-profile stage, or he’d really never live it down. Given Marchand’s reputation around the league, a lot of people won’t want to let him forget it anyway.
