Brad Marchand's status up in the air

by Adam Jona | Bruins Correspondent | Thu, Apr 6th 8:04am EDT

Brad Marchand could be unavailable for the game against Ottawa on Thursday. The NHL Department of Player Safety announced on Wednesday that Marchand will have a hearing on Thursday morning for spearing Tampa Bay's Dotchin during Tuesday night's game. Marchand was assessed a five-minute major penalty and a game misconduct for the incident. "I don't know how it will play out tomorrow, I'll be perfectly honest," Bruins Head Coach Bruce Cassidy said on Wednesday. "That's outside of my paygrade here..." "...Hopefully it goes well for him, but again, that's just speculation and nothing I can control." Update coming as soon as there is a decision. (bruins.nhl.com)

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