from Steve Conroy of the Boston Herald,

Brad Marchand did not hide from his actions on Tuesday night. He called them “stupid” and said he was embarrassed to be suspended yet again.

But that doesn’t mean Marchand agreed with the whopping six-game suspension for contact that did not injure the object of his ire, Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Tristan Jarry, or really pose any more physical threat than what usually goes on in hockey scrums. And on Friday, Marchand filed an appeal through the NHLPA on the suspension he deemed “very, very hefty.” The appeal will first be heard by Commissioner Gary Bettman and then possibly to an independent arbitrator.

Part of his beef goes back to the three-game suspension he received for was deemed a slew-foot on Vancouver’s Oliver Ekman-Larson. Prior to that, Marchand had not been suspended since 2018, after which he had made a concerted effort to stay out of trouble.

But while a player’s repeat offender status is wiped out after 18 months when it comes to the money that he can be fined, according to the CBA, he doesn’t escape his history when it comes to the number of games he can be whacked.

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TSN has video of Marchand talking with the media today.