Marchand sticks to tradition following hat trick in Bruins win

Brad Marchand is in the history books with his fifth NHL (pink) hat trick.

Marchand scored three goals in a 5-1 win against the Montreal Canadiens at TD Garden on Wednesday. After his third goal, he stuck to the Bruins' tradition of keeping a hat thrown on the ice and picked a pink cowboy hat to sign, date and keep in their facility.
"That tradition's been going on for a very long time," Marchand said. "It's been as long as I've been here, and I know it dates back a lot longer than that. Just happy to be a part of the tradition."
As for the hat he chose, Marchand said it speaks for itself.
"That just had sexiness written all over it," he said.

Marchand completed the hat trick with a shorthanded goal off of John Moore's rebound to put the Bruins up 4-0 in the second period. The forward became the sixth player in Bruins history with three straight multigoal games, and the first player since Patrice Bergeron in 2019-20.