NHL Player Brad Marchand Stops Licking Opponents, On League's Orders

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On Sunday night, the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Boston Bruins to head to the NHL's Eastern Conference Finals. And nobody licked anybody. That was not a guarantee. Bruins left wing Brad Marchand licked opposing players twice this postseason

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In Game 1 of the Bruins' first-round series, against the Toronto Maple Leafs, Marchand licked Leo Komarov's neck.

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"I thought he wanted to cuddle," Marchand told reporters after the game, tongue in cheek. "I was just trying to get close to him."

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