Brad Marchand’s mom says missing Olympics would be deep disappointment
HALIFAX — The mother of a Nova Scotia-born NHL player poised to make a bid to join Team Canada says the league’s decision to pass on the Olympics is a deep disappointment.
Lynn Marchand, 54, said even though her son Brad Marchand has won gold with Canadian teams at the World Juniors, last fall’s World Cup of Hockey and the Stanley Cup six years ago with the Boston Bruins, the Olympics remained his dream.
The scrappy 28-year-old player from Halifax — who was in the news on Tuesday for a nasty spearing penalty — seemed well positioned to make his first Olympic team, but the NHL announced on Monday it’s taking a pass on the 2018 Games.
Marchand says she, her husband Kevin and Marchand’s two siblings would have travelled to Pyeongchang, South Korea, to watch had he been selected.