30 Dirty Players in 30 Days. The San Jose Sharks

Posted Tuesday, August 25. 2009 by Warren Baker
Filed under 30 Dirty Players in 30 Days, Marchment, Bryan, San Jose Sharks

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NHL.com has their 30-in-30 schedule posted. You can find their article on the San Jose Sharks as well as previous articles here.

In past entries in my 30 Dirty Players feature, I have tried to come up with something special about each player. Something different, so that the article is not just one big laundry list of suspensions and dirty hits. I tried to focus on what element made me consider that player "dirty".

The only thing special about Bryan Marchment is the sheer magnitude of his dirty play. Over his 15 year career, he amassed 2307 penalty minutes and, according to Wikipedia, was suspended 13 times. Although I could "only" find proof of 10.

Update: Thanks to Mayor Bee at hfboards.com, I was able to find my missing 3 suspensions.

So with out further ado, the very dirty laundry list of Bryan Marchment.

1993
- Suspended two games for checking Mike Gartner of the Rangers from behind.
- Suspended one game for receiving his third non-stick-related misconduct of the season.

1995
- Suspended five games for a kneeing incident against the Jets Jason Simon.
- Hit Mike Gartner at center ice and collapsed his lung. Marchment would later state that the hit was payback for a previous high stick from Gartner.
- Suspended twice for a total of 3 games for receiving game misconduct penalties.
- Suspended three games leaving the bench to fight Denis Chasse of St. Louis.

1997
- Suspended three games for kneeing Mike Modano. The hit kept Dallas Stars Mike Modano out for six weeks.

1998
- Suspended eight games for kneeing Carolina Hurricanes forward Kevin Dineen. The suspension was the longest of the season.
- Suspended one game for directing racial comments at Donald Brashear.

1999
- Suspended three games for spearing Paul Kariya in the stomach.

2000
- Suspended three games for kneeing Montreal Canadiens forward Martin Rucinsky in a game Monday night.

2001
- Suspended six games for elbowing Carolina Hurricanes forward Shane Willis in the head.
- Suspended two games after his third fight-instigator penalty of the season.

In a Sports Illustrated article, Marchment had this to say about his reputation as a dirty player. "Your brain's telling you to stick your leg out because he'll get by you, have a breakaway, make you look like an idiot" Says Marchment. "If that's something dirty, so be it."

Yes Bryan, so be it dirty. Tell your brain not to be an idiot.

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