During a game, Brandon Montour taunted Brad Marchand with various gestures including sticking out his tongue and making a licking motion. This behavior has escalated tensions between the two players, with Montour receiving attention for his actions. Montour even joked about the incident in a post-game interview, suggesting it may follow Marchand throughout his career.
Asked Brandon Montour about the licking taunt at Brad Marchand in Game 2: βI got a lot of texts with the licking emoji and whatnot. When [Marchand does] those things, you have to kind of take the joke, I guess. Maybe for the rest of his career.β @NHLBruins @FlaPanthers
More mocking from Montour to Marchand. π https://t.co/aFHlG4wqSc
Montour mocked Marchy with the face lick πππ https://t.co/wM4QwoxFfS
Brandon Montour makes a licking motion to Brad Marchand ππ https://t.co/MeBXilArp6
Montour sticking his tongue out to Marchand, while Callahan is on the call is art π @TheRealCally24
Montour taunts Marchand after the goal. Just some real hate brewing. Canβt wait for game 3. Going to be a brawl.
Montour busted out his best lax bro action on Marchand with the in-your-face βwoooooooβ
Montour mocking Marchand with a licking gesture https://t.co/KnCa0RYSKw
Montour hitting Marchand with the π ! https://t.co/nwpcTDV2zc
Yep. This is going to be a cage match. Marchand goes after Montour.