This injury is absolutely brutal.
We now know more about Charlie McAvoy’s injury and wow was it bad! We’ll talk about that, and his recoery, after he gave an interview with the Boston Bruins Media! That and more on today’s NHL hockey video!
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Hockey players are the toughest guys out there no matter what they say
That's crazy I thought the cage was optional and no one liked wearing it. But to not even have an option to wear one 😮
I remember when a Habs player got hit in the throat. Maybe early 2000's or late 90's. Very scary stuff. They shoot the puck too fast, honestly.
I think it actually was a deflection off the skate of his teammate
I think the oddity as a Bruins fan, how Zadorov stepped into McAvoy's footsteps. Zaddy did all the Thanksgiving regalia with Mayor Wu and Senator Markey; since McAvoy couldn't. Zadorov is now the Bruins' NHLPA rep; so the players obviously trust him. It's been one of the more amusing transformations as a Bruins fan.
McAvoy went from looking like a chipmunk to actually having some jawline definition
Im certainly not a pro but i will never stop wearing my fishbowl. However people say that when you wear one, you play like you have one on. (more high sticks/riskier playstyle) which could get more people hurt. I personally think they should be able to choose. I like my face.
Just wear cages FFS
I will never understand why more NHL guys don't just stick to a bubble or a cage?
Regarding allowing cages, I don't see it ever being allowed as long as fighting is legal.
McAvoy's was a deflection off Kastelic's skate or stick
The puck was deflected off of Mark Kastelic, it was not a clean shot to his jaw
As much as they do protect players, it's also a risk due to how physical the game is. I can imagine there would be a lot of head on visor collisions, especially in puck battles or scrums. It's not a big deal now cause the amount of players wearing them at one time is very very small, but if they were allowed to be chosen freely, majority of players would choose to use them, especially the young guys.
Banning the full cages is a weird rule
Jesus, that poor kid
Glad you look out for guys like this. They shrug it off, but there are plenty of third tier guys suffering injuries like this that can be career defining.
Problem with cages is it effectively prevents double minor high sticking penalties which could be considered a negative for team.
God I am so old. I started watching hockey when about half of all players didn't wear helmets but helmets became the style for all very quickly.
Let's hope larger Shields catch on quickly also.
I have to admit, that didn’t look like Charlie in this locker room interview.
Charlie was dealing with his face being broken AND I believe his young son was also in a children’s hospital dealing with his own issue. What a stressful period for the young family. Hoping Charlie and his son make full recoveries! I think we are at the time to consider some level of masks to properly protect players. The game continues to increase in speed and players are able to get shots off quickly at higher speeds with deflections becoming more common as well.
If he wasn't a douche nozzle i might care.
been there.
Even after millions of years every now and then I remember that scene were the puck was deflected by Ray Bourques stick and it went up 90 degrees straight into his face. He lost tons of teeth.
I saw it as a child and this particular scene never left my brain since then.
I'm a goalie so I'm used to a cage.. no way I'd ever play oput of the net without one… I've seen too many guys loose teeth even in beer league.. Can't imagine how much pain taking a shot from an NHL player in the face would be.
Erm… McAvoy’s injury was also a deflection, Eck. Look at the trajectory on Dobson’s shot. It definitely deflected off of Kastelic’s pants.
Chick and rice smoothies (with some chicken broth) and force that shit down
Is it time players wear a full bubble. I know I'm going to get shat all over for suggesting that, but someone is going to die. There was already a lad in Russian juniors who died after getting hit in an artery. But players and composite sticks mean guys are shooting the puck a bazillion miles faster than guys with wooden sticks (barring Al Macinnis who'd probably have to be banned with a composite stick).
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