Charlie McAvoy Parents: Meet Jennifer And Charles McAvoy Sr.
Charlie McAvoy parents-American ice hockey defenseman, Charles Patrick McAvoy Jr. was born on December 21, 1997, in Long Beach, New York in the United States of America.
Who are Charlie McAvoy’s parents?
Charlie McAvoy was born to Jennifer McAvoy and Charles McAvoy Sr. He shares the same parents as his sister, Holly McAvoy.
His father was the fourth-generation owner of Charles A. McAvoy Plumbing & Heating in Long Beach, while his mother Jennifer worked as an elementary school teacher in Bethpage, New York.
Charlie McAvoy career
McAvoy represented the New York Rangers minor league ice hockey team in the 2010 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. McAvoy committed to play collegiate hockey at Boston University in August of 2013.
McAvoy spent two seasons as a player in the United States Hockey League with the USA Hockey National Team Development Program. Coach David Quinn of BU teamed McAvoy with top defenseman and future fellow NHL player Matt Grzelcyk during the 2015–16 NCAA men’s ice hockey season. Grzelcyk was already chosen by the Boston Bruins as a third-round 2012 NHL Entry Draft pick.
McAvoy competed for squad Canada in the 2015 IIHF World U18 Championship, where the squad won a gold medal. He also competed for the United States in the 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, where the team won the bronze medal.
Scouts ranked McAvoy highly prior to the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, ranking him among the top four defensemen available.
Ending his time in college, McAvoy signed up for an amateur tryout with the Providence Bruins, the AHL affiliate of the Boston Bruins, on March 29, 2017. McAvoy inked a rookie NHL contract on April 10.
On October 5, 2017, during the Bruins’ season-opening game against the Nashville Predators, McAvoy made his NHL regular season debut. In a 4-3 victory, McAvoy recorded his first points of the regular season with a goal and an assist.
On December 18, 2017, McAvoy scored a goal, an assist, and a fight in a single game against the Columbus Blue Jackets, earning him an unofficial Gordie Howe hat trick. The game was eventually won 7–2 by the Bruins.
McAvoy underwent surgery just after the new year to treat symptoms of supraventricular tachycardia, which was identified by a bout of cardiac arrhythmia that occurred after the Bruins’ November 26, 2017 home game against the Edmonton Oilers.
It was anticipated that the ablative surgery utilized to address the problem would require two weeks for him to fully recover.
On February 27, 2018, in the opening game of a six-game homestand at the TD Garden, McAvoy became the youngest defenseman in Bruins history to score the game-winning overtime goal against the Carolina Hurricanes in a 4-3 victory on home ice.
McAvoy won the 2017–18 NESN 7th Player Award on March 31, 2018, ahead of a game against the Florida Panthers.
McAvoy inked a three-year, $14.7 million contract with the Bruins on September 15, 2019. McAvoy and the Bruins inked an eight-year, $76 million contract deal on October 15, 2021.
With 65 victories and 135 points in the 2022–23 season, McAvoy’s Bruins club set records for the most wins and points in an NHL season.
Defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson of the Arizona Coyotes was wounded on October 30, 2023, when McAvoy illegally checked him in the head. After a league hearing, McAvoy will be subject to additional penalties in addition to the match penalty.
Source: www.Ghgossip.com
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