{"id":667012,"date":"2026-05-12T23:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T23:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/667012\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T23:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T23:36:07","slug":"boston-bruins-defenceman-charlie-mcavoy-suspended-six-games-for-slashing-buffalo-sabres-winger-zach-benson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/667012\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Bruins defenceman Charlie McAvoy suspended six games for slashing Buffalo Sabres winger Zach Benson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/boston-bruins\/6\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/boston-bruins\/6\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Bruins<\/a> defenceman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/charlie-mcavoy\/8479325\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/charlie-mcavoy\/8479325\" target=\"_blank\">Charlie McAvoy<\/a> has been suspended six games for a slash to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/buffalo-sabres\/7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/buffalo-sabres\/7\" target=\"_blank\">Buffalo Sabres<\/a> forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/zach-benson\/8484145\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/zach-benson\/8484145\" target=\"_blank\">Zach Benson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The incident occurred in the closing seconds of Game 6 of the two teams\u2019 first-round playoff series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">With the Bruins trailing 4-1, both McAvoy and Benson raced towards a puck deep in the Boston zone that was going for icing. Benson appeared to slew-foot McAvoy and send him crashing into the boards. An irate McAvoy got up and wildly swung his stick at Benson as a fracas between the two teams ensued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Sabres went on to win the game and win the series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">McAvoy, 28, had two assists in the six-game series. A native of Long Beach, NY, McAvoy has spent his entire 10-year career with the Bruins. In 69 games this season, he registered 11 goals and a career-high 61 points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Internationally, McAvoy has represented the United States on numerous occasions and was a member of the team that won gold at this past February\u2019s Milano Cortina Olympics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">McAvoy will serve his suspension at the beginning of the 2026-2027 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Boston Bruins defenceman Charlie McAvoy has been suspended six games for a slash to Buffalo Sabres forward Zach&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":667013,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[16159,64,63,162094,169574,575,85],"class_list":["post-667012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-apple-news","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boston-bruins-sports-hockey-team-team-nhl-api-6","tag-charlie-mcavoy-sports-hockey-player-player-nhl-api-8479325","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/667013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}