{"id":620840,"date":"2026-05-03T09:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T09:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/620840\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T09:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T09:53:09","slug":"mcavoy-offered-in-person-player-safety-hearing-for-actions-in-bruins-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/620840\/","title":{"rendered":"McAvoy offered in-person Player Safety hearing for actions in Bruins game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/charlie-mcavoy-8479325\" title=\"Charlie McAvoy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Charlie McAvoy<\/a> has been offered an in-person hearing with the NHL Department of Player Safety. The date and time of the hearing is to be determined.<\/p>\n<p>The Boston Bruins defenseman is facing discipline for slashing Buffalo Sabres forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/zach-benson-8484145\" title=\"Zach Benson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zach Benson<\/a>\u00a0on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred at 18:29 of the third period of the Bruins&#8217; 4-1 loss in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference First Round at TD Garden in Boston. McAvoy received a major penalty for slashing and a game misconduct on the play. Benson was assessed a minor for tripping.<\/p>\n<p>Because the Bruins were eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs with the loss, any suspension received by McAvoy would be enforced next season.<\/p>\n<p>If the infraction might require a suspension of six games or more, the offending player is offered the opportunity to an in-person hearing. If McAvoy waives his right to an in-person hearing, it will be conducted by phone.<\/p>\n<p>The following grounds are being considered for supplemental discipline: slashing. However, the Department of Player Safety retains the right to make adjustments to the infraction upon review.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Charlie McAvoy has been offered an in-person hearing with the NHL Department of Player Safety. The date and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":620841,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-620840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=620840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}