{"id":82348,"date":"2025-08-14T14:12:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T14:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/82348\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T14:12:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T14:12:06","slug":"former-red-wngs-player-wants-to-court-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/82348\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Red Wngs Player Wants to Court Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/puckpedia.com\/team\/detroit-red-wings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Detroit<\/a> Red Wings center Sean Avery spent a lot of time during his NHL career in the penalty box. He was put into the legal form of the sin bin by his former wife, but now they are seeking early release from his penance.<\/p>\n<p>You see, Avery and his ex, model Hilary Rhoda, have resumed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressen.se\/sport\/hockey\/sean-avery-och-hilary-rhoda-kraver-upphavt-besoksforbud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">life as a couple<\/a>. There\u2019s just one tiny sticking point.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Former NHL star Sean Avery filed to end his wife Hilary Rhoda&#8217;s restraining order against him, citing they&#8217;re back together.<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gDUabg6XjF\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/gDUabg6XjF<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WnfftDYus2\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/WnfftDYus2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TMZ (@TMZ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TMZ\/status\/1955313536697004118?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In July 2022, Rhoda filed for divorce from Avery, citing irreconcilable differences. At the same time, Rhoda filed for and was <a href=\"https:\/\/detroithockeynow.com\/2023\/08\/04\/former-red-wings-forward-sean-avery-movie-star-oppenheimer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">granted a restraining order<\/a> against the former Red Wings player. She accused Avery of aggressive behavior toward her and their son.<\/p>\n<p>The restraining order is in effect until September 11 of this year, but here\u2019s another interesting little twist in the story.<\/p>\n<p>Avery and Rhoda are back together. According to court documents filed this week by Avery, they\u2019ve been cohabitating for over a year.<\/p>\n<p>That would seem to be a violation of the restraining order, and it is. That being the case, Avery filed official court documents seeking to have the restraining order lifted.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Did Mary-Kate Olsen Really Date Retired Hockey Player Sean Avery? He Says\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YRqOiH4zXN\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/YRqOiH4zXN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 E! News (@enews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/enews\/status\/1955314567459832083?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Avery and Rhoda, a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model, were married in 2015. They have a five-year-old son named Noah.<\/p>\n<p>Since leaving the NHL, <a href=\"https:\/\/detroithockeynow.com\/2024\/06\/04\/former-red-wings-player-dating-full-house-star-avery-olsen-coulier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Avery<\/a> is trying his hand at acting. He\u2019s had bit parts in such films as Oppenheimer and <a href=\"https:\/\/detroithockeynow.com\/2025\/07\/29\/former-red-wings-with-roles-in-hit-hollywood-sequel-chelios-avery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Happy Gilmore 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Avery Launched NHL Career With Red Wings<\/p>\n<p>Signed as an undrafted free agent by the Red Wings, Avery made his NHL debut with Detroit during the 2001-02 season.<\/p>\n<p>Avery played 608 games in the regular season and playoffs during his 10-year NHL career. He accumulated 1,602 penalty minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Traded to the Los Angeles Kings in 2003, Avery would lead the NHL in penalty minutes with LA in 2003-04 and 2005-06. In doing so, he became the first center to top the league in PIM since another former Red Wings player, Forbes Kennedy of the Toronto Maple Leafs, did so in 1968-69.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Detroit Red Wings center Sean Avery spent a lot of time during his NHL career in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82349,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[2508,1786,831,385,35612,99],"class_list":["post-82348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-detroit-hockey-now","tag-detroit-red-wings","tag-featured","tag-nhl","tag-sean-avery","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82348","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=82348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}