Charlie McAvoy ready to step up as the next great Boston Bruins defenseman
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After Charlie McAvoy finished his sophomore finals at Boston University in 2017, he decided to become a professional hockey player. The teenager signed an amateur tryout agreement and drove to Providence, Rhode Island. The Bruins were looking to do a model that Zach Werenski did a year before, McAvoy says. Which is to leave college, go play in the AHL playoffs, get your feet wet there, then the next year try to make the [NHL] team out of camp.
When he showed up to the rink for his fifth minor league game, McAvoy was told not to dress. The Bruins were down two of their top defensemen, Torey Krug and Brandon Carlo, entering a playoff series against the Ottawa Senators. They needed McAvoy, now. He made a pit stop to his dorm room to pick up a suit and his passport, and the next thing he knew he was being introduced to his new teammates. [Zdeno Chara], [Brad] Marchand,