Charlie McAvoy, Trump and Team USA
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McAvoy has endured injury, infection, family concerns and more injury over the past year — and come through it a gold medal winner.
Some of the players in the room appeared to react with a laugh, while others said, “2 for 2!” in reference to the women’s Gold Medal triumph. McAvoy’s Bruins and Team USA teammate Jeremy Swayman apologized on Wednesday for the team’s reaction, with McAvoy echoing the sentiment.
The Bruins got some more players back for Tuesday’s practice in bronze medalists Joonas Korpisalo and Henri Jokiharju. They’re still waiting on Charlie McAvoy and Jeremy Swayman, who won gold with Team USA on Sunday.
Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy found immense relief in winning Olympic gold with Team USA, a victory he felt his family deserved after a year of significant personal adversity. Having his wife, son,
Long Beach’s Charlie McAvoy will forever remember the on-ice thrill of helping Team USA win the gold medal. But just as meaningful, if not more so, was the postgame embrace with his father and having family and friends from Long Island travel to Milan, Italy, to watch him in the Olympics.