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.