Gavin McKenna’s meteoric rise towards NHL superstardom has slammed into a large off-ice collision.
The Penn State hockey phenom — extensively projected to be the No. 1 decide within the 2026 NHL Draft — is coping with critical authorized hassle after cops say he was concerned in an alleged late-night battle close to campus over the weekend.
A Pennsylvania court docket docket filed on Wednesday fees the 18-year-old ahead with aggravated assault for trying to trigger critical bodily or inflicting harm with excessive indifference … together with misdemeanor assault and different lesser fees.
The arresting officer filed McKenna’s fees on Saturday — the identical day Penn State males’s hockey performed its first-ever sport at Beaver Stadium. McKenna scored a objective within the 5-4 extra time loss.
Particulars surrounding the alleged incident are nonetheless unclear … however one individual reportedly suffered a damaged jaw, based on Onward State, a Penn State student-run web site that first reported the information.
McKenna’s case is awaiting a preliminary listening to.
He has been tearing up the hockey world and rocketing up draft boards … however with the NHL Draft highlight blazing and scouts watching carefully, his future might hinge simply as a lot in a courtroom because it does on the ice.
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