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NHL’S TOP PROSPECT FACING 20 YEARS?! Gavin McKenna In Trouble | The Carton Show with Chris McMonigle

WFAN Daily

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Sports

3.8794 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Gavin McKenna is the best junior hockey player in the world, but he’s now facing first-degree felony aggravated assault charges after a massive brawl at a Penn State bar. Craig Carton and Chris "Big Mac" McMonigle break down the shocking details.

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0:00.0

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0:04.0

Wow, wow, wow, second time's a charm, eh, Billy Boy.

0:09.0

Oh God.

0:10.0

Substitution, courtesy of Paddy Power, embarrassing Eddie, makes way for sensible Samuel.

0:15.0

Cool, that was close.

0:16.0

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0:19.0

Because with Paddy's Super Sub, your bet rolls over to the player coming on. Paddy Power. Valid on selected leagues and markets only. Pre-match and in-play bets on qualifying player outcome selections only. T's and Clusions apply. 18 plus scummelware.org. So crazy story from Penn State. You know, there's that great hockey player, like the best junior player in the world,

0:38.7

the kid named Gavin McKenna, who decided to go to Penn State instead of going pro

0:42.9

because the NIO money was so great, he couldn't say no to it, right?

0:46.3

So there was a story, I guess they had the outdoor game,

0:49.2

and then after the outdoor game that he was a guest at.

0:52.1

One of the stories I read earlier this morning is that he was in a bar with his mom.

0:58.0

All right, somewhere I guess so off the campus of Penn State.

1:01.2

And allegedly, and again, maybe this story will change over time,

1:05.6

someone allegedly calls his mom a whore at this bar.

1:10.4

So Gavin McKen, according to the story I first read,

1:13.5

obviously turned around and cracked the guy in the face

1:16.0

and broke the kid's jaw in three places with, I guess, one punch.

1:20.5

So he is now being charged with a felony assault.

1:24.4

Yeah.

1:25.1

Now, if the story is what we first heard this morning, that somebody called his mom a whore and he was defending his mom's honor and punched some maybe drunk kid in the face, well, they're in a jury in America that's going to find that kid guilty because you defend your mom. Yeah. Like I would do it.

1:44.4

You would do it like to think we'd at least, right?

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