BOSTON — Police said Friday they charged former Boston Bruins player and coach Mike Milbury with assaulting a 12-year-old hockey player who was jawing with Milbury’s son.
Brookline police Capt. Tom Keaveney said Milbury, an assistant coach on his son’s team, allegedly grabbed, threatened and shook the opposing player as the teams were shooting around after a Dec. 9 game at a town-owned rink. The boy wasn’t hurt, Keaveney said.
Milbury, 59, will be summoned to court to face misdemeanor charges including assault and battery on a 12-year-old, threats to commit a crime and disorderly conduct, Keaveney said. Police said they have video evidence of the alleged attack.
But Milbury denied an assault “of any kind,” in a statement from his attorney
“He simply intervened in an altercation between his son and an opposing player,” the statement said. “No one was struck, no one was injured and no one was threatened.”
Milbury is an NHL analyst with NBC Sports, which said Friday he had been taken off the air.
“We both came to the conclusion that he should remain off the air while focusing on his affairs,” NBC Sports said in a statement.
Milbury, a defenseman, played parts of 12 seasons with the Bruins and later served as coach, leading the team to the 1990 Stanley Cup Finals, where they lost to the Edmonton Oilers. He also was coach and general manager of the New York Islanders.
The Associated Press
