Charlie McAvoy and his Team USA teammates at the 4 Nations Face-Off retired for the night at their Boston hotel. McAvoy could not sleep. His right shoulder was hurting too much. It had swollen to the point where his trapezius was unrecognizable.

"It's all just motivation, really, to not feel like this again. Never been here, and I don't want to be here again.” The post Charlie McAvoy shares emotional toll from 4 Nations injury: ‘It cost me my season’ appeared first on Boston.

After injuring his shoulder in a 4 Nations Face-Off game against Finland, McAvoy eventually ended up in Mass General to treat a staph infection