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Carson Briere booted from NCAA hockey team after charges laid in wheelchair incident
Carson Briere, the 23-year-old son of Gatineau hockey great Daniel Briere, has been officially removed from the Mercyhurst University men’s hockey team, a Division 1 team in the NCAA.Briere was temporarily suspended from the Mercyhurst Lakers hockey team shortly after security footage of him shoving an unoccupied wheelchair down a staircase at a bar in Erie, Pa., went viral.Two weeks ago, Erie County pressed charges against Briere and Patrick Carrozzi, another Mercyhurst athlete, for the stunt after the wheelchair’s owner filed a complaint listing extensive damage to her chair. Read more: Donald Trump pleads not guilty to 34 felonies On Monday night, Mercyhurst Athletics announced that Briere “has been removed” from the university’s hockey team.“Mercyhurst cannot comment further on this matter,” the statement concluded.A statement on behalf of Mercyhurst University and Mercyhurst University Athletics.