Charlie McAvoy wasn’t even born when the hip-hop single “Return of the Mack” hit the airwaves in 1996. The Mack Morrison hit became an appropriate analogy in McAvoy’s return to the Boston Bruins lineup during Thursday’s tilt with the Calgary Flames at TD Garden.
McAvoy played a pivotal role in Boston’s 3-1 victory, notching the go-ahead marker with 1:43 remaining in the second period.
“He’s so much fun to watch,” head coach Jim Montgomery said of McAvoy. “It’s a lot more fun coaching with him than against him.”
McAvoy’s only blemish — if you want to call it that — came when he was on the ice for Noah Hanafin’s tally from the point against a screened Linus Ullmark to give Calgary the early 1-0 lead shortly after Connor Clifton’s tripping minor expired.