Charlie McAvoy stood out when he joined his Bruin teammates for a full practice as he did on Friday at Warrior Ice Arena. And it went beyond the red non-contact jersey and the bubble head gear that is protecting is repaired broken jaw.

Since taking a Noah Dobson slapper to the face in Montreal on November 15, McAvoy has been on a liquid diet, causing him to lose almost 20 pounds.

“I can tell on the ice, he looks like a skinny guy out there,” said coach Marco Sturm.

McAvoy said he suffered a linear fracture to the left side of his jaw, some displacement and he lost a lot of bottom teeth.

“I’ll save you the visual. Just take my word for it,” said McAvoy, speaking to reporters on Friday for the first time since suffering the injury.

For those watching, and for McAvoy, it was a no-doubter

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