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Son of Flyers' interim GM apologizes for wheelchair incident

By Zac Wassink | Last updated 3/15/23

Carson Briere, a college hockey player and the son of Philadelphia Flyers interim general manager Daniel Briere, has apologized for his actions involving an empty wheelchair this past weekend.

"I am deeply sorry for my behavior on Saturday," Carson Briere said in a statement sent to ESPN's Michele Steele that was shared by Greg Wyshynski of ESPN. "There is no excuse for my actions, and I will do whatever I can to make up for this serious lack of judgment."

Carson is a junior on the Mercyhurst University men's hockey team that is based out of Erie, PA, and had his name go viral on Tuesday after a video showing him push an unoccupied wheelchair down a flight of stairs while inside a bar was posted on Twitter:

I usually don’t post anything serious on my twitter but something happened Saturday night and just can’t stomach the thought of this kid getting away with it. In the video below is a @MercyhurstU student and is currently on the @HurstMensHockey team. Carson Briere. pic.twitter.com/kWWlEYEc7V
— julia (@juliazukowski) March 14, 2023

Mercyhurst University has responded to the matter with multiple statements:

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— Mercyhurst University (@MercyhurstU) March 15, 2023

A statement from Mercyhurst University. pic.twitter.com/QNhwcMYVfM
— Mercyhurst University (@MercyhurstU) March 15, 2023

As noted by Adam Kimelman of the NHL's website, Daniel Briere only became Flyers interim general manager this past Friday after GM and president Chuck Fletcher was fired. Briere spent 17 seasons as an active NHL player.

"I was shocked to see Carson's actions in the video that was shared on social media yesterday," Daniel Briere said in a separate statement. "They are inexcusable and run completely counter to our family's values on treating people with respect. Carson is very sorry and accepts full responsibility for his behavior."

According to Wyshynski, Carson Briere previously was a redshirt freshman with the Arizona State men's hockey team during the 2019-20 season but was dismissed from that program in November 2019 for an alleged "clear violation of team rules" and because he "was not a culture fit."

The 23-year-old's statuses with the Mercyhurst program and the university as a whole weren't entirely clear as of early Wednesday evening.

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