Bruins’ Milan Lucic to enter NHL/NHLPA Participant Help Program

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Lucic, 35, was arraigned Tuesday in Boston Municipal Court docket on an assault and battery cost.

Bruins ahead Milan Lucic will enter the NHL/NHLPA Participant Help Program, the staff confirmed to Kevin Paul Dupont of The Boston Globe.

“The Boston Bruins have been in communication with the Lucic household, providing our assist and help,” the Bruins mentioned in a media launch to Dupont. “The group is supportive of Milan’s choice to enter the NHL/NHLPA Participant Help program. “

In accordance with the Related Press, the NHL and NHLPA first started the participant help program in 1996, which helps gamers and their households when coping with points corresponding to substance abuse, psychological well being points, and different issues.

Lucic, 35, was arraigned Tuesday in Boston Municipal Court docket the place a not responsible plea was entered on his behalf for a cost of assault and battery on a member of the family. Lucic was launched on private recognizance and ordered to chorus from consuming alcohol and from abusing his spouse.

Lucic was arrested early Saturday morning after he allegedly grabbed his spouse by her hair and pulled her backward, in line with a police report obtained by The Boston Globe. 

In accordance with the police report, officers responded to Lucic’s condominium within the North Finish round 1 a.m. on Saturday after Lucic’s spouse known as 911 and mentioned that her husband had tried to choke her.

The incident started when Lucic returned dwelling from an evening out and couldn’t find his cellular phone, per the report. He allegedly started to yell at his spouse, believing that she had hidden his cellphone earlier than he allegedly grabbed her by the hair and pulled her backwards when she advised him she didn’t have it.

Lucic’s spouse met with regulation enforcement within the condominium constructing’s foyer and denied that Lucic tried to strangle her, though an officer reportedly seen redness on her chest. She declined medical therapy after assembly with police.

Officers famous within the report that Lucic appeared intoxicated when he answered the door to his condominium. 

“He acknowledged to officers that nothing had occurred and didn’t try to offer any clarification,” police wrote within the report.