On Tuesday, Carson Briere, son of Daniel Briere, the Philadelphia Flyers’ interim general manager, was charged with pushing a wheelchair down a flight of steps at a bar.
Briere was seen in a surveillance video of the incident going up a staircase and talking with another man. After that, he seemed to take a wheelchair from the top of the steps and roll it down with no regard for its owner before entering the pub once more. The owner was not occupying the wheelchair at the time of the incident.
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Who is Carson Briere?
Carson Briere is a student-athlete at Mercyhurst University. He is nearly 24 years old and is the son of Daniel Briere, the interim general manager of the Philadelphia Flyers. Briere plays ice hockey for the Mercyhurst Lakers. He participated in 30 games for the squad in 2022–23, recording five goals and eight assists.
Mercyhurst University issued a statement after the video’s public release criticizing Briere’s behavior.
Here’s video of Carson Briere, son of an NHL player Daniel Briere pushing a wheelchair down stairs. He plays hockey for @MercyhurstU and transferred there after being dismissed from ASU for violating undisclosed team rules. pic.twitter.com/sPifomGUmK
— Anthony Dominic (@alloveranthony) March 15, 2023
“Late this afternoon, Mercyhurst University became aware of a disturbing video in which one of our student-athletes is seen pushing an unoccupied wheeler chair down a flight of stairs at a local establishment,” the school said in reply to Julia Zukowski, who initially shared the video on Twitter.
They also stated that the incident is being looked at by police, and student conduct.
Notwithstanding how unpleasant the incident was, Briere had a history of doing these awful things. He has kicked off the hockey team at Arizona State University in 2021 for breaking the rules. He finally moved to Mercyhurst University after being sacked.
Although he has performed well for the squad, NHL teams considering the talented forward may be put off by his past problems outside the ice rink.
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Sources later told the police that the crippled student had to be “physically carried” down the stairs. Many reporters contacted the Flyers for comment, but they did not answer.
