Charlie McAvoy practiced in a noncontact jersey with his Boston Bruins teammates on Friday and spoke for the first time since taking a slapshot to the face in a game against the Montreal Canadiens on Nov. 15.

The defenseman, who returned to the ice earlier in the week, had facial surgery for a linear fracture of his jaw following the injury, and said he is progressing although there's no timeline for his return.

"There are steps that we need to cross," McAvoy said. "Obviously, getting weight on, getting energy, feeling good is the biggest thing. You don't want to be out there and feeling like you're going to pass out. There's that, there's getting cleared by the doctor. There's X-rays, there are certain checkmarks that we have to get by before we can get back in a game. … We are doing e

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