NHL Radio's Nick Boynton Goes On Drunken Rampage

Nick Boynton

After being cut off at the bar early Thursday morning, Nick Boynton, a former defenseman with the NHL’s Boston Bruins, went on a drunken rampage at Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino, pushing patrons, calling women insulting names and fighting with officers, police sources said.

When it was over, Boynton, who was in Buffalo as a radio commentator for the Arizona Coyotes, ended up in police custody, facing several charges.

Boynton was so drunk, according to The Buffalo News, they decided to wait until the Friday morning session of Buffalo City Court to take him there for arraignment.

Casino personnel cut Boynton off from the bar at about 1:45 a.m. because of his intoxicated behavior, police sources said. That prompted him to yell and swear at workers, with his anger especially directed at female employees, calling them vulgar names, the police sources said.

Buffalo police officers assigned to provide security at the casino arrested Boynton, but he resisted and bit the hand of an officer while he was being subdued, police sources said.

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Boynton has been placed on a leave of absence.