The hit that ended Max Pacioretty’s season last year will be back in the spotlight this week with the return of the perpetrator, Zdeno Chara, to Montreal.
Quebec’s director of criminal prosecutions is still weighing options that could include laying charges against the big Boston defenceman.
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Seven months ago, Chara shoved Pacioretty into a stanchion, breaking a vertebra. Chara received a game misconduct but was not suspended, causing outrage among Montreal fans.
Amid a public outcry, Quebec’s director of criminal prosecutions ordered an investigation into the hit. Crown prosecutor Jean-Pascal Boucher says today that his office continues to study the file.
Some legal experts have deemed it highly unlikely that Chara would be prosecuted.
Montreal police concluded their investigation in August, but the Crown warned it would take time to come to a final decision.
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