Today in Montreal, the Montreal Police force have opened a investigation on Chara's hit on Pacioretty that sent Pacioretty to the Hospital on Tuesday night."The police investigation will be held. Like all police investigations, evidence will be gathered and an investigation report will be submitted (to the DCPP)," said spokeswoman Martine Berube."(The DCPP) will then evaluate to see whether there's grounds for prosecution." Berube also said that depending on the charges are laid they can not say what possible charges for Chara's hit would be. This case was mainley opened up, due to Pacioretty telling Bob Mackenzie (which was later reported on TSN) that Chara hit him on purpose. Just hours after the police heard that, they decided to open an investigation.
Written By Andrew Di Pardo
I can’t believe Chara’s hit is under investigation by Montreal police! It happened at a strange spot on the rink, and that’s why Pacioretty was badly injured. Do the police get involved whenever two players fight on the ice? No, so why should this situation be treated any differently? There is a certain level of physicality that is acceptable for participants in sporting events that wouldn’t be tolerated elsewhere. I hope Chara isn’t criminally charged since it will result in all physical contact in hockey (and other sports) being scrutinized.
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