QUEBEC CITY -- Montreal police started a criminal investigation Thursday into the on-ice hit by Boston's Zdeno Chara that left the Canadiens' Max Pacioretty with a severe concussion and cracked verterbra. Police said they are acting on a request by Quebec's director of criminal and penal prosecutions, Louis Dionne. Police added that after evidence is collected it will then be determined if there are grounds for prosecution.
I guess all that praise I laid on Canada yesterday as the home of hockey was for naught, huh? What a freaking joke this is. Typical Canadiens. I'm not writing this from a Bruins fan's perspective, I'm writing this from a hockey fan's perspective. There was no ill-intent on Chara's part. Shit happens. Any other area of the ice, away from the bench, and none of this is even an issue. It was an interference penalty and nothing more. Sure, I'm glad Pacioretty is okay, but enough of this already.
What are they gonna do, toss Chara in jail? Do we have an extradition treaty with Canada? I don't remember the Boston Police launching a probe into the Matt Cooke incident last year, or the Randy Jones' hit on Patrice Bergeron back in 2007. Hockey's a physical game. Deal with it. So any previous stereotype you had against Canadiens fans, this just further establishes them. In the words of Frank Ryan, "God I hate those French Europeans".
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