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Report: Max Pacioretty Suffers ‘Severe Concussion,’ Fractured Vertebrae From Hit by Zdeno Chara

by Michael Hurley on Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 12:30PM

Details are beginning to surface regarding Max Pacioretty's injuries after getting hit by Zdeno Chara on Tuesday night.

Pacioretty sustained a "severe concussion" and a fractured vertebrae, head coach Jacques Martin told reporters, according to C.J. Stevenson. The injury is a non-displaced fracture of the fourth vertebrae.

Earlier Wednesday, RDS' Renaud Lavoie originally reported the possibility of a fracture.

The Canadiens announced Tuesday night that Pacioretty was conscious, could move his hands and feet and was talking.

Pacioretty, 22, is a native of New Canaan, Conn. He played high school hockey at The Taft School in Watertown, Conn. He is in his third NHL season after playing one year at Michigan.