Montreal Canadiens forward Max Pacioretty left Saturday night’s game in the first period against the Carolina Hurricanes after a scary-looking collision with the net.
Pacioretty was driving to the Hurricanes net and was ridden into the post by Carolina defenseman Brett Bellemore. After being attended to by the team’s medical staff on the ice for several, Pacioretty did not return to the game.
A New Canaan High School Ram for one year before transferring to Taft in Watertown, Pacioretty assured reporters it was for precautionary reasons and that he should be good to go for the Olympics.
“I went in pretty hard and I got the wind knocked out of me,” Pacioretty told NHL.com. “I think the team wanted to play it safe and I think it was a good decision.”
Team USA begins its quest for Olympic gold on Thursday at 7:30 a.m. against Slovakia.
Pacioretty is one of six hockey players—three men and three women—with ties to the state who are representing the United States in these Winter Games. The others include Kevin Shattenkirk, Jonathan Quick, Josephine Pucci, Julie Chu and Hilary Knight.
Here are the TV schedules for remaining games, according to BeforeItsNews.com:
2014 Women’s Olympic hockey tournament TV schedule (network or outlet noted in parentheses for each game):
Feb. 9
- 3 a.m. ET Sweden vs. Japan (NBCSN)
- 8 a.m. ET Russia vs. Germany (MSNBC)
Feb. 10
- 5 a.m. ET USA vs. Switzerlan (NBCSN)
- 10 a.m. ET Finland vs. Canada (MSNBC)
Feb. 11
- 3 a.m. ET Germany vs. Sweden (NBCOlympics.com)
- 10 a.m. ET Russia vs. Japan (MSNBC)
Feb. 12
- 3 a.m. ET Switzerland vs. Finland (MSNBC)
- 7 a.m. ET USA vs. Canada (NBCSN)
Feb. 13
- 3 a.m. ET Japan vs. Germany (NBCOlympics.com)
- 12 p.m. ET Sweden vs. Russia (MSNBC)
Feb. 16
- 3 a.m. ET Quarterfinal #1 (NBCOlympics.com)
- 12 p.m. ET Quarterfinal #2 (NBCOlympics.com)
Feb. 17
- 7 a.m. ET Semifinal #1 (NBCSN)
- 12 p.m. ET Semifinal #2 (MSNBC)
Feb. 20
- 7 a.m. ET Bronze Medal Game (NBCSN)
- 12 p.m. ET Gold Medal Game (NBC)
2014 Men’s Olympic hockey tournament TV schedule (network or outlet noted in parentheses for each game):
Feb. 12
- 12 p.m. ET Czech Republic vs. Sweden (USA)
- 12 p.m. ET Latvia vs. Switzerland (MSNBC)
Feb. 13
- 3 a.m. ET Finland vs. Austria (NBCSN)
- 7:30 a.m. ET Russia vs. Slovenia (MSNBC)
- 7:30 a.m. ET Slovakia vs. USA (NBCSN)
- 12 p.m. ET Canada vs. Norway (USA)
Feb. 14
- 3 a.m. ET Czech Republic vs. Latvia (MSNBC)
- 7:30 a.m. ET Sweden vs. Switzerland (NBCSN)
- 12 p.m. ET Canada vs. Austria (USA)
- 12 p.m. ET Norway vs. Finland (MSNBC)
Feb. 15
- 3 a.m. ET Slovakia vs. Slovenia (MSNBC)
- 7:30 a.m. ET USA vs. Russia (NBCSN)
- 12 p.m. ET Switzerland vs. Czech Republic (NBCSN)
- 12 p.m. ET Sweden vs. Latvia (USA)
Feb. 16
- 3 a.m. ET Austria vs. Norway (USA)
- 7:30 a.m. ET Russia vs. Slovakia (USA)
- 7:30 a.m. ET Slovenia vs. USA (NBCSN)
- 12 p.m. ET Finland vs. Canada (USA)
Feb. 18
- 3 a.m. ET Qualification #1 (NBCSN)
- 7:30 a.m. ET Qualification #2 (NBCSN)
- 12 p.m. ET Qualification #3 (NBCSN)
- 12 p.m. ET Qualification #4 (MSNBC)
Feb. 19
- 3 a.m. ET Quarterfinal #1 (NBCSN)
- 7:30 a.m. ET Quarterfinal #2 (NBCSN)
- 12 p.m. ET Quarterfinal #3 (USA)
- 12 p.m. ET Quarterfinal #4 (MSNBC)
Feb. 21
- 7 a.m. ET Semifinal #1 (NBCSN)
- 12 p.m. ET Semifinal #2 (NBCSN)
Feb. 22
- 10 a.m. ET Bronze Medal Game (NBCSN)
Feb. 23
- 7 a.m. ET Gold Medal Game (NBC)