Pacioretty Faces Possible NHL Suspension

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New Canaan's faces a possible suspension for his high hit on Kris Letang of the Pittsburgh Penguins with 3:14 remaining in the third period of Saturday's game in Montreal.

Letang, who suffered a broken nose, returned to score in overtime to give the Penguins a 4-3 victory.

According to the Montreal Gazette, Pacioretty will have a telephone hearing with NHL disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan on Monday before the Canadiens head to the West Coast to begin a three-game road trip.

I feel terrible that he got hurt and I'm thankful that he came back," Pacioretty said after the game.

"It's a quick decision there. He's coming across the middle, he's got the puck and is maybe in a scoring opportunity. If I let him go, he could potentially score on us. I knew I had to hit him but I didn't want the result to be like that.

Pacioretty has made an impressive comeback since suffering a fractured vertebra and severe concussion on a hit from Boston's Zdeno Chara in March.

Paciorettty is the Canadiens' leading goal scorer with 10 and ranks second on the club in scoring with 19 points, just one behind team leader Tomas Plekanac.

Pacioretty is on pace to surpass 30 goals and shatter his previous career high of 14 set last year when he played in only 37 games.

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New Canaan’s , who caught a career-high 10 passes for 194 yards in Cornell's season-ending 48-34 win over Pennsylvania, was named second team all-Ivy League.

A junior, Ondash finished the year with 54 catches for 856 yards and five touchdowns, helping the Big Red post a 5-5 record.

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The team will be making its 12th appearance in the state playoffs on Tuesday when the fifth-seed Rams visit No. 4 New London in the Class L quarterfinals.

New Canaan, which completed a 9-1 regular season with a 42-21 win over Darien on Thanksgiving, will tie St. Joseph and Bloomfield for the fourth-most playoff appearances in state history.  Only Ansonia (25), Hand (16) and Greenwich (15) have made more.

New Canaan is seeking a ninth state championship, which would tie Hand for third on the state's all-time list. Ansonia has won a record 16 titles and St. Joseph is second with 10.

The Rams have appeared in five consecutive state championhip games, but their run of four consecutive titles in last year's Class L final.

Class L clearly is the toughest of the four divisions with three undefeated teams. Masuk (10-0), ranked second in the state behind Xavier, actually is the No.  3 seed.

In other quarterfinals Tuesday, top seed Windsor (10-0) hosts Notre Dame-West Haven (8-2), No. 2 Hand (10-0) entertains No. 7 Coventry/Windham Tech (9-1) and Masuk is home for No. 6 North Haven (9-1).

The semifinals will be played on Dec. 3 at 2 or 7 p.m. and the finals are set for UConn's Rentschler Field in East Hartford the weekend of Dec. 9-10.

The FCIAC sent four teams in the state playoffs as Staples, Norwalk and Ridgefield qualified in Class LL.

The New Canaan-New London winner will face the Windsor-Notre Dame of West Haven winner in the semifinals.

New London, a traditional power in the lower classifications, moved up to Class L this season. The Whalers handed FCIAC runner-up Greenwich its only regular-season loss with a 51-33 victory.

Like New Canaan, New London will be making its 12 state playoff appearance and has won five titles. The Whalers' most recent championship came in 2008 when they defeated Seymour 27-18 in the Class SS final. Last year, the Whalers lost to Hillhouse 7-0 in the Class M title game.

The Whalers qualied for the Class L playoffs with a 37-17 victory over Norwich Free Academy on Thanksgiving.  Kyle McKinnon rushed for 244 yards and scored three touchdowns for New London.

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