NHL Players Who KILLED Their Careers

Some players couldn't handle all the money and fame that came with playing in the NHL. In this video we're taking a look at NHL players who KILLED their careers.
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[@Not_Lenny88]

Dude don’t fan the flames with that stupid Corey Perry rumor nonsense.

[@mochans]

Thank you.

[@arcnerd2571]

Thank you. X2

[@tacsium]

also his career isnt killed, he was traded to the oilers and they are HOT rn

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

@@tacsium Traded after his contract got terminated? You live in a strange world.

[@narcoloopsie999]

Corey Perry isn’t to blame for internet rumors… I don’t like guy but this is silly.

[@AscendedXSaiyan]

He's not *BUT IS* to blame for what he actually ended up doing

[@h.b16]

@@AscendedXSaiyanWhat did he actually do?

[@mikelight495]

At least he accepted responsibility for his actions. I was surprised to find out the n.h.l. has no personal conduct policy whatsoever. Like how Pat kane was involved in the violent criminal attack of a cab driver over about .50 cents. Then there is the star struck teenage girl who he hooked up with. She got sexually assaulted, she had two bites from Kane. How is he still playing? How does the n.h.l. spell personal conduct policy? N.D.A. (non disclosure agreement).

[@user-io8sz7tf9t]

@@h.b16Chicago never said why

[@forfuxakes6814]

@@mikelight495I’ve been asking that question for years. How is that rapist still playing hockey in the NHL?? Unbelievably sickening

[@mattlanders3700]

Todd Bertuzzi went on to play 9 seasons in the NHL after the Steve Moore incident. In fact, he had 71 points in the season directly after the incident (which was the 3rd best season of his career). Now the season after that he missed almost the entire season due to an injury and after that his point totals dropped. The narrative you're trying to create for this video isn't correct, injury and age (he was in his 30s) are why his numbers dropped off. Sorry but that didn not "kill" his career, it certainly hurt his reputation but the hyperbole is too much.

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

He was never the same post hit, and missed a lot of time because of it.

[@csnide6702]

not to mention if you WATCH the tape - Moore's neck doesn't snap UNTIL his teammate jumps onto Bertuzzi's back.

[@csnide6702]

@@incumbentvinyl9291 he was great in Detroit. Moore was agoon.

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

@@csnide6702 The tape? Haha!

[@csnide6702]

@@incumbentvinyl9291 yes , millennial - in those days they had video TAPE

[@armusc757]

If you played in the NHL for 18 years........yeah that's a full career. Nothing dead about it, pure BS.

[@hahayeahokaynope]

The Corey Perry take aged like milk in the sun. 😂

[@steverabideau3779]

Dead wrong about Corey Perry being hated. He's not responsible for Internet rumors. He is arguably a Hall of Famer

[@johanjotun1647]

Bring back Primetime Perry!!!!

[@blueshky]

Um I hate him

[@jordans175]

I hated him as a player and I’m not surprised at all to hear that he’s an asshole in real life.

[@Sheepy_TV]

More like hall of very good

[@tonycaniggia]

Hall of Scummy Fame

[@leafsfanforever2896]

- Mike Danton (hired a hitman to kill either his agent or his father, spent 5 years in federal prison, deported to Canada, no team was willing to pay his legal fees required to return to the USA (ie. entry waiver). Nonetheless continued playing in Quebec and Sweden) - Slava Voynov (domestic assault against his wife, voluntarily returned home to Russia and won a Gagarin Cup, gave up on a second NHL chance following a lengthy season-long 2019-20 suspension) - Brendan Leipsic (made misogynistic comments on Instagram, left for Russia and is now a Russian citizen producing solid numbers in the KHL) - Marty McSorley (clubbed Donald Brashear, convicted of assault) - Jake Virtanen (2017 sexual assault allegations surfaced in 2021, eventually leading to a charge that he was eventually acquitted of. Faltered on a second chance in Edmonton) - Mitch Miller (a case of ending a career before it even started, but bullying a Black youth since school. Now in Slovakia) - Alex Galchenyuk (arrested and charged for an alcohol-enraged incident this past July. Jumped ship to Russia) - Milan Lucic (domestic assault charge driven by alcohol. Likely that his career is over given his lack of production) Speaking of Danton, his statement of going to prison over failing in the NHL is like making a choice between death and expulsion… Needed to get his priorities in order

[@dantreb5726]

Mike Danton : crazy story

[@maxdaname]

There's also the long list of players that ruined their career and reputations due to drugs/alcohol/bar fights: Mike Ribeiro, the Kostitsyn brothers, Kevin Stevens, Theo Fleury, etc.

[@johnschober1819]

If Avery tried that on Billy Smith he'd have no ankles left

[@D-Fens_1632]

Mike Danton is one of the strangest scandals in hockey. I knew some people who went to school with the girl he asked to find him a hit man. One was friends with her younger brother and had been to their house I think. I remember seeing a party near my work thrown to celebrate when she was officially cleared of any wrongdoing.

[@mikelight495]

Would that have been worse than a Dr. With multiple drunk driving convictions hitting a teenage girl who would ride her skateboard 7 miles a day to her job? After sending her 150' thru the air he kept driving. She was still alive... being a doctor he could have helped her. No murder. No manslaughter. Just a misdemeanor conviction. My point? His wife & friends held a alchohol fueled celebration party for him all the same. Who is it? You know who you are dr. Joe... r.i.p. alix rice. I have one question? Where was m.a.d.d. during this?

[@blueshky]

I went to college with her. The FBI agent that arrested him at the airport was my little brother's hockey coach lol (valley northstars)

[@randomdefender1532]

I'm surprised you didn't mention the hamburger incident with Link Gaetz. While playing for the Thetford Mines Prolab (LNAH) 2005, he sat on the bench for the first and second periods. During the intermission before the third period he changed out of his skates and uniform and bought a hamburger from the concession stand and ate it. The team considered this disrespectful and Gaetz was suspended for the rest of the season and was called one of the quirkiest athletes because of this.

[@trinityrose5203]

Cory Perry DID NOT sleep with Connor's Mom. How awful of you to perpetuate that rumor. It hurt Connor, and his Mom, so much that people started that horrible rumor.

[@trevorwilson5496]

He did though. So did the coach and trainer

[@AlphaZaius67]

If Connor Bedard gets hurt over losers making rumors on the internet, he’s not gonna make it in the NHL. I’m sure he’s fine.

[@ryanbates5054]

I remember watching Danton win the university cup with the huskies, his story is bizarre

[@btttmeehan]

Actually went to SMU with Danton when he was attending studying criminology myself there-played beer league with him there as well LOL

[@TheSnapback]

Idc what people say about Avery, the "Avery Rule" was hilarious

[@MoneyHoneyBunny]

Poor Corey Perry, broke Ty Conklins record of losing 3 cups in 4 years with 3 different teams

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

Whoa, the Perry segment sure didn't age well. Also, why are we assuming that sleeping with a teammate's mother is a hideous act? Look at how many NHL players married teammates' sisters. Perry and Bedard's mother are pretty close in age. I say this without any knowledge of the existence, or relationship with Bedard's father.

[@clarencelee8852]

Now, Avery is a goof. He does have some talent as an actor. This guy will most likely never change!

[@GilesMcRiker]

Nobody who actually followed Marty McSorley career remembers him for the stick incident and I'll bet many have already forgotten about it. It happened at the end of his career, when he was already a journeyman player playing on one of the worst Boston Bruins teams ever. Most people will remember McSorley from LA or Edmonton

[@marcstevens8576]

I remember that incident. Unfortunately, he will be most known for that incident.

[@freehahahafree]

@@marcstevens8576 Yup..I don’t necessarily want to agree but I have to. Due to his time on those fantastic Oiler teams I was a McSorley fan and followed his entire career. But in the end everything he accomplished will be overshadowed by his stick incident. It sucks but it’s undeniable.

[@marcstevens8576]

@@freehahahafree Have to reply on this one. My teenage Cronie, who was from Chicago, absolutely idolized Billy Buckner, who was a skilled player, he followed His career into Boston, had all of his baseball cards & even a poster of Him. Like Marty, and his, once Billy booted that ground ball in '86; The rest of His career will be remembered for That One Moment. Shame that nobody points out the more points out the more positive moments on either of their careers. Although neither was a Superstar, both Billy & Marty deserved better than being judged on one infamous play in their later years.....

[@freehahahafree]

@@marcstevens8576 I completely agree with you. I’ve long felt bad for Buckner, and I say that as a lifetime Mets fan. It unfortunate that his entire career is defined by one ground ball.

[@mikhailstrailvideocollecti4023]

He was also in Con Air. The movie with Nicolas Cage and John Malkovich.

[@PAVEL--JAKL]

Good video bro..👌

[@najibm]

Shane Pinto is a potential candidate too

[@nneichan9353]

dang! it was quite a far cry from the 'Gallys' to the depths of nastiness when Alex was with the 'yotes.

[@whatever3749]

Great video! Brian "Spinner" Spencer was also one that could be mentioned but I think this is about realatively recent NHL history, Lots of players in the past with crazy stories. I guess young men with millions of dollars can cause issues.Hockey Alumni youtuber also has great content

[@dwightropp3014]

Yes, Spencer qualifies for this kind of treatment, but not some of the others here!

[@skyehorvath9063]

Spencer is the way he is because of his psycho father who was shot to death because he was pissed off that the Leafs game was not on TV. So he went there to the TV station with a gun, and was shot.

[@goodtogo2769]

Yes and who did they show , Vancouver vs California, Golden seals

[@skyehorvath9063]

@@goodtogo2769 Brian Spencer’s father does not control the content of HNIC. What exactly is your point. His dad was allowed to shoot up the TV Station because HNIC had a pre-selected game of the Canucks, and Seals, and not the team that his kid played on? Utter nonsense.

[@codeP08]

1:33 those team colors make it look like Perry's in 1930's Germany, lol

[@Swamp_gas12]

These guys are the result of being pulled away from their families at 15,16 years old, never being socialized and then thrown buckets of money at them.

[@SorenArouet]

McSorley gave the Habs a cup in 1993.

[@jorgendavidsson]

Really good video! I'm stuck every time. Keep up the good work. Greetings from Sweden

[@darkiplire]

Perry was just signed as an oiler this morning.

[@saskyelle]

Perry will be playing before the season ends. Any other team would have let him play. But since the hawks have some bad history they had to do something.

[@wesleyblanton2432]

Perry didn’t ruin his Career he had a successful Career!

[@user-io2gi8gc1i]

Can you make a vid about the firebirds please and thank you😊😊

[@drsudz]

How can you talk about Link Gaetz without mentioning his nickname in San Jose - "The Missing Link"? lol... I remember the game where he hip checked Gretzky, and Wayne did a flip in the air and landed on his back. Totally legal hit, but he got a 5 minute major. That was an important life lesson for me.

[@MS-ro9dm]

Perry's career was very successful and wrapping up anyhow. It wasn't "killed". And, and if the rumor's are true (I know we are supposed to pretend we know they are not) then he is Hall of Fame for sure....

[@zerocool6687]

Heatley killed his career? I mean you covered how much he accomplished for the 10 years afterward. At best we can say the bum knee from the crash cause him to age out faster but he got 13 more seasons after that accident

[@Herrlorddonkoenigczar]

Marty McSorley should have gone to jail as that’s blatant assault with a weapon

[@DrSnowBrainHealth]

Good channel…liked your video….new subscriber…was a leaf fan since I was a kid…then moved to Seattle about 30 years ago to do a post doc at UW. Now have been a huge kraken fan since they came into the league

[@seanpmcb9]

Bertuzzi was just taking out the trash

[@Thesongstaysthesame]

McSorely and Bertuzzi were just taking out the trash.

[@ReggieDunlop-wg9me]

Perry signed with Edmonton less than 2 months after killing his career in Chicago. Short lived death.

[@clarencelee8852]

Heater's story is tradgic for the people in his life and of course the Snyder family! R.I.P. Dan! You were called up far too early!

[@jackieb7205]

i'm surprised Bob Probert is not talked about in this subject.

[@craighanson-rc1md]

Where's Lucic?

[@alexandertomljanovich8487]

Part of me wonders if Heatley ever thinks about that crash and wishes it was him and not Snyder to pass away. Survivor's guilt is a pretty hardcore thing. Also, after his 2nd 50 goal season, I did a statistical analysis and at his pace he would've finished his career with over 700 goals if he played into his early 40s. What a shame. a.?/MCD

[@chaccotv7713]

Wow thought there were facts on this channel

[@csnide6702]

so....... Why no photo of Bedard's Mom......?

[@dylanryan8241]

Mcsorley!!! A legend

[@alecedgeworth2814]

Bert didn’t slam Moore’s head into the ice. Moore was injured when Andrew Nikolishin landed on his neck while going after Bert. You can see in the video that Bert’s hands were either side of Moore’s head

[@redbeard6403]

Was expecting to see Bob Probert on this list.

[@Pocketrocket-pj1us]

You lost me with Heatly. Yes he committed vehicular manslaughter but this did not ruin his career and all things considered, his career was more of a comeback than a bust. He does not belong on this list but that's MHO.

[@Pocketrocket-pj1us]

5:15 I like how you say Bertuzzi received assault charges and then tell us he received a match penalty! Lol After he was arrested, I doubt the match penalty was the thing that sent him to bed, without milk & cookies!! ;)

[@mastercow19]

Dan Snyder was a distant relative of my dad

[@BPags24]

12:01 is Jeremy Roenick, not Heatley

[@cags5511]

I think they just let the video roll a split second too long and it was a continuation from the highlight

[@user-io2gi8gc1i]

Can you make a vid about the firebirds please and thank you and buy the way the firebirds are a hooky team.❤😊

[@Freedom_84]

and i thought 2-tiered justice systems were only for politicians if a regular citizen did what mcsorely or bertuzzi did, we'd be in prison for 10+ years

[@shaunhickey7233]

The Blackhawks terminating comtract for misconduct is hilarious. The Blackhawks?? Ummm scandal anybody?

[@qjones7298]

Todd Bertuzzi is the man

[@dw7704]

A comment of a technical nature: that font is hard to read in the video. A simpler font would work much better

[@ItalkBoutStuff]

Sean Avery said in his book that he was basically playing a character his whole career and he was just being an exaggerated version of who he really was. Also, he made the sloppy seconds comment in an effort to get out of Dallas (which worked). He said he immediately realized how disrespectful that was to his ex, who he was still on good terms with, and felt terrible about it.

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

Good joke.

[@ItalkBoutStuff]

@@incumbentvinyl9291I quite literally cited my source if you don’t believe me bro

[@PaulC-ss5uo]

​@@incumbentvinyl9291yeah, expecting a good sense of humor out of Avery is going to be a long wait, and does anybody know who those two blondes are??? They both look familiar especially the one in the left--i know NHL players are in good shape and have a fat wallet, but where do you go after dating that guy?

[@jonpomerance-trifts6113]

Great content and presentation!

[@OtterPlaysYT]

Sucks to see such talent put to waste

[@nnjatisk7]

Great vid

[@dustinmatthews387]

Meanwhile, Patrick Kane with his off ice scandals & Brad ratboy Marchand with his on ice antics- still able to play:😁😇

[@mikelight495]

To think they still consider Kane a hall of famer Is disgusting. In the in the n.f.l. punter Matt araiza was mentioned in a gang rape. Even though he was exonerated no team has shown interest in him. The n.f.l. has a huge number of female fans. The n.h.l. has no personal conduct policy. A goon can outright deliberately assault another player with no fear of retribution. Keep your head up pat before someone serves it up to you on a silver platter to go with the silver spoon you were born with in your mouth.

[@alfredrossi5268]

Milan lucic❤

[@spiderhands]

I lost all respect for Kane when that happened. And i'm not thrilled my home team gave the C to Marchand. Shoulda given it to McCavoy

[@mikelight495]

@@spiderhands beat the cab driver over something like .50 cents. That is nothing. How about the star struck teenager he raped? Those bite marks? It is too bad the n.h.l. has no personal conduct policy. Notice how the Blackhawks began its slide into despair about the same time this occurred. Kane is cursed. This will follow him wherever he goes.

[@oiler4life81]

Now Perry is with the Oilers and no one's talking about the Blackhawks situation

[@LAKESPEED222]

I had no idea that Marty McSorley had changed his last name to Murray.

[@yoholmes273]

"I dont know if you're up on current events, but we just got our asses kicked, man!" - Pvt. Hudson

[@TomiKaski]

Bertuzzi’s reputation got hurt, but didn’t end his career… it ended Moore’s

[@Elementsoftheory29]

Your " views " on some of these player is down right laughable .

[@camrennik9512]

Moore had it coming

[@dannyb50]

Remember it takes two to tango

[@panchito9016]

Honorable mention : Slava Voynov killed his NHL Career by brutally assaulting his wife after winning his second cup in Los Angeles to get deported back to Russia by ICE then Winning Gagarin Cup in 2017 with SKA ST Petersburg(KHL)

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

4:45 - How was that supposedly done deliberately?

[@davidblane771]

This is easily on of the worst researched hockey chennels on KZbin. Do better.

[@koltred]

right? where the fuck is matt petgrave ??? he just ended a dudes life bringing his skate up 6 FEET into the air and claiming it was an accident. ALL NHL players who commented on it said its intentional. only the NHL commentators keep the facade of claiming its an accident because they are scared of getting called racist for holding a dark person accountable for their actions.

[@scottwilcox7807]

Todd Bertuzzi wasn't booed the rest of career. He was treated great by fans in Detroit. He was cheered in Vacouver every time he played there. Get your facts straight!

[@clarencelee8852]

The Mike Danton saga is all things very wrong. A very disturbing course of events!

[@keeblah1111]

Alica Cuthbert was who he was talking about in the sloppy seconds remark, those pics wern't her

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

7:24 - This is very misleading. McSorley wanted to fight Brashear, who had beat him in a fight earlier in the same game. McSorley maintains that Brashear broke 'the code' by refuing to drop the gloves. Brashear has a differing opinion.

[@Rover19666]

brashear was more surprised than hurt and flopped on the ice, McSorley barely touched him

[@timothydempsey8963]

Mic sorry wasn't tuff he was a sucker shot fighter

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

@@timothydempsey8963 Grow up and get an education.

[@timothydempsey8963]

@@incumbentvinyl9291 what's the matter the truth is to much for you fanboy

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

@@timothydempsey8963 *too Try again, child.

[@michaelandrew8493]

If you purposely go after a player and the player gets hurt and misses games then you should have to be suspended untill the player comes back. You hurt a player and knock him out for a year? Then you should be suspended untill that player comes back with no pay

[@camh1149]

Could Bertuzzi have been a bit more, cautious, exerting his punch ? Perhaps. But since when do lions ask themselves questions about their prey"s feelings ? Moore had it coming.

[@johnschauder]

Pelle Lindbergh really killed his career.

[@r.d.sandman6474]

Bertuzzi got robbed. What hurt Moore was he 3 Avs that thought it was smart to dog-pile on them. 4 big players in full equipment that’s 800lbs. So why weren’t those Avs disciplined, they just don’t think.

[@marciimeris503]

This seems like more "players who ruined their reputations"

[@linkintalent]

What happened to Moore was an accident, in my opinion. Yes, it was a cheap shot, but had he not fallen forward, Bertuzzi wouldn't have landed the way he did on him.

[@kolasillers7776]

Sandis Ozolinsh could play more years if not for alcohol.

[@koodnameduchess]

Bertuzzi calling Moore a piece of shit is a little ironic

[@tkob8294]

Pt. 2 is gonna have Lucic lol

[@jasperflare]

For sure

[@beerdo]

lot of "new fan" takes in this video lmao

[@chrstimmes]

What with this title? All these players had great long careers

[@iinspireNP]

All these player to player fight, you gonna charge someone when you the league allow players to fight it out and tell refs not to interfere till they go down on ice? It rlly says a lot abt dis league vs other pro league rules

[@gilligan777]

Show the damn clips of what happened...man the still shots suck

[@laurensiemens1436]

I never was a fan of katty perry

[@natemansur]

Either your using click bait or truly need a dictionary.

[@Frozencat99]

Video starts at 2:33. Fuck the Corey Perry hate and everyone jumping to Connor Bedard's defense. He doesn't need you to fight his battles, his mom doesn't need you to fight her battles, and if he was ever really upset, he could cry into millions and millions of dollars about it.

[@clarencelee8852]

Naaa Corey Perry is a good hockey player. Another team will pick him up! Oh, wait a minute, the Oilers did pick him up! I say... Excellent pick-up, Edmonton!

[@6hughmungus9]

Moore could have done a lot to prevent what happened. Anyone with a hint of self awareness in that situation should know that fighting one of the smallest guys on their team and then acting like you don't need to answer the bell again, after deliberately injuring an order of magnitude superior player and captain of the other team, is a pretty quick way to make someone take matters into their own hands. If he didn't play like a rat and then try to hide in a hole instead of standing there like a man and taking the punishment that he unequivocally deserved, then he wouldn't have had to pretend like he couldn't play hockey anymore and sue Bertuzzi for damages that far outweighed any career earnings he could've possibly dreamed of making with his skill level. Bertuzzi and Naslund were never the same players after this incident and that will go down as Moore's singular accomplishment as a hockey player, nothing but a detriment to the careers of far superior players who were misfortunate enough to share the ice with a rat like him.

[@leafsfan1539]

Daniel Ryder that’s a guy who ruined his NHL career he did an armed robbery pretty sure because of CTE

[@claytonmolloy6450]

It's been confirmed by all parties involved that sex wasn't why Perry was let go. Pretty lazy on your part or make it the first part of your video. Gross.

[@gurveersahota2801]

Surprised Jake Virtanen isn’t on here

[@Tampafan33]

THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD SERIOUSLY LOOK INTO ALEXES RUSSIA TIES AFTER SAYING THAT SHIT

[@jordancolomb2745]

Sean Avery was awesome 😂 that guy was fun to watch 😂

[@purplesocks5984]

I’m not to sure that you know who you’re talking about, Avery was an absolute embarrassment to whatever team he was playing for.

[@Rylynn2017]

What about bedards mom ?? Why isn't she getting the blame 2?