The Most VICIOUS Attack In NHL History

When Todd Bertuzzi and the Vancouver Canucks welcomed Steve Moore and the Colorado Avalanche to General Motors Place on March 8, 2004, they had one thing on their mind: payback.
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[@RandyDubin]

I would also argue that what Marty McSorley did to Donald Breshear was just as bad, if not worse than this.

[@taylorgordon2696]

Definitely worse! Moores was just very unfortunate

[@henrymanzano2201]

Vicious,but Brashear played about 8 more seasons after that. Moore's career ended that night,and Bertuzzi knew EXACTLY what he was doing,cause Crawford sent him

[@taylorgordon2696]

@@henrymanzano2201 Moore chose to end his career for the lawsuit and purse litigation against Todd, Vancouver, Crawford and anyone else. If he kept playing he’d have no case. Dominic his brother play a long career in the league and made around 10 million, well Steve settled for 70 million. I mean common

[@videogamenoob100]

​​@@henrymanzano2201yeah but players like Max Pacioretty broke their neck and were able to play. Steve probably could have played if he wanted and he's able to walk

[@Tomastone]

Marty used his stick as a weapon, which is waaaay worse.

[@ryancox6268]

March 8th will be the 20 year anniversary of this incident. Can’t believe it’s already been that long.

[@PatFrenchLeafsFan1]

Hockey's version of the day John Lennon was brutally murdered.

[@xboxrules8472]

How are you celebrating?

[@MillerGenuineDraft1980]

I know! I remember watching it at a friends house. I think it was a Monday night. I went to Vancouver the next day. The mood was pretty somber.

[@Overonator]

He had no intention of hurting him? ROFL. He had no intention of hurting him that BADLY.

[@russell-di8js]

got that right.

[@steve8803]

@Overonator he just wanted to fight him. The mass majority of fights in hockey end up with very little damage to anybody. That's all that was on Berts mind, a few punches. Certainly nothing like what happened.

[@xboxrules8472]

His own teammates hurt him if you actually watched the game.

[@fredbmurphy]

Naslund would've been the first Canuck Art Ross winner that season. The NHL was compliant in creating the situation by their inaction in the first place.

[@xboxrules8472]

The coward kept running away from the fight, his own coach Granato was ashamed of him and wouldn't let him hide on the bench. The code is the code.

[@riffgroove]

I still think Marty McSorley's hatchet swing with the stick to Donald Brashear's neck while he was skating away from him was way worse.

[@louiscypher4186]

In physical terms it was, but coward punching someone elicits a visceral reaction. There's something that is infuriating about it. It's sort of action that demands mob justice. It's the sort of dog act that would have triggered blood feuds back in the day. It goes against the very ethos of being a man.

[@riffgroove]

@@louiscypher4186 McSorley's was the exact same. Except he had a weapon in his hands. That made it way worse.

[@ericmao8131]

McSorley deserves jail time.

[@user-lx6rk8sh9d]

Most vicious ever?!? What's wrong with "you people." Ignorant NHL fans. Whack on helmet after 20 yr career of being a Marty and all you clowns know is tap.

[@user-lx6rk8sh9d]

​@@riffgroovea weapon.... Wow. License for hockey sticks now. Go watch nba

[@ryancox6268]

The league was partly at fault for this incident. If Moore was properly suspended for that initial hit on Naslund, his career wouldn’t have ended so abruptly and Bertuzzi’s reputation wouldn’t have been tarnished. What some people fail to realize is that Moore already fought once earlier in that game. Should have been over after that. Both teams should have just moved on and focused on playing hockey.

[@KINGPOOPS]

Moore skated around like a pussy turning down fights from all the Canucks heavyweights and then jumped Matt Cooke. That isn't how the code works.

[@tomyurkovic]

The NHL DPS is one of the wildest examples of damage control. That's their job as HR, but I'm sure it bothers more people than me. I'm all in favor for settling it on the ice and backing up your team, but the inconsistency is pretty crazy. As you explained, there has to be a way to turn around that retribution into something better.

[@whattha930]

Loserrrrrr🤡

[@stevencooke6451]

As is happening today, particularly in the tolerance of players like Cousins of Florida, if you don't punish the first violent act, you will surely get an even more violent response. I think, though, that Bettman knows that many people watch the NHL for a similar reason they watch NASCAR: to see explosions of violence and the occasional serious injury.

[@whattha930]

@@stevencooke6451 Re Ta Rd

[@rawnchydeard4669]

I watched that game live. That was back when you didn’t need some weird TV provider to watch the Avs and I watched every game. I’ll never forget the announcers started yelling and me and my buddy just looked at each other in disbelief. Crazy.

[@toddmurphy390]

Mark Crawford should have been held more accountable.

[@wilnerolivier7971]

He's not 1 of my favorites!!

[@Matasky2010]

He didn’t hit anybody lol

[@toddmurphy390]

@@Matasky2010 he was the one that not only lost control in a revenge situation he actually encouraged it. He is guilty of instigating premeditated assault.

[@toddmurphy390]

@kirktuss4819 he fought earlier in the game he already answered that’s just a stupid comment by someone who has probably never fought and probably can’t fight.

[@drumagus2258]

dont like crawford at all, but moore was asking for it.

[@patton303]

As an Av’s fan, it was also pretty boneheaded of Tony Granato not to just take Moore out of the game for the last 10 minutes and I still wonder why he didn’t. I watched this game on TV and Moore was getting roughed up all game and it kept getting worse and worse. Especially when the Canucks were down by 5. You knew something was going to happen. And obviously it did. Bertuzzi was relentlessly booed and jeered every single time he played in Denver after that.

[@anthonys3631]

Well was Granato supposed to play his top line in a game with a huge lead? No, your going to put your 4th line in to finish a game that you have a big lead in. Just common hockey sense.

[@kode-man23]

@@anthonys3631Exactly. Minus the guy who is actively being head-hunted haha.

[@SirJaymesDAudelée]

Granato played Moore on purpose because he wanted to give him the opportunity to stand up and defend himself. No team wants a guy who can’t stand up for himself when he really needs to. I guess they don’t teach that at Harvard.

[@jakedasnake7703]

@@SirJaymesDAudeléehe already answered the bell and fought Matt Cooke earlier in the game.(Ironically another super dirty player in his own right as a pens fan Ik firsthand) but I guess it wasn’t enough for the Canucks. He should have fought Brad May or Bertuzzi himself right at center ice at the start of the game I feel like that could have prevented what happened as well who knows.

[@andrewwhitman3520]

Bertuzzi should have never been allowed to lace em up in the NHL again after that.

[@kode-man23]

I’m I the only one who was shocked to hear that he played for NINE more years? I thought that he was out of the league by 07-08 haha

[@DustinMikkelsen]

Todd Bertuzzi: "I'm going to end someone's career today". Tom Wilson: "hold my beer ". NHL Player Safety: "everything looks good here".

[@Salvatore1268]

Matt Cooke handled the Situation ironically enough the best way, then it got really awful

[@Pinkz604]

Cooke was a small guy, scrappy af yes, but much smaller than Moore so that’s why Moore accepted that fight hoping he could avoid the larger guys that were challenging him so no, it wasn’t even close to being enough. Moore tried to duck and run from the true retribution he deserved and it eventually cost him his career. I have zero sympathy for Moore to this day, karma eventually got him IMO, and nothing but love and respect for Bertuzzi and the West Coast Express. Hope Big Bert is his having a good retirement.

[@impulse_xs]

@@Pinkz604 Moore was listed at 6’2” 210lbs. Cooke listed at 5’11” 208lbs. It was hardly a mismatch… imo it should’ve ended there but I’m not really emotionally invested in this situation either way. Moore laid an incredibly dirty hit even by 2004 standards, which is really saying something. If anything I blame the coach for not benching Moore and the NHL not handing down any consequences for the hit on Naslund.

[@Pinkz604]

@@impulse_xs we can agree to disagree on a few things but 6’2 taking on 5’11 is still a notable size difference, especially for reach. Let’s also not forget how the 6’2 cheap shot artist refused to fight Brad May and Todd Bertuzzi but chose to fight the 5’11 dude that wasn’t even challenging him instead. So naturally, it wasn’t going to end there, especially given the era of badass, violent hockey that the league allowed at the time where nearly every team had about 1-3 OG goons on it. Had he been a man and stepped up to the plate against the bigger boys his size and taken the beats he deserved, then it would have ended there and maybe he would have had a full career. If a clown fucks with a star’s career in a dirty way and don’t step up to the plate after, it could cost that clown their career a la Cheap Shot Moore. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

[@CanadianMountie]

This was not the most violent incident in hockey. What about McScorley's two-handed slash to Brashear head??

[@jamesrowe3606]

Crocodile tears. He threatened to badly hurt him, then he badly hurt him. It wasn't during a play, there was no provocation, there was no excuse. It was a premeditated and serious assault causing grievous injury. He should be in prison.

[@blanewilliams5960]

GFY!

[@OKAYE-l7s]

B.S that wasn't a hard punch but he went limp thus injuring himself he could've turtle like the coward he was and after I could've been still blind siding hits to nhl stars total coward moore

[@bbajwa6116]

The dogpile the persued after is where the majority of damage took place.

[@Nickh4929]

Your saying that as if he wasn't clocked and slammed head first into ice before any of that happened.

[@bbajwa6116]

@Nickh4929 Yeah, but that alone wouldn't cause all the excessive damage.

[@Canucks44219]

@Nickh4929 umm actually he/she made a comment. You are the one insinuating his/her intentions beyond that comment. Just like I COULD insinuate that your comment is implying the pile on was no big deal. Perhaps it's best to comment on words used and not pretend like you know the person and what their mind thinks.

[@murrethmedia]

Thanks Doctor

[@alexwinter3272]

Yup Avalanche fans are too delusional to realize this.

[@xboxrules8472]

Anyone who thinks this was the most "vicious" attack in NHL history didn't grow up watching the game.

[@gordonsands]

Only losers jealous of vancouver think that

[@sportsfix6975]

Ummmm pretty sure the fatal karate kit to Adam Johnsons neck was worse...

[@xboxrules8472]

@@sportsfix6975 True, but that didn't happen in the NHL.

[@sportsfix6975]

@@xboxrules8472 true...

[@sampicano]

Bill Masterton literally died after a game.... Google Ted Green and Wayne Maki "Maki had gotten up and swung his stick and with the heel of his stick, struck Green on the right temple. It wasn’t quite evident right away, but that blow had crushed part of his skull and left Green partially paralyzed, and immediately caused his speech to be slurred. Green, while his body was convulsing, tried to get up but was unable to do so."

[@macadoom00]

Calling BS on Bertuzzi's apology, he had every intention of hurting Moore... just not as seriously as it turned out.

[@roffew.1065]

Ulf Samuelsson on Cam Neely was pretty dirty as I recall it

[@TheKisj]

Yeah, that one looks extremely painful, and sadly severely hampered Neelys career

[@kode-man23]

Just a reminder that this what happens when 2 teams play each other 6-8 times in a single season. No specific point that I’m trying to make, just remembered the days when you could play a divisional opponent more times than a 7-game play off series throughout a season 😂

[@adamhill3747]

Nobody sucker punches someone without the intent to seriously hurt them. Bertuzzi should’ve have ever been allowed to play again at any level for that chicken shit move

[@nicknick2903]

Rocket Richard once broke 4 hockey sticks over another player. I would imagine that was pretty brutal.

[@pdubb4]

Bertuzzi broke every code there is with that cowardly cheap shot.

[@steve8803]

@pdubb4 no he didn't. Bertuzzi was challenging him the entire game. Moore wouldn't stick to code and "answer the bell".

[@overratedbacon4409]

@@steve8803so you’re just gonna pretend the Cooke fight never happened, huh? Ridiculous

[@Eastvanucks]

Fuck steeve moore he got wat he deserved career ended beettuzzi still went on to make millions

[@ericmao8131]

Don't agree. Bertuzzi was playing by the code and Moore was the coward. Too bad for Bert that he's was on his way to be an elite and his career was downhill after this incident.

[@mikejessmax]

How many times and how many games does Moore have to pay for? It was over, let it go and play the game. Agree with the original post "cowardly cheap shot"

[@thenorthernwill]

McSorely on Brasher was worse.

[@jerichobeach2967]

Moores hit on naslund was dirty but dirty hits happen all the time, and nothing justifies berts reaction. Fight the guy kick his ass but dont sucker punch him from behind! Say what u want about cooke another dirty hitter but at lesst cooker fought him face to face.

[@lightdestructions]

Naslund had his head down

[@jerichobeach2967]

@@lightdestructions i wont deny that but it wasnt the same kind of head down as lindros. Nassy was over extending himself reaching. He did put himself in a vulnerable position and moores hit was very unnessary and deserved retribution just not the kind bert had in mind. Nobody would hit Gretzky like that theyd just worry about getting the puck. Not comparing the 2 but nassy was the league leader in points at the time or in the season prior.

[@drumagus2258]

@@lightdestructions so did horton

[@lightdestructions]

@@drumagus2258 the difference is that Aaron Rome lunged at Horton head

[@anthonys3631]

@@lightdestructionsyour a you no what smh!

[@BEYONDYOURIQ]

Bertuzzi should have been charged and sent to jail...this was not a hockey play.

[@solsang4673]

I have seen many incidents in a hockey game . Where exactly the same thing happened to another player. The guys didn't even get a suspension. If moore didn't get injured from that play it wouldn't even be that big of a deal.

[@toddedwards3391]

No Crawford!!!

[@michaelodonnell1885]

Old time hockey boys

[@craighanson-rc1md]

The irony that part of the reason Bertuzzi was ever allowed to play again "Significant uncertainty, anxiety, stress and emotional pain caused to Bertuzzi's family" dude committed a crime "Significant uncertainty, anxiety, stress and emotional pain pales in comparison to what Moore got.... Another irony is that even with the clear intentional of the action leading up to & during the attack Bertuzzi nor the coach who claimed a hit on moore or team itself ever faced jail let alone paid any serious amount of punishment to Moore.

[@Ispy10101]

It was assault at best, that's why nothing criminal was pursued. Fuck, McSorely's hit on Bashere was assault with a weapon with 20k+ witnesses and he wasn't charged criminally.

[@sportsfix6975]

Didn't he win millions, and Bert had to pay it?

[@craighanson-rc1md]

@@sportsfix6975 Even if so what good does millions do if your not able to enjoy it. The attack or the hit cost him his career & I believe he still suffers headaches & vertigo & other lingering issues. It's not quite as bad maybe as being paralized or killed say in a DUI or car accident but Vertigo Migraines & vision issues suck let alone never being able to enjoy playing what you loved or teach it to your kids. Also he was already pretty wealthy I think from being able to play Pro hockey I'm sure he'd give up being wealthier to be able to have the life he had upto the attack/hit but I'm not him so can't say for sure. I know it's believed to have physically & mentally affected his life & quality of live even maybe years off his life who knows. Still I'd bet he'd gladly give up all the money he got to have his life back to before the hit. I think in his spot I would. I was in a car accident & got some money out of it because it was caused by a Drunk semi Truck driver who ran a red light & busted my leg in several places & while i'd gladly give the money back to not have the knee issues I do still have especially in colder weather.

[@sportsfix6975]

@@craighanson-rc1md you forget he concussed Naslund first. He brought it on himself

[@craighanson-rc1md]

@@sportsfix6975 Look at the Naslund hit it wasn't intentional there's no justification in cheap-shotting a guy from behind literally. I'm not say it was a clean hit or that someone didn't deserve to hit or fight over the Naslund hit but it wasn't intention like Bertuzzi's & it wasn't from behind. The Naslund hit was from the side. It's a rough sport but cheap shots are never justified.

[@ibeethatoneguy7807]

I think that guy that kicked that one player in the throat with his skate and killed him is way worse then this

[@Charlie_Kelly666]

Most vicious attack lol. McSorley on Brashear

[@zachross8081]

20 years ago we wish todd bertuzzi did hit steve moore i was 8 years old when I saw it on tv and steve moore did play in the NHL again we lost to the Colorado 9-2

[@ACSR17]

The fact that Bertuzzi was allowed to play in the NHL again is unbelievable. He ended Moore's career and only got suspended for a season that never happened

[@nimo6972]

You're a fan that's why you will never understand insider hockey. If Steve was able to play hockey again; no team would take him.

[@Ispy10101]

Moore ended Moores career by taking a $70M USD settlement with the language that he could never play in the NHL again.

[@ACSR17]

@@Ispy10101 The settlement was signed in 2014, ten years after the incident. Moore never played another game, and was 36 years old when the settlement was reached.

[@anthonys3631]

@@Ispy10101 Seventy million?!?! There is no way he got that much. It was never revealed.

[@michaelduggan1890]

This was not the most vicious attack in NHL history . There have been many worse.

[@detangojet]

For Bertuzzi to say he never meant to hurt Moore is incredibly disingenuous. He sucker punched him from behind and drove his head into the ice. What exactly did he mean to do?

[@mattm3729]

Did he mean to hurt Näslund?

[@scramuelito81]

I'm from Australia, and so know nothing about ice hockey. The fighting to me is kind of bizarre. I see a lot of comments on these videos that fighting is part of the game. Just curious, do kids playing in the junior leagues get encouraged to fight during their games? And would the sport be ruined if fighting was banned altogether?

[@1247.cccccc]

Yes and yes. Have a nice day.

[@erikjohansson6579]

Its only in canada they fight, thus its a canadian phenomenon, nowhere else do they consider fighting a part of the game.

[@Matasky2010]

Anybody that puts himself in the position Naslund did is risking getting lit up, that was silly. Any competitive hockey player will agree.

[@dawkinakus8665]

I'm soo happy Bertuzzi (and every Canuck involved) never won a Cup! He's a criminal, and deserved jail time!!

[@lightdestructions]

And plus before Steve Moore hit Naslund in the head Naslund had his head down so that’s not Steve Moores fault

[@PatFrenchLeafsFan1]

Even Grapes should've likened Bertuzzi to the guy who killed John Lennon or a NAZI KOOK.

[@jeffhanson9821]

Fu

[@kev_e]

Your a soft snowflake

[@coreysghostglowmask8650]

Calm down...

[@paulbarrett6910]

Ended Naslunds career

[@trollslayergaming]

Crawford fanned the flames

[@dandystreethawk27]

People are trying to excuse bertuzzi for a blatant cheap shot 20 years after the fact and that is hilarious to me. Wasn't even a super dirty hit on naslund he was on 2 knees when the hit was made how do you avoid head contact in that instance?

[@KINGPOOPS]

Moore intentionally hit Naslund in the head. Naslund was reaching for the puck with his head out, and then he pulls his head back to the point where Moore would have to go out of his way to hit Naslund in the head, and he went for the headshot anyway because he had already made up his mind.

[@rf3473]

@@KINGPOOPShahahahahaha what fucking joke.

[@11froglegs]

No no The 70s had the Toughest most vicious players😊😂😊

[@nskr160]

We all just gonna ignore the plate in Ted Greens head over a stick swinging incident with Wayne Maki? That’s the most brutal play to date other than the murderous kicking incident.

[@rcourt879]

Bob Proebert was the all time beast. RIP

[@isailwind3471]

If you think that was the most violent thing in hockey, you don’t know hockey and have no business making videos about it.

[@theultimatemale6820]

BERTUZZI SHOULD HAVE BEEN BANNED FOR LIFE.

[@PatFrenchLeafsFan1]

And Don Cherry should've likened Bertuzzi to the guy who killed John Lennon. He also should've belted out the classic tirade from A Few Good Men. "YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT, HE DID!!!!"

[@theultimatemale6820]

@@PatFrenchLeafsFan1 WHAT THE HELL IS BURIED IN YOUR ASS MAN?!

[@jeffhanson9821]

Fu

[@zachross8081]

i remember watch that game on tv i was 8 years old when bertuzzi got mad at Steve moore

[@tbprofile1295]

So did the NHL learn from this? I watched a couple of games recently, and everyone just ealivates over the violence. The giant rookie on the Rangers- basically just fights - and teams try to hurt Connor Bedard.

[@Chasereraser5]

Shane pinto had 41 games after this

[@themodsify]

At least he didn't kick him in the throat!😳

[@timw4369]

Destroyed the canucks for years.

[@marie2274]

That is why Bertuzzi nephew is booed by Avs fans to this day. It doesn't matter which team he plays for..

[@michealranex1839]

Ive always thought when a dirty play ends in injury the instigator should be suspended for the duration of the injury.

[@TorgoLives]

I watch all 3 games in question live on television. I asked some of the same questions brought up here. Why did Vancouver wait so long to retaliate? Because at first, they didn't know how long Naslund would be out. When they found out he'd miss considerable time, they definitely wanted revenge. But they wanted to do it in front of their home fans and not in a game in Denver where they were getting blown out. Ok, fine. I lay a lot of the blame on Crawford and Brad May who stoked the fires of the team and fans, basically making way more out of the Moore hit than it really was. Yes, it was a careless hit but never intended to injure Naslund. Moore had absolutely no history of cheap shot injuries in the NHL or minor league level. It was clear to me that for Vancouver, and particularly Bertuzzi, fighting Moore that night wasn't enough. He wanted to injure him as payback. Why May or Bertuzzi weren't the ones to fight him in the first place, I have no idea. But we all thought it was over after that.

[@MikeJones-rk1un]

Is there different rules for a leading scorer? Why does that matter?

[@ericwill2133]

I remember watching that game on TV and yeah, everyone in the room got really quiet.

[@packofredapples8]

Moore dropped the gloves after the incident. Cowardly to sucker punch him from behind.

[@MoeHamHead-bx7og]

As a Wings Fan there was nothing more disgusting than seeing Bertuzzi in a Wings jersey. Bertuzzi, like McSorely, should never have played again.

[@BDelane1983]

Can't help but feel that if he'd just dropped the gloves with Brad May (his first challenger that night, and oddly not in this vid) everyone would have moved on. Instead he waited to fight the smaller, non-fighter Matt Cooke, and got the better of him, which seemed to inflame the situation to an unfortunately high degree.

[@foehammergaming309]

He had his glove on when he hit him. I think in his mind he had no thought it would lead to what it did. Bad choice which is why fighting in the NHL is typically 2 willing combatants. And that should stay in the game. Key world willing

[@WarrenThompson-p9k]

The problem is that violence as far as i can remember has always been promoted in NHL. Cant tell you how many professional NHL players I seen with missing teeth . Two players go at it , start swinging blows the crowd goes wild , and later no one gets charged and they still continue the game like nothing happened . Put them in the penalty box for a portion of the game then they are free to play the next day. Seriously what makes them think they aent purposely fighting just they can sit in the penalty box all day and not have to put in work the rest of the game .

[@henrymanzano2201]

You can't FORCE someone to engage. If that were the case,guys like Tom Wilson,Brad Marchand,Matt Cooke,Sean Avery,Raffi Torres and Matthew Tkachuk would all be in wheelchairs

[@the6ig6adwolf]

Marty McSorley hit someone in the head with his stick (on purpose), and you call the Burtuzzi incident "the most vicious". Gimme a break.

[@bbb462cid]

McSorley on Brashear, Ferguson on Nesterenko, Maki on Green, Hunter on Turgeon and Shore on Bailey come to mind as worse than this.

[@guyberger5802]

you're right, and prouve only one thing, NHL is a garage league, monkee buisness & spécialy a bananas républik, that's it's & that's all.

[@danbratten3103]

Look up the cheap shot attack on Henry Boucha when he played for the Minnesota North Stars by Dave Forbes of the Boston Bruins. It was way more disturbing than the Bertuzzi/Moore incident.

[@ristorantanen5769]

Satisfaction is a good teacher

[@jeremyhughes6020]

As a Canucks fan, this is the worst moment in team history, worse than the riot. Still can’t forgive Bertuzzi and Crawford.

[@jlo2o199]

Idk which beetuzzi sucks more. This one or his newphew.

[@drumagus2258]

this was just freak accident, guys do the same thing all playoffs long everytime they blow a whistle. bertuzzi is an idiot(runs in the family) but there are way more vicious attacks like stevens on kariya, chara on patchioretty, lemiuex on drapper, mcsorley on brashear, rome on horton, clarke on kharlamov, moore on nasland, bure on churla, messier on take your pick, ect. this one just has bad outcome.

[@ssvessels8168]

Honestly kinda amazes me all the people in the coments excusing Bertuzzi for this. Guy ended Moore's career.

[@zachross8081]

we wish Marty mcsorley did use his stick on donald brashar on feb 21 2000 i was 4 years ago i can't believe what I saw in that game we beat Boston 5-2 but mcsorley got in trouble for use his stick to the head on Donald brashear

[@rozzie101]

The media is keeping this alive, every one else moved on. Including Moore...

[@BSDLIQUIDATORS]

With the league supposedly trying to crack down on fighting et al, I still can't figure out by what logic Bertuzzi was allowed back into the league. He ended someone's career! FYI: via friends who attended law school, there are professors who use this case to teach about assault.

[@jeremymiller2124]

You punched him in the head and slammed him to the ice. You didn't mean to hurt him? Bertuzzi should have been banned for life from the NHL.

[@JPV-j8m]

Absolutely 100% should have been put in jail for a very long time

[@YoImScarface]

i remember watching this game live cuz i knew canucks were gonna get revenge. what do you expect moore? going after our captain

[@stevencooke6451]

The league is gradually easing its way back to the pre-Bertuzzi era. So much is tolerated now, and it's an open secret that revenge is how the game is police, not from the odd tap on the wrist from the referees and the ironically named Department of Player Safety.

[@ronaldkulas5748]

I agree with you. I am 71 and I never enjoyed watching pro hockey as a young man because there never was a flow - too much fighting. But IMO the Russians taught us how to play hockey, and as a consequence pro hockey became incredibly fun to watch. But whenever I try to watch pro hockey now, I am disappointed. The skill and beauty of the game is not on display. They are going back to the old days I am afraid.

[@PatFrenchLeafsFan1]

I'm hoping Ron Maclean bring this up on HNIC the day after the anniversary. "I'm sure hoping that Trudeau should pay tribute to Bertuzzi for his contributions to the game, but Moore's fans likened him to the guy who killed John Lennon. Imagine there's no violence in hockey."

[@Cubaquois]

No, it was mcsorley on brashear

[@ytb1984sync]

nah,this is bigger

[@yorkhawk3223]

Great video. Good content, well researched and reported. And I know you all are told to keep energy up in media school and everything...but why are you yelling at me, bro? The whole video, just shouting at me.

[@jaybryant4752]

At the time of this incident, and to this day I have no sympathy for Moore. And I never will. This whole situation was blown out of proportion. His actions leading up to the incident was his own doing. And after watching it people can't say beyond a reasonable doubt that it was Todd's fault. In my opinion Moore's neck injury was caused by the pile-up from the players after the punch.

[@ericmao8131]

Can't believe it has been 20 years. I don't condone violence, but I watched hockey for many years and there were definitely worse cases then this. McSorley's stick swing, Domi suckered Niedermayer and Samulsson, etc. I somehow feel Burtuzzi-Moore incident was blown out of proportion. Moore was a marginal player but Burtuzzi was on his way to be a dominant player in the league and sadly his career was derailed by this incident. Criminal charge was a joke. The only person who deserves the criminal charge in hockey is McSorley.

[@theshannan59]

It was a hockey play . Moore knew he had a fight coming He had it coming and he should have taken his lumps . There is no way in this world that he meant to injure him like that . He gave him a punch i mean big deal. The guy knocked out falls forward and bertuzzi fell forward with him. We are judging this by the outcome not by basicslly one punch and a fall .

[@georgea5991]

Possibly unpopular opinion, but maybe don't be a bully in the first place. Things can always catch up to you.

[@nathandettmers1799]

I remember this but I don’t remember the cheap shot that lead to this, if you’re going to lay a cheap shot, you don’t skate away even weeks later from a guy wanting to fight you over it, turn around and drop the gloves or don’t be a cheap shot artist!

[@TadashiNazuka]

Eye for an Eye. Using the word horrific is an insult to the game.

[@roimari]

It isn't coincidence that Crawford was involved in those two dirty series with Wings-Avs and Canucks -Avs.

[@alexl4710]

I never heard the full story of this, awesome breakdown. Another sick vid Jonah & Team

[@Birenball]

Appreciate you, Alex! Thanks for watching!

[@RalphieMaysGhost]

MacSorley's high stick to Brashear was much more vicious.

[@NikoMichaels-hb7sk]

Yhe NHL's to blame 1000% for the Bertuzzi, Moore incident . . If they'd of fined & suspended Moore automatically for rest of season for the high Elbow & ON PURPOSE hit to the head on Naslund. . Just like they'd done before for Star players like Gretzky, Kurri, Lafleur, Bossy, Lemieux, Jagr , Crosby, Selanne, Kuriya, etc, etc. . That'd of NEVER happen at all. . . 1000% leagues fault for not acting swiftly ; bringing the hammer down on Moore's season. & at that time, the Canucks were a top 4 of NHL team, chasing the Presidents trophy too. You can even point the finger at Granato too for putting him out there in 3rd period when they were in 6-2 as. well. . .But mostly the NHL Disciplinary Dept. for what could've been COMPLETELY AVOIDED

[@basilicata92]

There have been worse suckered punches than this. Only difference is the injury occurred.

[@tylercowell4371]

Much respect Todd. Moore had something coming ran like a punk and well? Oops

[@fixxthecat]

Steve moore was challanged to fight several times his final game and even once by bertuzzi before punched him from turning his back to todd. Had steve moore dropped his gloves we would have a different story.

[@overratedbacon4409]

How many times do people have to point out that he already fought once that game? Canucks fans constant attempts to rewrite the history of this incident are laughable

[@fixxthecat]

@overratedbacon4409 it is what it is. You can only learn from an incident this. I do believe had steve fought more than once his career would of lasted longer than it did.

[@nimo6972]

​@@overratedbacon4409 Bro, say that to the Av's player's who supported Todd.

[@overratedbacon4409]

@@nimo6972 and who would that be?

[@fixxthecat]

@overratedbacon4409 2ndly, players fought and fight multiple times PER game all the time , especially in this time era.

[@MS-ro9dm]

Being judged on the outcome not the action. We regularly see checks from behind into the boards that are way more dangerous.

[@Dadlife20s]

What bertuzzi did is in excusable. Moore should have dropped the gloves with him. I know he answered the bell earlier but Vancouver was t satisfied. Your 25, first full season, injured nhl’s leading scorer, you should’ve dropped the mitts.

[@kellysavalas5937]

The end result was horrific. The worst I have seen was McSorely swinging his stick at Brashear.

[@toronto57]

Brian Burke should have been arrested as well, he went down to the dressing room and demanded that that kid be hurt..

[@alleneng]

its only the most vicious cos of the injury sustained. anybody remember tie domi sucker punch on ulf samuelson? what if Morgan Rielly broke Ridly Greigs neck?

[@drumagus2258]

so did moore btw

[@realeyesrealizereallies1194]

Bertuzzi Slam Face

[@NunYa953]

Stanley Cups Won: Colorado: 3 Vancouver: 0

[@milehiguy4640]

The cup don't lie

[@MrDarcykampe]

Not the most vicious attack in NHL history. Plenty more if you go back many years. Why is theScore trying to keep this one alive? Why not do anniversaries for all the rest?

[@paulthomas9911]

its just the untrained eye that thinks bertuzzi was alone at fault. if you truly know hockey, what steve moore did was assault. and the league polices itself so he needed to man up and fight to settle it.

[@neostar63]

Hyperbole. Vicious for sure, disgusting yes. Most vicious? No. McSorley whacking Brashear with his stick was worse.