Ten-year anniversary of Bertuzzi’s sucker-punch this weekend
Posted March 6, 2014 6:59 am.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – We are just two days away from a sad anniversary in the history of the Vancouver Canucks.
This weekend marks 10 years since Todd Bertuzzi’s career-ending sucker punch on Steve Moore of the Colorado Avalanche. The infamous incident is being remembered in a two-day special on Rogers Sportsnet, starting tonight.
The attack that left Moore with a concussion and three fractured vertebrae.
He says Bertuzzi never challenged him to fight. “I don’t think I was on the ice with him the whole game.”
“I had just been challenged to fight one second before by Sean Pronger, I think. So… it was just another shift of player after player challenging in a fight when I’ve already fought and we’re up 8-2,” Moore tells Sportsnet.
“I’m just like anyone else; you can watch the video tape — [Bertuzzi’s] following me around.”
Moore is suing Bertuzzi for $38 million in a case that goes to trial in September.
