Bertuzzi rastet aus

[Akuram]

Für die, die das ganze Showdown mal sehen wollen, also auch wer sich sonst an dem Abend bei dem Spiel "abreagiert" hat! (26MB!!!) Auf dem obigen Link kommt man ja nicht mehr zum Clip.
Da fragt man sich, ob die überhaupt Eishockey gespielt haben bzw. wie da 11 Tore zustande gekommen sind!? Allein Worrell ging es wohl nur darum, möglichst viele aufs Eis zu schicken. Und als keine Spieler mehr da waren, mussten halt die Fans herhalten!

http://sky.prohosting.com/yoeddy/Current_Fightclips/Colorado_vs_Vancouver_Brawl.wmv
(rechts-klicken und speichern)

Gruß
Tar-Akuram

[Tommy-Fan]

Für die, die das ganze Showdown mal sehen wollen, also auch wer sich sonst an dem Abend bei dem Spiel "abreagiert" hat! (26MB!!!) Auf dem obigen Link kommt man ja nicht mehr zum Clip.
Da fragt man sich, ob die überhaupt Eishockey gespielt haben bzw. wie da 11 Tore zustande gekommen sind!? Allein Worrell ging es wohl nur darum, möglichst viele aufs Eis zu schicken. Und als keine Spieler mehr da waren, mussten halt die Fans herhalten!

http://sky.prohosting.com/yoeddy/Current_Fightclips/Colorado_vs_Vancouver_Brawl.wmv
(rechts-klicken und speichern)

Gruß
Tar-Akuram

Naja aber der Herr May hat sich mal locker flockich 47 Strafminuten eingesammelt!!

[dino´s best fan!]

Colorado's Steve Moore meets media

Canadian Press - 3/29/2004

DENVER (CP) - Colorado Avalanche rookie Steve Moore has no memory of being attacked by Todd Bertuzzi and says he could only stomach watching it a few times on tape.

``I have seen the video of it, not many times,'' he told a news conference Monday at the Pepsi Center. ``The couple of times I saw was enough.''

Wearing a neck brace and with a welt still visible below his right eye, Moore made his first public comments since being injured during a March 8 game in Vancouver.

He said he does not remember being injured, with a blank spot of about 15 to 20 minutes on each side of the incident.

``I have no memory of that,'' he said.

``My first memory actually is well after I had been taken off the ice, in the medical room at GM Place,'' he added. ``I can't explain how scary it is to kind of wake up to a nightmare.

``I'm playing a game, the next thing I know I'm lying in a room with medical personnel standing over me. I have a neck brace on and I'm having my equipment cut off of me and I'm strapped down, and I really had no idea what was going on. It's pretty scary.''

Moore, who said he has not spoken to Bertuzzi since, steered away from assigning blame. Instead he made a point of thanking people everywhere for their support, specifically singling out the people of Vancouver and Denver.

But he did say: ``That kind of stuff doesn't have any place in the game. That's all I want to say about that.''

Moore was released from hospital on March 22, two weeks after he was punched from behind by Bertuzzi.

``As I sit here today, I don't know whether I'll be able to play again,'' he said. ``But I remain optimistic. I'm more just fortunate to be alive and to take one day at a time.''

``I've come a long way,'' he added. ``Hopefully one day I'll be able to play again.''

It's believed Bertuzzi went after Moore for a Feb. 16 hit that sidelined Vancouver captain Markus Naslund for three games. There was no penalty on the Naslund hit.

Bertuzzi sucker-punched Moore from behind, driving his head into the ice as both players fell forward.

Moore, 25, ended up in the hospital with three fractured vertebrae - two to cervical vertebrae and a fracture of the transverse process in a thoracic vertebra - facial cuts, significant post-concussion symptoms and ``significant amnesia.''

Nerves in the neck area were also stretched by the blow.

At the time of his release from hospital, team doctors said it was not known when - or if - he could play hockey again.

Bertuzzi, 29, was suspended for the rest of the regular season - 13 games in all - and for the playoffs. He will have to meet with the league before being reinstated next season.

Going into Monday night's game against Phoenix, Vancouver was 3-4-2 since the Bertuzzi incident.

The Canucks power forward has since spent time at GM Place in Vancouver but hasn't spoken with reporters since a tearful apology the night before his punishment was announced in Toronto by the league.

``Steve, I just want to apologize for what happened out there,'' said Bertuzzi. ``I had no intention of hurting you. I feel awful for what transpired.''

``I don't play the game that way,'' he added. ``I'm not a mean-spirited person. I'm sorry for what happened.''

Bertuzzi will forfeit some $500,000 US in salary.


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[Stevie Y]

aus aktuellem Anlass:

Thursday, August 26, 2004

[size=18px]Canucks Winger bypasses reporters[/size]

Associated Press
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Todd Bertuzzi of the Vancouver Canucks pleaded not guilty Thursday to an assault charge stemming from a hit on Steve Moore during a game that left the Colorado Avalanche forward with a broken neck.


Bertuzzi appeared in court for 10 minutes and did not speak as he left with his wife in a limousine. His four words in court -- "Not guilty, your honor" -- were his first public utterances since March when he tearfully apologized for his actions.


Bertuzzi was charged with assault causing bodily harm on June 24 after punching Moore from behind and then crashing onto the ice on top of him during the March 8 game. Moore was left with a broken neck and concussion. Bertuzzi was suspended indefinitely by the NHL and missed 20 games.


The two sides return to court Wednesday to try to set a trial date. There will be no preliminary hearing, and the trial will be by judge alone. The maximum penalty Bertuzzi faces is 18 months.


Government lawyer Garth Loeppky told the court he would call several players as witnesses, though he didn't say which ones. League and game officials and medical staff also will be called. Video evidence will be presented during the trial, which is expected to last three weeks.


Avalanche spokesman Hayne Ellis said Thursday Moore's status is unchanged and he's still undergoing rehabilitation.


"He has not been medically cleared for anything," said Ellis, adding Moore, an unrestricted free agent, was dividing his time recently between Denver and Massachusetts for his rehabilitation.


Avalanche captain Joe Sakic expressed regret the case was going to court.


"In my opinion, I don't think it should be in the courts," Sakic said from training camp in Ottawa, where the Canadian team is training for the World Cup of Hockey. "They should let the league handle it."


Ed Jovanovski, another Team Canada player and a Bertuzzi teammate, added: "We're all supporting Todd. I've said from Day 1 I think the league has done a good enough job policing the game and I think what Todd has faced is severe enough, missing the last handful of games and missing the playoffs."


Bertuzzi's plea came the same day an American Hockey League player was charged in Hamilton, Ontario, in a stick-swinging play that left his opponent convulsing on the ice. Hamilton Bulldogs forward Alexander Perezhogin used his stick like a baseball bat on the face of Cleveland Barons forward Garrett Stafford in an April game. Stafford sustained a concussion and needed 20 stitches for the gash on his face.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=1868532

[djrene]

Bertuzzi bekennt sich schuldig

München - Der "Fall Bertuzzi" steht vor einer unverhofften Wendung. Zehn Monate nach seinem brutalen Foul hat sich der Profi der Vancouver Chucks erstmals wegen Körperverletzung für schuldig bekannt.

Durch das Geständnis kann der Kanadier mit einer milderen Strafe rechnen. Andernfalls hätten ihm bis zu 18 Monate Haft gedroht.

Bertuzzi hatte am 9. März im Spiel der Chucks gegen die Colorado Avalanche (2:9) seinen Gegner Steve Moore mit einem Stoß von hinten zu Fall gebracht und ihm dabei unter anderem eine Fraktur im Nackenbereich zugefügt.

Von Sport1

[dino´s best fan!]

Vancouver Chucks? Ganz toller Sport @ sport1.de ... :roll: :roll: :roll:



Hier nochmal ausführlich in englisch:

Bertuzzi to meet with judge Wednesday

12/21/2004

VANCOUVER (CP with files from TSN.ca) - Hockey star Todd Bertuzzi has a date with a judge Wednesday and it appears the Crown and defence have reached agreement after extensive plea negotiations.

The Toronto Star is reporting that Bertuzzi's agent has confirmed his client will plead guilty to assaulting Steve Moore.

"A plea will be entered and submissions will be made with respect to that plea," Pat Morris told the Toronto Star. "We'll be changing the plea and hopefully, we'll leave with closure to the 10 month process."

But according to the Globe and Mail, Moore's lawyer is not happy with the change in court dates, making it impossible for his client to appear in person.

''It's completely unreasonable,'' Danson told the Globe and Mail. ''This really throws victims' rights back to the Stone Age.''

He said they will fight any attempt to sentence Bertuzzi before Moore can be present to address the court.

Someone close to the Moore family said they were outraged by the news.

"We're shocked, we're furious," the person told the Globe and Mail. "For a broken neck and permanent brain injury and maybe the end of a guys career, you get a kiss on the cheek and a Merry Christmas."

He said the family was informed of the plea late Monday afternoon.

Michael Mulligan, a Victoria-based criminal lawyer and media commentator, said it's possible Bertuzzi might plea to a lesser charge and then receive either a conditional or an absolute discharge.

Bertuzzi was scheduled to stand trial Jan. 17 for assault causing bodily harm for a punch that left Moore with a broken vertebrae and concusssion.

The NHL suspended Bertuzzi for the rest of the regular season, and the playoffs. He has not been re-instated by the NHL. The trial would have revived memories of another trial in 2000 in which former NHL tough guy Marty McSorley was charged with assault with a weapon after he struck former Canucks player Donald Brashear on the head.

McSorley went to trial, was found guilty and handed a conditional discharge.

Bertuzzi, 29, was charged June 24 after Moore suffered a concussion and broken neck during a game March 8 between the rival teams vying to capture the top spot in their division.

The incident occurred in the third period of Vancouver's 9-2 loss to Colorado Avalanche. Bertuzzi charged up the ice, grabbed Moore's sweater from behind, then slugged him with a round-house punch.

The two players fell, with the 245-pound Bertuzzi landing on top of Moore.

Besides breaking two vertebra in his neck, the 25-year-old native of Windsor, Ont., also sustained a concussion, facial lacerations and abrasions to the forehead, right cheek and upper lip.

Mulligan explained there are two types of discharges - absolute and conditional - and the latter may not be the ideal solution for Bertuzzi.

An absolute discharge is unusual and means the case is completed, said Mulligan.

But a conditional discharge carries conditions with it and is similar to being on parole.

"A conditional discharge has a period of probation and a person must complete a period of probation to get the discharge," he said.

As an NHL player, Bertuzzi must cross the border frequently, and that could be a problem, Mulligan suggested.

"Canada doesn't restrict a person from going somewhere. The issue is, will the other country allow the person in?"

Mulligan said the U.S. doesn't recognize a Canadian conditional discharge as any different from a probation.

So, with a conditional discharge, it would be up to U.S. authorities to decide whether Bertuzzi could cross the border to play NHL games in the U.S., he said.

The judge hearing the proceedings Wednesday, like the media and public in the courtroom, will be hearing the Crown and defence application for the first time.

Although the Crown and defence can reach an agreement on a plea arrangement and sentencing, the judge is not bound.

But it would be rare for a judge to reject the plea arrangement, said Mulligan.

"The judge has the final word. He is free to reject the joint submission and impose something else. but that's not common."

In October 2000, McSorley was found guilty Friday of assault with a weapon but was not required to spend any time in jail.

McSorley was given an 18-month conditional discharge. During that period, he was essentially on probation. At the end of it, he didn't have a criminal record and would not have difficulty crossing the Canada-U.S. border.

Provincial court Judge William Kitchen said in sentencing that McSorley had already paid a high price for the vicious hit witnessed by thousands of Vancouver fans.

In 1988, Dino Ciccarelli received a day in jail and a $1,000 fine after a stick-swinging incident in which he struck an Luke Richardson three times. Kitchen said the facts surrounding the Ciccarelli case were more serious although the consequences less so since Richardson was not injured. The NHL suspended McSorley for 23 games, the most severe penalty it had ever dished out prior to the Bertuzzi incident.

A Bertuzzi trial would be a media circus.

At the McSorley hearing, evidence came from McSorley, Brashear, on-ice officials, Canucks coach Marc Crawford, New York Rangers executive Glen Sather and others. Even Wayne Gretzky made a cameo appearance, not to testify but to sit in the courtroom in support of his friend and former on-ice protector McSorley.


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[dino´s best fan!]

Neun Monate nach seinem brutalen Foul ist der kanadische Eishockey-Profi Todd Bertuzzi mit einem milden Urteil in seinem Strafgerichtsprozess davon gekommen. Ein Richter in Vancouver erlegte dem Spieler der Canucks lediglich 80 Stunden gemeinnützige Arbeit und eine einjährige Bewährungszeit auf.

Danach gilt der 29-Jährige als nicht vorbestraft. Der Stürmer hatte sich im Gegenzug schuldig bekannt, Gegenspieler Steve Moore von Colorado Avalanche am 8. März schwer gefoult zu haben.

Moore hatte Frakturen und Gesichtsverletzungen erlitten, als Bertuzzi nach seinem Check noch auf den bäuchlings auf dem Eis liegenden Kontrahenten stürzte. Im schlimmsten Fall hätten dem Sünder dafür bis zu 18 Monaten Gefängnis gedroht. Die Staatsanwaltschaft konnte nach eigenen Angaben jedoch nicht zweifelsfrei beweisen, dass Moores Karriere durch das Foul beendet ist. Allerdings stand der 26-jährige Kanadier seitdem nicht mehr auf dem Eis und besitzt keinen Vertrag bei einem NHL-Club mehr. Der Spielbetrieb in der nordamerikanischen Liga ruht derzeit zudem wegen des Arbeitskampfes auf unabsehbare Zeit.

Die NHL hatte Bertuzzi nach der Attacke auf unbestimmte Dauer gesperrt, bis zum Ende der vorigen Saison hatte er dadurch eine halbe Million Dollar Gehalt eingebüßt. Der Internationale Eishockey-Verband (IIHF) hatte ihm am vorigen Freitag einen Wechsel zu einem europäischen Verein untersagt. In einer verlesenen Erklärung verlangte Moore, nie wieder gegen Bertuzzi spielen zu müssen. Dies zählt nun zu den Bewährungsauflagen.

Quelle: http://www.sportal.de

[dino´s best fan!]

In a six-page victim impact statement read in court Wednesday, Moore asked the judge to ensure he and Bertuzzi never share the same ice.
"I have no desire to interact with (Bertuzzi) in any way," Moore, who was not in court, said in the statement.
"If I'm ever able to play again, I would ask that Todd Bertuzzi never be permitted to play in any sporting activity I'm involved in."

http://www.tsn.ca




Die Statements von Bertuzzi & Moore bei der Anhörung:

Bertuzzi: http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=109005

Moore: http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=109008

[Nightmare]

Und mal was auf Deutsch :icon_mrgreen:

Millionen-Klage gegen Bertuzzi

Ottawa/Turin - Todd Bertuzzi ist Medienberichten zufolge am Mittwoch wegen eines 2004 in einem NHL-Spiel an Steve Moore begangenen Fouls von seinem damaligen Kontrahenten zum zweiten Mal verklagt worden.

Bertuzzi, der zu Kanadas Team gehört, das bei den Olympischen Winterspielen in Turin seinen Sieg von 2002 wiederholen möchte, hatte am 8. März 2004 den Stürmer der Colorado Avalanche von hinten gecheckt und ihm eine Nackenfraktur zugefügt.

Entschädigung gefordert

Deshalb musste der 31-jährige Bertuzzi schon eine 17-monatige Sperre absitzen. Moore konnte seine Karriere nicht fortsetzen und will nun vor Gericht in Ontario eine Entschädigung von 17 Millionen US-Dollar erstreiten. Die Klage richtet sich auch gegen Bertuzzis Klub Vancouver Canucks.

Eine erste in Denver eingereichte Klage hatte das dortige Gericht mit der Begründung, nicht zuständig zu sein, abgewiesen. Zuvor war Bertuzzi von einem Strafgericht zu einer Bewährungsstrafe verurteilt worden.

[maple_leaf]

Hmm wo fange ich an...
Auch wenn mein posting nichts mit der Headline des Threads zu tun hat, so geht es doch um Todd Bertuzzi. Geboren am 2. Feb. 1975 in Sudburry, Ontario gehört er für mich immer noch zu den besten Hockeyspieler die in der NHL spielen. Der folgende Artikel ist schon etwas lang, aber er ist sehr interessant und lohnt sich wirklich zu lesen. Es geht darin um seine sehr angespannte Beziehung zu Crow (Mark Crawford) und seine Freundschaft zu Naslund und Mc Carthy...

[color=navy]Bert describes his problems with Crow
Admits Crawford was 'best coach I ever played for,' but also has issues

The thing about Marc Crawford that bothered Todd Bertuzzi the most was the way the coach treated Bert's friend and former teammate Brad May.

Tony Gallagher, The Province
Published: Sunday, September 10, 2006

Todd Bertuzzi is moving on with his life in Florida these days, having been through more grief in two-plus years than most athletes would experience over several careers.

One of the NHL's top offensive stars, Bertuzzi has been working out with Panther players in preparation for training camp, but he agreed to answer tough questions about his time in Vancouver.

In a wide-ranging discussion involving his relationship with former Canucks coach Marc Crawford, his relationship with his teammates and his feelings towards the fans he still loves here in Vancouver, Bertuzzi didn't duck when it came to honesty.

"I don't want to come off as a guy leaving a city with sour grapes but I'm just telling you because you asked," said Bertuzzi.

"We had some real differences in philosophy, and there were some things he did that really bothered me, most particularly how he handled my friends -- Brad May especially.

"He never played him. He never gave him a chance to show what he could do. Here was a guy who was a 15-year war vet, a warrior, a guy who had fought every tough guy in the league and yet he was never put out there in any other kind of situation. And this was a guy who could handle all kinds of roles in the league. That really bothered me.

"There were other things, too. I thought he hit the panic button down the stretch [last year as the Canucks tried to make the playoffs] and wanted us to play a different style when things got tough.

"Everyone knew what kind of team we had and he was trying to get us to play like the Minnesota Wild. Our [Bertuzzi's line's] ice time dropped off and he was trying to get guys like Markus to dump the puck in and play in a way that wasn't very effective for us. And here I was, an 11-year guy, and he was threatening to sit me out and other great players as well and I thought that was a little ridiculous to treat guys that way, who you have ridden to success playing a different way before. It just didn't make sense to me.

"In fairness to him, we did struggle but one of the things that bothers me most about leaving Vancouver is the fact we [he, Markus Naslund and Brendan Morrison] weren't together as a line at the end. Here we were ridden like horses for the better part of four years, two or three of them for sure, and when it gets down to it and the pressure is on, we're on the side burner when we knew we could still get the job done.

"We used to be out for a minute and a half on some power plays but then suddenly we were the second unit and we felt a little bit used. It was pretty frustrating knowing we could still do it but missing the playoffs like that. We just went into a style I wasn't going to play.

"But having said that, on balance of all my time in Vancouver, I still think he's probably the best coach I ever played for. A lot of the talk about tension between us was overblown, a media thing.

"We had some issues but that doesn't mean he's a bad coach and I certainly don't want to leave here being the guy calling him down. At New Year's [2005-06] five or six of us guys sat down with him for a handful of beers and we had a good talk and he even picked up the tab and the communication lines were open. But I'm not going to lie to you and say everything was fine."

Bertuzzi was also stung by the criticism immediately after the trading deadline, which fingered the relationship between himself and Naslund as dysfunctional on the team.

"I really do think it was overblown and it was mostly started by one guy, and how can I control what one guy like Steve McCarthy thinks," said Bertuzzi.

"When all that stuff started coming out it bothered all of us so much we had a team meeting about it and it was one of those where it was nothing but the truth or leave the room. Not one guy stood up and said he had a problem.

"I think it was mostly sour grapes on his [McCarthy's] part because he wasn't playing much and when he left he said those things. I don't know why he said them.

"I hung around a lot with Markus, Clouts [Dan Cloutier] and Richard Park and spent a lot of time with Jovo and that pretty much touches all those so-called cliques. There were lots of times we asked him to come out to dinner but you can't help it if a guy doesn't want to come or wants to stay in his room.

"He's a man and can make his own choices, his own decisions. You can't beg the guy to come out.

"Why should I have to defend my friendship with Markus? That really bothered me because I shouldn't have to do it. Our wives were close, our kids used to spend time together and there was nothing wrong with that, and for me to have to defend the fact I have a close friend on the team isn't right.

"We weren't excluding anyone else. Ask Wino [Eric Weinrich] and [Keith] Carney what it was like when they got there and see if there were any problems. They'll tell you what it was like. Those guys have both been around and with a lot of teams."

Bertuzzi admitted his performance last season was not up to his usual standards.

"It was a tough year because I had been out that whole year and when I started, my back and wrist were bothering me but I didn't want to make excuses so I played that down," he said.

"And I have to say I wasn't mentally ready to play last year. I tried like ######, I prepared as best I could, I gave everything I had, but it just wasn't there. And the harder I tried to make something happen the worse it got. I just want to put it behind me. It hurts like ###### leaving Vancouver. Sometimes driving to the rink down here I think about all the good times, the great city, all the friends I made who supported me and it hurts. But I needed a change. It was time."

The prospects of that change being a positive for Bertuzzi took a blow recently when Mike Keenan was deposed as the Panthers GM. It was Keenan who brought the league's top power forward to Vancouver from the Islanders and was always one of his biggest backers.

"I wasn't in on any of the scuttlebutt ... I just heard one or two things when I got a call from Jacques [now coach and GM Martin] telling me that Mike had stepped down and I was a little shocked," said Bertuzzi.

Bertuzzi is already thinking about Jan. 7, 2007, when the Panthers come to town.

"That will be the hardest game I'll probably ever have to play," he said. "I've got friends on the team and the fans in Vancouver are absolutely the best. The support they have given me over the years, I'll never be able to thank them enough.

"You know, we didn't win a Cup in Vancouver and didn't get even to the third round but I had many great experiences with the people I met and I'll always remember my time there. I won't forget those people.

"In fact, at the end of this year, I'm an unrestricted free agent again.

"You never know, stranger things have happened."


Bert describes his problems with Crow, the Vancouver Province.