The Most VICIOUS Attack In NHL History 

Only losers jealous of vancouver think that

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

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

@@xboxrules8472 true...

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."

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

How are you celebrating?

Definitely worse! Moores was just very unfortunate

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

@@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

​​@@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

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

got that right.

@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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

He's not 1 of my favorites!!

If you're getting mugged and someone puts a gun to your head, do you say 'eerrmmmm that's illegal I won't give you my wallet sir' then turn your back? Moore won the Darwin award for being the dumbest player to lace them up, I guess they don't teach common sense at Havard.

He didn’t hit anybody lol

@@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 If Moore wasn't a coward he's wouldn't have to eat baby food for the rest of his life.

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.

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

McSorley deserves jail time.

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.

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.

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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.

@@stevencooke6451 Re Ta Rd

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.

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

@@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.

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

@@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.

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

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

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

@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.

Thanks Doctor

Yup Avalanche fans are too delusional to realize this.

Appreciate you, Alex! Thanks for watching!

On his birthday

@@patricklazarus2619Yup!

Oh damn, they are actually related? I guess I should've known lol missing teeth and everything

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

@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.

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

@@nimo6972 and who would that be?

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

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

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

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

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.

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"

Because they’re insured to get the best care.. it comes as standard in every NHL contract. Premium medicare

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.

Naslund had his head down

@@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.

@@lightdestructions so did horton

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

@@lightdestructionsyour a you no what smh!

so did moore btw

Name them

Classic gaslighting here, folks. First sentence is designed to show he’s an expert, although he can’t state how exactly he’s an expert. Instead, he just proclaims to be “ an insider “. Second statement is designed to demean or reduce the credibility of other commenters by describing them as “fanatics” that are unable to provide a reasonable opinion on the incident in question. The “insider” then makes an absurd claim that he can’t back up, but still presents it as an indisputable truth that cannot be denied. When asked to back it up, “the insider” slithers away or will proclaim they are an expert and the responder is just too simple or emotional to understand

nah,this is bigger

Yeah, they had cuts on their faces and heads that made them look like they had been an a knife fight

I kind of disagree, because he was not playing with Nasland who was #.1 in points. Still Todd played well for Detroit, & lived up to his contract.

so what.....stupid thing to say!

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.

No Crawford!!!

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.

@@KINGPOOPShahahahahaha what fucking joke.

Maki died from a malignant brain tumor three years after that stickfight. Green had a skull fracture and brain damage but came back to play and well, in the NHL. .

Steve Moore was no Wayne Gretzky or Mario Lemieux let's be honest.

​@@craighanson-rc1mdHe wasn't!! But that doesn't mean he should've had his head driven in2 the ice like that.

@@wilnerolivier7971 agreed I never said Moore or anyone else deserved to have their head driven into the ice or the boards or another player or anything like that nor 5 big guys land on top of him or anything. But people act & treat it like some superstar player was Moore. I don't remember much about those years but I dont believe moore or Bertuzzi were known as scorers they were good but not great. People need to stop acting like a number 1 prospect draft pick's career was cut short. Moore's career was ended that night because of that event again I'm not knocking that or trying to down play it but the comments from people actually like some unknown goon took out the leagues best is beyond irritating. I wish concussions never happened I've had a few one from a drunk driver semi truck who ran a red light they aren't fun but people have to be honest about what happened & those involved. It wasn't like Kobe being taken out by Matt Rempe or something.

@@craighanson-rc1md It was a situation that was allowed 2 get out of hand with the talk about payback coming from the Canucks side!! Most will say that the Canucks had every right to be angry because they saw their best player & captain being taken out by a hit that was controversial from a play who they thought was head hunting. They knew their chances of winning was going 2 b very difficult without Naslund's production in the lineup. But Moore was in no way was trying 2 injure with intent because if that was the case then he would've been sent down after delivering a hit which was more reckless than it was on purpose.

@@wilnerolivier7971 agreed I'm not denying that & I've heard teams say similar things after bad hits even in todays game but again there's ways to say or do something even getting revenge without clearly being criminal. The Moore hit was dirty not sure it would deserve more then a match misconduct though & earlier in that game at least one dude had already gone & fought Moore beating him well that should have been the end of it but Bertuzzi & it seems we both agree that both Moore's first hit was bad & that Bertuzzi took it to far in continuing to go after moore especially from behind. Bertuzzi tried to jab Moore into a fight but having already been in a fight in the game & not being a fighter he didn't want to fight Bertuzzi whos clearly a big guy able to fight. And Moore tried to skate away & back to his side of the ice or whatever & bertuzzi came up behind him & sucker punched him with no gloves & blindsided from behind knocking moore out & not trying to limit the fall or Moore hitting the ice. Which is where we agree it went to far. Then several other players from both team joined in to try to protect their teammates & that's all noble & good but again they end up all landing on top of the incongruous Moore & driving him face down further into the ice which along with the bodys on him clearly added to any & all of his injuries. Especially around the head & back. The canucks did have a right to protect their teammate he got a bad deal off a bad cheap hit but again there's ways of doing it. Moore had already been jumped & fought that night & moore lost badly if I remember. In baseball your team gets hit you try to hit the pitcher next time he's up or brush him back but obviously you don't try throwing 10 fastballs at the guys head that's too obvious you throw one or two pitches trying for a leg an arm or something but clearly not the head or even the back. And once you hit them or you missed a few times you don't do it again.

Yeah I get it. But Naslund was never the same player ever, and he went straight for his head. Too bad Sir, you don't go after our captain!

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

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

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Your a soft snowflake

Calm down...

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

Steve Moore was never the same!! Bertuzzi was allowed 2 resume his career.

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!!!!"

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

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everyone in hockey slewfoots, nobody cared about until they needed a cover for hating Subban because of cultural reasons.

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Lol, I'd love to see how you feel, with 5, or six men over 210lbs fall on you 🤡​@@nevindeshpande7652