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

How are you celebrating?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Loserrrrrr🤡

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

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.

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.

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.

@@JaymesAudleyhe 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.

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.

@@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.

@@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.

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.

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."

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

GFY!

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

Did he mean to hurt Näslund?

Yes and yes. Have a nice day.

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

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.

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

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!

Appreciate you, Alex! Thanks for watching!

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.

@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"

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.

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.

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

@@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.

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

nah,this is bigger

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.

Fu

Your a soft snowflake

Calm down...

so did moore btw

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.

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.