(from TSN)
“Just prior to the attack on Moore, Bertuzzi had been on a shift to kill a penalty, had missed the shift change and had remained on the ice for longer than the rest of his line,” states Crawford’s third-party defence.
Assuming this is true (see below), I have a question. What the fuck is Todd Bertuzzi doing killing penalties? I wish I could find some TOI logs for this game, but I’m really curious to hear Crawford’s justification for using Bertuzzi in a penalty killing situation. Surely he was just out there for his defense, right Marc? I mean, you used Bertuzzi a TON that year shorthanded - a whopping 4:24, or about 3 seconds a game. What an amazing coincidence that you’d pick that very game to try Bertuzzi on the kill.
“After being directed to get off the ice, Bertuzzi was on his way back to the bench when, suddenly and without warning, he turned around and skated back in the direction of Moore and attacked Moore.
I wish we had longer video. All we have is about 8 seconds before the sucker punch, with Bertuzzi following Moore around in the Vancouver zone. If he was on his way back to the bench before that, it wasn’t caught in this video. They did managed to get you smirking on the bench like a horses ass, of course, but that was probably just your complete shock at what your player’s “direct disobedience”. Right?
EDIT: I found a box score of the game. The sucker punch happened at 8:41. The previous penalty was to Wade Brookbank at 5:19. For Crawford to be correct, Bertuzzi would have been on a PK shift at 7:19 when Brookbank came out of the box, and then stayed on the ice for an additional 1:12 before becoming afflicted with a major case of dumbassitis. The Avs were up 8-2 at this point, so it’s possible that Bertuzzi was killing a penalty and it’s also possible that he hung around on the ice for a minute and a half to two minutes. I’d still like to see more data…
EDIT#2: The good doctor has found the shift chart for the game and from that you can get the play-by-play and event summary. It looks like Bertuzzi was out for a long shift that did start on the Brookbank penalty. The Bertuzzi “on a shift to kill a penalty” thing is a bit of a stretch, as he had just 6 seconds of SH ice time in the game. There were no stoppages in play from Brookbank’s penalty at 5:19 to the fiasco at 8:41, and it looks like Bertuzzi jumped on just as the penalty was expiring. It’s also worth noting that Bertuzzi was already on the ice when Moore came on. At any rate, the none of the facts directly contradict what Coach Smirkface has said.
wow. what terrible humans they both are.
Here is what I remember about the play. Crawford not only had Bertuzzi on the ice stalking Moore on that particular shift, but Ruutu had been stalking him on the same shift on the other end of the ice about 15 seconds earlier. To me, it was pretty obvious he had called in the goon squad intentionally. And he’s a farkin liar.
And don’t forget that fricken smirk of a grin on Crawford’s face as Moore laid on the ice unconscious. I know I won’t.
Is there a shift chart on that game? Who took the ice first, Bertuzzi or Moore?
I’ve been trying to find one
And to think we once called him coach…
Damn, I thought Joe was the only one planning on becoming a lawyer
Somebody needs to get this post over to Moore’s lawyers ASAP.
I still can’t believe Bertuzzi is still in the league. Or McSorley for that matter.
That video still makes me cringe.
im siting here at work waiting for our fucking testers to get back to me, so i’m exploring the nhl game summaries.
they don’t list any as being available on their “scores” page, but the individual summaries are at least still there, but they’re only sorted by game number. im zoning in on the correct game number, should have a shift chart soon.
and bam:
http://www.nhl.com/onthefly/scoreboard/htmlreports/SC021028.HTM
looks like Crawford is telling the truth, actually. that’s a long ass shift.
Good work doc. I think I was wrong above, it was Sean Pronger who stalked Moore before Bertuzzi. So the forwards on the ice were Brad May, who had a penaltyfest in the game, Pronger, and Bertuzzi, and Baumgartner and Ohlund were on D. 4 out of 5 were thugs. Ohlund was probably wondering what the heck he was doing on the ice. I still think Crawford orchestrated the attack. But his lawyers did a good job sniffing out the long shift angle.
Didn’t look to me like Bertuzzi was going anywhere that Steve Moore wasn’t going.
And good work Philippe Sauve, for preventing Granato from getting a murder charge against him for killing Crawford. I forgot Sauve played for the Avs, come to think of it.
This whole incident makes me sick to my stomach! None of the 2 should be allowed to ever participate in anything NHL related ever again and I hope Parker Pummels the living shit out of Bertuzzi in his Flames shirt. I also hope he doesn’t injure him and stops pounding on him as soon as he hits the floor. Let us not stoop to the level of beasts and I hope Moore enjoys a happy remainder of his life without any problems.