Steve Moore
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Steve Moore is a former Canadian ice hockey player of the National Hockey League.
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[edit] Early years
Moore was born September 22, 1978 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.[1]
[edit] Hockey career
[edit] Basic info
Steve Moore played as a center and was right-handed. His height is 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) and his weight during the time he played was 205 lb (93 kg).[1] His brother Dominic is a forward for the Minnesota Wild.
[edit] NHL career
He was drafted by the Colorado Avalanche in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft in the second round, being 53rd pick overall. Before joining the Avalanche, Moore played for Harvard University. Moore played for the Avalanche from 2001 to 2004, entering in 69 games and scoring five goals and seven assists before retiring after a major injury.[1]
[edit] Major injury and rehabilitation
On February 16, 2004, during a Vancouver-Colorado game, player Steve Moore injured Vancouver Canucks team captain Markus Näslund by striking him in the head with his elbow while Näslund was reaching for a puck ahead of him. Näslund suffered a minor concussion and a bonechip in his elbow as a result of the hit. The attending referee did not call a penalty on the play. The hit was later reviewed by the NHL and no suspension or further discipline was administrated to Moore. This drew the ire of many Vancouver Canucks as their captain was sidelined with a concussion for three games. Canucks head coach Marc Crawford publicly criticized the non-call by the referees on the incident.
On March 8, 2004, during a game between the Colorado Avalanche and the Vancouver Canucks, Moore was punched from behind by Todd Bertuzzi, who knocked him to the ground and left him unconscious. After falling on the ice, Moore suffered additional injuries. The incident happened after Bertuzzi attempted to engage with Moore in a fight and was ignored.[2]
Moore sustained three fractured neck vertebrae, facial cuts and a severe concussion.[2] He was taken off the ice on a stretcher.
On March 22, 2004, Moore was released from a Denver-area hospital. He wore a neck brace for 6 to 12 weeks and then started physical therapy after recovering from his neck injury and concussion.
By December 2004, Moore was back to doing light workouts but had not resumed skating or playing hockey. [1] Several news sources speculated that he would file a civil lawsuit against Bertuzzi. In December 2004, Moore publicly stated that he would not do that unless doctors told him that he could never resume playing in the NHL.[3]
However, on February 17, 2005, one day after the 2004-05 NHL season was canceled, Moore filed a lawsuit against Bertuzzi, Brad May, Brian Burke (the Canucks' general manager at the time of the incident), and the Canucks team. According to Sports Illustrated, Moore chose to file the lawsuit then because of the state of Colorado's laws pertaining to the timing of lawsuits. The lawsuit was thrown out in October of 2005, as the Colorado judge felt that British Columbia was a better venue for the suit.
On August 8, 2005, Todd Bertuzzi was reinstated to play in the 2005-06 NHL season. At the time, several news agencies reported that Steve Moore had commenced working out and skating in the Toronto area[4]. Moore did not return to professional hockey after the injury, and has filed a $19.5 million lawsuit against Bertuzzi.[5]
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ a b c Steve Moore. Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved on 2007-01-07.
- ^ a b "The Todd Bertuzzi Reader", About.com. Retrieved on 2007-01-08.
- ^ "Moore won't file civil suit against Bertuzzi", CBC, 2004-12-24. Retrieved on 2007-01-08.
- ^ "Moore Maki: Three years later, Moore's pain still lingers", Globe and Mail, 2007-03-08. Retrieved on 2007-03-08.
- ^ "Notebook: No hype in latest praise of Crosby", CBS, 2006-12-15. Retrieved on 2007-01-08.
