Canucks star Todd Bertuzzi charged with assault after on-ice punch

[hightime]

VANCOUVER (CP) - Vancouver Canucks star Todd Bertuzzi (news) was charged Thursday with assault causing bodily harm for his on-ice attack on Colorado Avalanche player Steve Moore that left Moore with neck injuries.
The charges were announced by the criminal justice branch of the Ministry of the Attorney General after an investigation that lasted four months.


The attack was witnessed by over 18,000 people at the arena and has been shown repeatedly in television clips broadcast across North America and Europe.


Bertuzzi has been ordered to appear in provincial court July 9.

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[LibertyorDeath]

1. Good that's what he had coming imo

[Spazito]

2. He should be charged, it was an assault...

and this is coming from someone who likes Bertuzzi, it is very sad to see a good player go down but he must take responsibility for his actions.

[THUNDER HANDS]

3. shouldn't have been charged

This sets a terrible sports prescident. As bad as what Bertuzzi did was, things that happen on the ice should stay on the ice.

Ban him for a year, hell, ban him for life, I don't care.

But what he did doesn't warrant filing charges.

[Sandpiper]

4. What should it take then

For someone to be charged? Killing an opposing player?

He broke the other guy's neck. That qualifies as an assault by any definition.

[birdbrain]

5. Feh.

What he did was an assault, whether on the ice or off, in sports or out.

[shadu]

6. Put his ass in jail, NOW! This was the cheapest shot I have ever seen

He is a felon. Put him in a cage.

[CaptainClark23]

7. Perhaps a trial before his peers would be in order?

Don't you think?

He is not a felon until he is legally convicted.

We need to stand for fundamental legal rights now more than ever. Let's be consistent.