The Todd Bertuzzi–Steve Moore incident happened during a National Hockey League (NHL) game between the Vancouver Canucks and the Colorado Avalanche at Vancouver's Rogers Arena on March 8, 2004.
Rogers Arena, then called General Motors Place (pictured in 2003), where the incident took place
Markus Näslund, pictured almost two months after the incident.
Brad May was brought into the case due to his threat that "they put a bounty on him (Moore)".
Marc Crawford was brought into the case because Bertuzzi claimed that he told players during the second intermission that Moore needed to "pay the price".
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The Colorado Avalanche are a professional ice hockey team based in Denver. The Avalanche compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division in the Western Conference. The team plays its home games at Ball Arena, which it shares with the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Denver Nuggets and Colorado Mammoth of the National Lacrosse League (NLL).
Quebec Nordiques warm up for a game in the 1986–87 season. The Avalanche played as the Nordiques from 1972 to 1995.
Patrick Roy played for the Avalanche from 1995 to 2003.
In 1997, the Avalanche matched an offer sheet on Joe Sakic, instigating salary raises throughout the NHL.
The Pepsi Center opened as the Avalanche's new home arena in 1999.