Todd Bertuzzi | |||
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Born |
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada | February 2, 1975||
Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||
Weight | 246 lb (112 kg; 17 st 8 lb) | ||
Position | Right wing | ||
Shot | Left | ||
Played for |
New York Islanders Vancouver Canucks Florida Panthers Detroit Red Wings Anaheim Ducks Calgary Flames | ||
National team | Canada | ||
NHL draft |
23rd overall, 1993 New York Islanders | ||
Playing career | 1995–2014 |
Todd Bertuzzi (born February 2, 1975) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger of the National Hockey League (NHL). Known as a power forward, he has played in the NHL for the New York Islanders, Vancouver Canucks, Florida Panthers, Anaheim Ducks, Calgary Flames and Detroit Red Wings. He is widely known for his role in the Todd Bertuzzi–Steve Moore incident, for which he was suspended by the NHL and IIHF, and criminally charged.
Selected 23rd overall by the New York Islanders in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft, he played at the junior level with the Guelph Storm of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) for four seasons. In 1995–96, he played his rookie season with the Islanders. After 2+1⁄2 seasons with the Islanders, he was traded to the Vancouver Canucks. Bertuzzi enjoyed the most successful seasons of his career with the Canucks—his longest tenured team in the NHL—including NHL first team All-Star honours in 2003. In 2006, after 7+1⁄2 seasons with Vancouver, Bertuzzi was dealt to the Florida Panthers, for whom he briefly played until being traded again, this time to the Red Wings. He then played single seasons with the Anaheim Ducks and the Calgary Flames before returning to Detroit in 2009 and finishing his career there. Internationally, Bertuzzi has competed for Team Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, as well as the 1998 and 2000 World Championships.
He is the uncle of Tyler Bertuzzi, who plays in the NHL.