Todd Bertuzzi
Todd Bertuzzi ( born February 2, 1975 in Greater Sudbury, Ontario ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player of Italian descent. He currently plays for the Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League on the position of the right winger.
Career
Bertuzzi played four years in the Canadian Junior Football League Ontario Hockey League with Guelph Storm. During this time he was selected during the NHL Entry Draft in 1993 by the leaders of the New York Islanders in the first round at a total of 23 positions. In the summer of 1995, he received his first NHL contract with the Islanders. In the following season 1995/96 he played sometimes even for the International Hockey League club Utah Grizzlies, but this year he spent the majority of in the NHL. After another season in New York, he was transferred on February 6, 1998, together with Bryan McCabe and Jarkko Ruutu in exchange for Trevor Linden of the Vancouver Canucks.
Bertuzzi was in the subsequent period in eight seasons for the Canucks on the ice and was among the top performers in his team. After the offensive player in his first season in Vancouver already achieved 15 points scorer in 22 games, he increased his yield point before in 96 games, he scored 103 times during the 2002/ 03 season. This was his most successful season as a professional in the National Hockey League. Bertuzzi was also with 97 points is the fifth best scorer in the main round of 2002/ 03.
Due to a massive fouls against Steve Moore in the NHL game of his club, the Vancouver Canucks against the Colorado Avalanche, in which Moore suffered several broken vertebrae and other injuries, Bertuzzi was suspended on 8 March 2004 by the NHL and was later in court. Among other things, he was acquitted due under Canadian law with a one-year probation and was allowed on the ice again until the following season. Since he was not criminally noticed again in the period of probation, he is not considered a criminal record. The Vancouver Canucks had to pay a fine of U.S. $ 250,000.
For the 2006/07 season Bertuzzi joined in a swap together with Alex Auld and Bryan Allen of the Canucks to the Florida Panthers, the charges for Roberto Luongo and Lukas Krajíček as well as a draft law to the Canucks. Apart from seven games could not play Bertuzzi due to a back injury in the season for the Florida Panthers. Shortly before the end of the transfer window Bertuzzi was transferred to the Detroit Red Wings. With them he pulled in the playoffs to the finals of the Western Conference a. In the summer of 2007 he signed a contract with the Anaheim Ducks, before he again a year later, after the Ducks had paid out early after a disappointing season his contract, moved to the Calgary Flames.
Bertuzzi played in his only season for the Flames similar constant as before in Anaheim and scored 15 goals. On 18 August 2009 he signed with the Detroit Red Wings, for whom he had played in 2007.
Awards and achievements
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented Canada at:
- World Cup 1998
- World Cup 2000
- 2006 Winter Olympics
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )