Bertuzzi Pleads Guilty to Assault; Moore Plans to Make Statement

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - Vancouver Canucks player Todd Bertuzzi pleaded guilty to assault Wednesday, more than nine months after slugging Colorado forward Steve Moore from behind and driving his face into the ice during a game.

A lawyer acting on behalf of Moore asked the judge to delay sentencing until January to give his client a chance to travel to Vancouver to make a statement. Moore was hospitalized with three fractured vertebrae, facial cuts, post-concussion symptoms and amnesia.

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Bertuzzi Pleads Guilty to Assault; Moore Plans to Make Statement

Judge Herb Weitzel said he would decide later Wednesday when he would deliver his sen...

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