Question: The Todd Bertuzzi–Steve Moore incident, was a highly controversial event in ice hockey, that happened during a National Hockey League (NHL) game between the Vancouver Canucks and the Colorado Avalanche on March 8, 2004, in the first period, which Canadian former professional ice hockey center who played in parts of three National Hockey League (NHL) seasons with the Colorado Avalanche, fought Vancouver player Matt Cooke and served a 5-minute major penalty for fighting?

Context articles: Samuel Påhlsson
Chris McAllister
Mark Messier
Steve Moore (ice hockey)
Keith Ballard
Theoren Fleury
Victor Oreskovich
Mário Bližňák
Eric Lacroix
Todd Bertuzzi–Steve Moore incident

Samuel Olof "Sammy" Påhlsson ( ; born December 17, 1977) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player who last played with Modo Hockey of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).
 Påhlsson spent the majority of his playing career in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Boston Bruins, Anaheim Ducks, Chicago Blackhawks, Columbus Blue Jackets and Vancouver Canucks.
 He was originally drafted 176th overall by the Colorado Avalanche at the 1996 NHL Entry Draft, though he never played for the team.
Christopher J. McAllister (born June 16, 1975) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Vancouver Canucks, Toronto Maple Leafs, Philadelphia Flyers, Colorado Avalanche and New York Rangers.
Mark Douglas Messier {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} ( ; born January 18, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey center of the National Hockey League and former special assistant to the president and general manager of the New York Rangers.
 He played a quarter of a century in the NHL (1979–2004) with the Edmonton Oilers, New York Rangers, and Vancouver Canucks.
 He also played professionally with the World Hockey Association (WHA)'s Indianapolis Racers and Cincinnati Stingers.
 He was the last former WHA player to be active in professional hockey, and the last active player who had played in the NHL in the 1970s.
Steven Francis Moore (born September 22, 1978) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey center who played in parts of three National Hockey League (NHL) seasons with the Colorado Avalanche.
Keith Galen Ballard (born November 26, 1982) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who previously played in the National Hockey League with the Phoenix Coyotes, Florida Panthers, Vancouver Canucks and the Minnesota Wild.
 He played college hockey for the Minnesota Golden Gophers of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) for three seasons.
 After his freshman year, he was selected 11th overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft.
 Before he made his NHL debut, he was traded twice – initially to the Colorado Avalanche, then to the Phoenix Coyotes.
 He played his professional rookie season in 2004–05 with the Coyotes' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Utah Grizzlies, then debuted with Phoenix the following season.
 After three years, he was traded to the Florida Panthers, where he spent two seasons before being dealt to Vancouver at the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.
 Internationally, Ballard has represented the United States in four World Championships, winning bronze in 2004.
 He has also played in two junior tournaments – the 2000 IIHF World U18 Championships and 2002 World Junior Championships.
Theoren Wallace "Theo" Fleury (born June 29, 1968) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player.
 Fleury played for the Calgary Flames, Colorado Avalanche, New York Rangers, and Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL), Tappara of Finland's SM-liiga, and the Belfast Giants of the UK's Elite Ice Hockey League.
 He was drafted by the Flames in the 8th round, 166th overall, at the 1987 NHL Entry Draft, and played over 1,000 games in the NHL between 1989 and 2003.
Victor J. Oreskovich (born August 15, 1986) is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger of Croatian ancestry who is currently an Unrestricted Free Agent.
 Selected 55th overall in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft by the Colorado Avalanche, he played for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) and Kitchener Rangers of the major junior Ontario Hockey League (OHL) before deciding to turn professional.
 After signing a contract with the Avalanche in 2007, he was assigned to the team's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, but chose not to report and spent two years away from hockey.
 In 2009, he signed with the Florida Panthers and spent the subsequent season between the NHL and the team's AHL affiliate, the Rochester Americans.
 The following off-season, he was traded to the Canucks.
 Oreskovich joined the team in 2011 on their run to the Stanley Cup Finals, where they lost to the Boston Bruins.
 In October 2011, he was waived by the Canucks and assigned to the Wolves.
Mário Bližňák (born 6 March 1987) is a Slovak professional ice hockey center who currently plays with HC Bílí Tygři Liberec of the Czech Extraliga.
 He previously played for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL).
 After playing in the Slovak Extraliga, Bližňák was selected by the Canucks in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft, and moved to North America, joining the Vancouver Giants of the major junior Western Hockey League (WHL) in 2005.
 Bližňák played three seasons with the Giants, helping them win the Memorial Cup, the national championship for major junior hockey in Canada, in 2007, before joining the Moose in 2008.
 He is best known as a defensive forward.
Eric Lacroix (born July 15, 1971) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player.
 Lacroix played eight seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Los Angeles Kings, Colorado Avalanche, New York Rangers and Ottawa Senators.
 He is the son the Colorado Avalanche president Pierre Lacroix and has worked in various management positions within the Avalanche.
The Todd Bertuzzi–Steve Moore incident (also called the Steve Moore incident, the Todd Bertuzzi incident, and the Bertuzzi–Moore incident) was a highly controversial event in ice hockey that happened during a National Hockey League (NHL) game between the Vancouver Canucks and the Colorado Avalanche on March 8, 2004.
 In the first period, Steve Moore fought Vancouver player Matt Cooke and served a 5-minute major penalty for fighting.
 The Avalanche would go on to build up a large lead in a fight-filled game.
 Late in the third period, Todd Bertuzzi was sent onto the ice.
 After failing to instigate Moore to fight, Bertuzzi skated after Moore, grabbed his jersey and punched him in the back of the head, knocking him unconscious.
 Bertuzzi landed on top of him, driving Moore face first into the ice followed by Moore's teammate Andrei Nikolishin and Bertuzzi's teammate Sean Pronger.
 Moore was knocked out and lay motionless for ten minutes before being carried off on a stretcher.
 The combination of the hit, fall, and piling-on had resulted in three fractured neck vertebrae, facial cuts and a concussion.
 The incident ended Moore's professional hockey career, and resulted in criminal assault charges against Bertuzzi, and a civil lawsuit against Bertuzzi and the Canucks.
 On August 19, 2014, it was reported the civil trial ended with all parties agreeing to a confidential settlement.