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Originally Posted by blankall
You only need to prove intent towards the action, not the outcome. Bertuzzi clearly intended to punch Moore. From that point on, unless you can prove that what happened next was either too unforseeable or too remote, anything beyond that point flows from the punch.
I bet Moore gets a large pay day.
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Very true. However, I'd argue that the type of punch that Bertuzzi gave to Moore - without warning, from behind, and with a gloved hand to a helmet - happens many times over the course of a season. In fact, I remember a Flames player receiving a very similar punch in a game about a week later.
You have the "premeditation", but were they just saying Moore had to "answer the bell?" That's almost certainly what they meant. Likewise, Bertuzzi's intent likely iwas also only to make Moore "answer the bell" and nothing else.