Injured Colorado Avalanche rookie Steve Moore was moved from a hospital in Vancouver to Craig Hospital in Englewood, Colo., on Saturday.
Moore, who was severely injured in an attack by Vancouver’s Todd Bertuzzi on Monday, returned via chartered jet. He will remain at Craig indefinitely to continue rehabilitation from two cracked vertebrae in his neck, a closed head injury, a concussion and other facial injuries.
The Moore family made no comment to the media upon arrival in Denver and said it won’t for the foreseeable future. The incident remains under police investigation in Vancouver.
The Avalanche will be without two players for the next few weeks after forwards Alex Tanguay (sprained knee) and Dan Hinote (dislocated shoulder) were hurt Friday at Phoenix.
Support for Bertuzzi
Meanwhile, in Vancouver several hundred Canucks fans held a rally Saturday night in support of Bertuzzi, who has been suspended for the season and playoffs for his attack on Moore.
The group, numbering between 300 and 500 people, marched around the Canucks’ arena and up several blocks to hear speakers. T-shirts reading “Free Bert” were quickly bought.
“All these people out here just want him to know that we still love him,” said Susan Hickey, who held up a banner that read “In Todd We Trust.”
RESULTS, SATURDAY’S SYNOPSIS
Buffalo 2 at Boston 3
Mike Knuble scored winning goal with :03.9 left in OT to help Bruins rally from 2-goal deficit to beat Sabres and tie NHL record for OT games in a season at 28.
Dallas 3 at Detroit 0
Goalie Manny Legace stopped 31 shots for 2nd shutout of season and Brett Hull scored 24th goal as Red Wings extended season-best unbeaten streak to 7 games.
Los Angeles 1 at San Jose 3
Evgeni Nabokov made 25 saves in relief of Vesa Toskala, who left after 1st period with lower-body injury, to help Sharks increase Pacific Division first-place lead over Stars to 5 points.
New Jersey 1 at Philadelphia 2
Marcus Ragnarsson scored go-ahead goal :23 into 3rd period and Robert Esche had 37 saves as Flyers beat Devils for 2nd time this week and opened 8-point lead in Atlantic Division.
Toronto 3 at Montreal 4
Yanic Perreault scored midway through 3rd period to lift Canadiens over Maple Leafs. Jose Theodore made 22 saves for Montreal, which has points in 10 of 11 games (9-1-0-1).
Washington 2 at Atlanta 5
Sean McEachern snapped 3rd-period tie and Vyacheslav Kozlov scored his 20th goal as Thrashers scored 3 times in final 6:08 to beat Capitals and tie franchise record with 15 home wins.
N.Y. Rangers 2 at Florida 3
Olli Jokinen scored in OT for 2nd straight game for Panthers, who snapped 3-game home winless streak and beat Rangers for just 2nd time in 11 games (2-8-1).
Carolina 5 at Tampa Bay 1
Sean Hill had 2 goals and Kevin Weekes made 19 saves as Hurricanes, now 5-0-1-1 in past 7 road games, snapped Lightning’s 18-game point streak (14-0-2-2).
Columbus 3 at St. Louis 5
Brian Savage, Keith Tkachuk and Mike Sillinger scored 3rd-period goals, rallying Blues, who moved 1 point ahead of Kings in race for 8th place in Western Conference.
Calgary 4 at Nashville 4
Jarome Iginla scored :31 into 3rd period and Miikka Kiprusoff stopped 28 shots in helping Flames salvage tie with Predators and maintain 2-point lead for 6th place in Western Conference.
Ottawa 2 at Vancouver 1
Daniel Alfredsson’s unassisted goal with 9 minutes left lifted Senators, who stayed within point of Bruins atop Northeast Division, over Canucks, playing for 4th time in 6 nights.
