John Kordic

John Nicolas Kordic (March 22, 1965 – August 8, 1992) was a Canadian ice hockey player in the National Hockey League.

Hockey career

Kordic played for the Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Washington Capitals and Quebec Nordiques, for a total of seven seasons in the NHL. He won the Memorial Cup with the Portland Winter Hawks in 1983, the Calder Cup with the Sherbrooke Canadiens in 1985, and a Stanley Cup with the Montreal Canadiens in 1986.<ref name="si">Template:Cite news</ref> While playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs, he wore No. 27, formerly worn by Leaf players Darryl Sittler and Frank Mahovlich.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Kordic was known as an enforcer on the ice.<ref name="si"/>

In 1992, he moved back to Quebec after finishing the season with the Cape Breton Oilers, and had expressed hope that he could turn his life around if he could catch on with the Oilers and play in his hometown.<ref name="nytimes"/>

Death

On August 8, 1992, after overdosing on drugs and being involved in a struggle with police at Motel Maxim in L'Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec, Kordic died of lung failure due to heart malfunction.<ref name="si"/><ref name="nytimes">HOCKEY; He Skated on the Ice, Then Fell Through It New York Times</ref><ref>All roads lead to hockey: reports from northern Canada to the Mexican border William T. Boyd University of Nebraska Press</ref>

Personal life

At the time of Kordic's death he was engaged to marry a former exotic dancer named Nancy Masse, who used to work at a Quebec club called Le Folichon, less than a kilometre from where he died.<ref name="nytimes"/> Kordic's brother, Dan, played for the Philadelphia Flyers organization in the 1990s.<ref name="si"/>

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1982–83	Portland Winter Hawks	WHL		72	3	22	25	235		14	1	6	7	30
1983–84	Portland Winter Hawks	WHL		67	9	50	59	232		14	0	3	3	56
1984–85	Sherbrooke Canadiens	AHL		4	0	0	0	4		4	0	0	0	11
1984–85	Portland Winter Hawks	WHL		25	6	22	28	73		—	—	—	—	—
1984–85	Seattle Breakers	WHL		46	17	36	53	154		—	—	—	—	—
1985–86	Sherbrooke Canadiens	AHL		68	3	14	17	238		—	—	—	—	—
1985–86	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		5	0	1	1	12		18	0	0	0	53
1986–87	Sherbrooke Canadiens	AHL		10	4	4	8	49		—	—	—	—	—
1986–87	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		44	5	3	8	151		11	2	0	2	19
1987–88	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		60	2	6	8	159		7	2	2	4	26
1988–89	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		6	0	0	0	13		—	—	—	—	—
1988–89	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		46	1	2	3	185		—	—	—	—	—
1989–90	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		55	9	4	13	252		5	0	1	1	33
1990–91	Newmarket Saints	AHL		8	1	1	2	79		—	—	—	—	—
1990–91	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		3	0	0	0	9		—	—	—	—	—
1990–91	Washington Capitals	NHL		7	0	0	0	101		—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	Cape Breton Oilers	AHL		12	2	1	3	141		5	0	1	1	53
1991–92	Quebec Nordiques	NHL		18	0	2	2	115		—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals				244	17	18	35	997		41	4	3	7	131

Awards

• WHL West Second All-Star Team – 1985

See also

• List of ice hockey players who died during their playing careers

External links

• Template:Ice hockey stats