TORONTO -- Todd Bertuzzi's on-ice attack on Steve Moore

might have been ordered by former Vancouver Canucks coach Marc

Crawford, according to a report aired on CBC's "The National''

Wednesday night.

Bertuzzi grabbed Moore from behind during a 2004 game, punched

him on the side of his head and then landed on top of Moore,

driving his head into the ice. The bloodied Colorado player was

removed on a stretcher.

Moore sustained a broken neck and a concussion. He filed a

lawsuit against Bertuzzi, the Canucks and their parent company in

Ontario in February.

A statement of claim filed in court by Moore's lawyer and

obtained by CBC alleges that Crawford pointed to Moore's name and

number on a board in the Canucks' locker room during the second

intermission of that game and said "... [Moore] must pay the

price."

In an accompanying document, Moore's lawyer claims Crawford's

statement was disclosed by Bertuzzi while under oath, and by

Canucks general manager Dave Nonis.

A month earlier, during a Feb. 16 game in Denver, Moore checked

Canucks forward Markus Naslund and that led to talk of retribution

against him, culminating with the Bertuzzi hit a month later.

Crawford, now Los Angeles' coach, didn't want to talk about the

report after the Kings' 4-1 loss to Phoenix on Wednesday night.

"I don't think this is the forum to be talking about that," he

said. "We've got enough of our own issues here with the Los

Angeles Kings. Those are the things that I'm concerned about. I'm

not concerned about anything that's said otherwise.''

Bertuzzi, who signed a two-year, $8 million contract with

Anaheim in July, refused to comment when approached after the

Ducks' 4-1 win over Buffalo on Wednesday night.

The NHL gave Bertuzzi a 17-month suspension for the Moore hit.

He gave up about $502,000 in salary, and missed 13 regular-season

games and the Stanley Cup playoffs in 2004. He also was prevented

from playing hockey overseas during the lockout season.

Bertuzzi was later charged with assault causing bodily harm. He

pleaded guilty and was given a conditional discharge and one year's

probation.