Role Ice hockey player Career end 1992 Name John Kordic Career start 1985 | Playing career Weight 86 kg Shot Right Height 1.88 m Siblings Dan Kordic | |
Born March 22, 1965Edmonton, AB, CAN ( 1965-03-22 ) Played for NHLMontreal CanadiensToronto Maple LeafsWashington CapitalsQuebec NordiquesAHLSherbrooke CanadiensNewmarket SaintsCape Breton Oilers NHL Draft 78th overall, 1983Montreal Canadiens Died August 8, 1992, Quebec City, Canada | ||
John kordic vs gord donnelly feb 23 1988
John Nicholas Kordic (March 22, 1965 – August 8, 1992) was a Canadian ice hockey player in the National Hockey League.
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- John kordic vs gord donnelly feb 23 1988
- Jay miller vs john kordic
- Hockey career
- Death
- Personal life
- References
Jay miller vs john kordic
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 Calder Cup with the Sherbrooke Canadiens in 1985, and a Stanley Cup with the Montreal Canadiens in 1986. While playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs, he wore No. 27, formerly worn by Leaf players Darryl Sittler and Frank Mahovlich. Kordic was known as an enforcer on the ice.
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.
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. He was only 27 years old.
Personal life
Kordic's brother, Dan, played for the Philadelphia Flyers organization in the 1990s. 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 mile from where he died.
