John Kordic
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John "Rambo" Kordic was a Canadian hockey player in the National Hockey League
.
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 Sherbrooke Canadiens in 1985, and a Stanley Cup
with Montreal Canadiens in 1986. While playing for Toronto Maple Leafs
, he wore #27, formerly worn by Leaf players Darryl Sittler
and Frank Mahovlich
. Kordic was known as an enforcer on the ice.
On August 8, 1992, after overdosing on drugs and being involved in a struggle with police at a Quebec City
motel, Kordic died of lung failure due to heart malfunction. At his time of death, Kordic was 27 years old.
John's brother, Dan
, played for the Philadelphia Flyers
organization in the 1990s.
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
.
Kordic played for the Montreal Canadiens
Montreal Canadiens
The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...
, Toronto Maple Leafs
Toronto Maple Leafs
The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
, Washington Capitals
Washington Capitals
The Washington Capitals are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Since their founding in 1974, "The Caps" have won one conference championship to reach the 1998 Stanley Cup...
, and Quebec Nordiques
Quebec Nordiques
The Quebec Nordiques were a professional ice hockey team based in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Nordiques played in the World Hockey Association and the National Hockey League...
, for a total of seven seasons in the NHL. He won the Calder Cup
Calder Cup
The Calder Cup is awarded annually to the playoff champion of the American Hockey League. The trophy is the world's second oldest continuous professional ice hockey championship, having first been awarded in 1937 following the 1936-37 AHL season, and continuously being awarded every year.The cup...
with Sherbrooke Canadiens in 1985, and a Stanley Cup
Stanley Cup
The Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...
with Montreal Canadiens in 1986. While playing for Toronto Maple Leafs
Toronto Maple Leafs
The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
, he wore #27, formerly worn by Leaf players Darryl Sittler
Darryl Sittler
Darryl Glen Sittler is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League from 1970 until 1985 for the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Philadelphia Flyers and the Detroit Red Wings. He was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1989.On February 7, 1976, Sittler set an NHL...
and Frank Mahovlich
Frank Mahovlich
Francis William "The Big M" Mahovlich, CM is a Canadian Senator, and a retired NHL ice hockey player, nicknamed the "Big M." He played on six Stanley Cup-winning teams and is an inductee of the Hockey Hall of Fame.-Playing career:...
. Kordic was known as an enforcer on the ice.
On August 8, 1992, after overdosing on drugs and being involved in a struggle with police at a Quebec City
Quebec City
Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
motel, Kordic died of lung failure due to heart malfunction. At his time of death, Kordic was 27 years old.
John's brother, Dan
Dan Kordic
Daniel Kordic is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played six seasons in the National Hockey League for the Philadelphia Flyers. Much like his brother John Kordic, he was primarily known as an enforcer....
, played for the Philadelphia Flyers
Philadelphia Flyers
The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
organization in the 1990s.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an... |
Team | League | GP | G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to... |
A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal... |
Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one... |
PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,... |
GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1982–83 | Portland Winter Hawks Portland Winter Hawks The Portland Winterhawks are a major junior ice hockey team based in Portland, Oregon, playing in the Western Hockey League, a member league in the Canadian Hockey League. They play their home games at the Memorial Coliseum, though typically a few games each season are also played in the... |
WHL Western Hockey League The Western Hockey League is a major junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League as the highest level of junior hockey in Canada... |
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 1984–85 AHL season The 1984–85 AHL season was the 49th season of the American Hockey League. Thirteen teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Binghamton Whalers finished first overall in the regular season... |
Sherbrooke Canadiens Sherbrooke Canadiens The Sherbrooke Canadiens were a professional ice hockey team in Sherbrooke, Quebec. They played their home games at the Palais des Sports. They were a member of the American Hockey League from 1984 to 1990, and were a farm team of the Montreal Canadiens.... |
AHL American Hockey League The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League... |
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 1985–86 AHL season The 1985–86 AHL season was the 50th season of the American Hockey League. Thirteen teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Hershey Bears finished first overall in the regular season... |
Sherbrooke Canadiens | AHL | 68 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 238 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985–86 | Montreal Canadiens Montreal Canadiens The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ... |
NHL | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | ||
| 1986–87 1986–87 AHL season The 1986–87 AHL season was the 51st season of the American Hockey League. Thirteen teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The league institutes awarding one point in the standings, for an overtime loss... |
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 Toronto Maple Leafs The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League... |
NHL | 46 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 185 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 55 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 252 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33 | ||
| 1990–91 1990–91 AHL season The 1990–91 AHL season was the 55th season of the American Hockey League. Fifteen teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Rochester Americans finished first overall in the regular season... |
Newmarket Saints Newmarket Saints The Newmarket Saints were a minor league hockey team in Newmarket, Ontario. It played in the American Hockey League from 1986–91 as the farm team of the Toronto Maple Leafs at the Ray Twinney Complex.... |
AHL | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 79 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | Washington Capitals Washington Capitals The Washington Capitals are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Since their founding in 1974, "The Caps" have won one conference championship to reach the 1998 Stanley Cup... |
NHL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 1991–92 AHL season The 1991–92 AHL season was the 56th season of the American Hockey League. The league realigns from divisions into three divisions, creating the new Atlantic division. Fifteen teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Fredericton Canadiens finished first overall in the regular season... |
Cape Breton Oilers Cape Breton Oilers The Cape Breton Oilers were a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. The team relocated from Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1988 and was renamed for Cape Breton Island. Home games were played in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, at Centre 200... |
AHL | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 141 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 53 | ||
| 1991–92 | Quebec Nordiques Quebec Nordiques The Quebec Nordiques were a professional ice hockey team based in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Nordiques played in the World Hockey Association and the National Hockey League... |
NHL | 18 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 115 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 244 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 997 | 41 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 131 | ||||