John Nicholas 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. 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. 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.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
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|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
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! colspan="5"|Regular season
! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! colspan="5"|Playoffs
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! 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
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 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
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1984–85
| Portland Winter Hawks
| WHL
| 25 || 6 || 22 || 28 || 73
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| 1984–85
| Seattle Breakers
| WHL
| 46 || 17 || 36 || 53 || 154
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 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
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 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
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 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
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 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
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1990–91
| Newmarket Saints
| AHL
| 8 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 79
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| 1990–91
| Toronto Maple Leafs
| NHL
| 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 9
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 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
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1991–92
| Quebec Nordiques
| NHL
| 18 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 115
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | 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
References
<!-- Chose to hide this so that someone may make it actually encyclopedic instead of commentary - Maybe it should be noted that the greatest game of his career is often replayed on the NHL Network, a game in which Johnny made his mark with talent and not his fists. In (I think it was) Game #2 of the 1988 playoffs against the Bruins, at the Forum in Montreal, Kordic set up Montreal's first goal with a nifty little game of 'keep away' against the Bruins' prized rookie, Glen Wesley, after which he fed Mike McPhee in the slot with a neat little backhand. And on the Canadiens' final goal, Johnny called for a pass from Guy Carbonneau, only to be ignored, and veteran Larry Robinson ended up with the puck, and fed it to an open Kordic who crossed the Boston blue line and let a wicked wrist shot go that froze goaltender Reggie Lemelin. In the post-goal celebration, Kordic visibly snubs Carbonneau...who can blame him? -->