Quick Facts
Biography
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 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
John's brother, Dan, played for the Philadelphia Flyers organization in the 1990s. At the time of John'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.
Career statistics
| 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 | ||||