Toronto ? Todd Bertuzzi is done for the season, suspended Thursday by an NHL intent on sending the message that it won’t tolerate premeditated attacks on the ice.

The Vancouver Canucks’ All-Star forward will lose at least $500,000 in salary and could miss more time next season for the vicious punch that sent Colorado’s Steve Moore to the hospital with a broken neck, concussion and other injuries.

The Canucks were fined $250,000 for the attack, which is being investigated by police.

“This is not a part of our game, it has no place in our game, and it will not be tolerated in our game,” NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said.

He called the punishment “stern, harsh and quick.” And he hopes the severity will stem the criticism leveled at the league since Bertuzzi slugged and jumped Moore from behind, driving him headfirst into the ice late in a 9-2 loss to Colorado Monday.

The attack appeared to be payback for Moore’s Feb. 16 hit on Canucks captain Markus Naslund, who suffered a concussion and missed three games. Both teams were warned by the league not to retaliate.

Moore, lost for the season, has deep cuts on his face and two broken vertebra, but his spinal cord was not injured. He is in stable condition in a Vancouver hospital.