If you never got a chance to see the Detroit Red Wings’ famous brawl with the Colorado Avalanche in 1997, or you just want to relive all the gory glory, you’ll get your chance Saturday on the 25th ...

Red Wing Darren McCarty and Colorado Avalanche Claude Lemieux fight during first-period action at Joe Louis Arena. Credit: Julian H. Gonzalez, Detroit Free Press For hockey fans, March 26, 1997 is a ...

The game wouldn't have been as memorable if the result didn't live up to the action. The Detroit Red Wings beat the Colorado Avalanche handily on March 26, 1997, first with their gloves off and then, ...

DETROIT (WXYZ) — March 26, 1997: A day that will long live in the minds of Detroit Red Wings and Colorado Avalanche fans. That's the day when the two teams squared ...

All these years later, the epic "Fight Night at The Joe" has proven to be a modestly profitable enterprise for Darren McCarty and Claude Lemieux. McCarty, the Red Wings' popular enforcer, and Lemieux, ...

March 26, 1997: A day that will long live in the minds of Detroit Red Wings and Colorado Avalanche fans. That's the day when the two teams squared off in one of the more famous brawls in NHL history.

Detroit Red Wing Darren McCarty and Colorado Avalanche Claude Lemieux duke it out three seconds into Tuesday night’s game at Joe Louis Arena, Nov. 11, 1997. Credit: David P. Gilkey, Detroit Free Press ...

In the spring of 1997 — a quarter-century ago — the Detroit Red Wings embarked on their quest to end a 42-year Stanley Cup drought. The Free Press has commemorated that historic quest with a new book: ...

Retired NHL player Darren McCarty was no stranger to fights throughout his hockey career, and now that the Stanley Cup winner has made the move into wrestling, he might be open to reigniting some ...