A day I will always remember as a Detroit sports fan. The day the Red Wings got their manhood back by getting revenge on Claude Lemeiux and the Avalanche for the dirty hit on Kris Draper the year before. It is alot of people's feeling that the Wings wouldn't have gone on their Stanley Cup run if it weren't for this game.
After getting manhandled by the New Jersey Devils in the Finals and then being beaten up by Colorado the following year, this game was necessary for the Wings to come together and prove they could play a rough and tumble game and stand up for themselves. Hard to believe that it was little Igor Larionov who got things started in this game by going after Forsberg which then gave McCarty the chance to go after lemeiux and then for the goalies to go at it. It was a classic game and I'm sure most Detroiter's won't forget it for a long time.
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