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The Detroit Red Wings held their own against the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions, minus converting with a man advantage. It took overtime for the Tampa Bay Lightning to put away Saturday’s game at Little Caesars Arena, 2-1. “We did good stuff, we defended pretty well against a high-octane team,” coach Jeff Blashill said. “We
It went by a lot of names. “Bloody Wednesday,” “the Brawl in Hockeytown,” “Fight Night at the Joe” and some others. Maybe you have a favorite. And if you made up your own nickname, you’re not alone. Darren McCarty did, too. “For lack of a better term, it’s ‘Red Wing D-Day,’ right?” McCarty told me recently.
Detroit Red Wings (26-31-7) vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (39-18-6) When: 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Where: Little Caesars Arena in Detroit. TV: Bally Sports Detroit. Radio: WXYT-FM (97.1) (Red Wings radio affiliates). THURSDAY’S GAME: Wings blitzed early by New York Islanders in 5-2 loss HAPPY ‘FIGHT NIGHT’ DAY!: Wings’ ‘Fight Night’ vs. Avalanche remains an ‘incredible night’ • BOX SCORE Game
Detroit — Like everyone else that evening Jeff Blashill was watching. The Red Wings’ coach was hanging out with friends, watching his favorite team, the Red Wings, face the hated Colorado Avalanche on March 26, 1997. Blashill and other Wings fans had lived through so many playoff disappointments, watching Colorado win a Stanley Cup, and
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, the Colorado Avalanche star scorer, will be together again Saturday night in Royal Oak, holding a 25th-anniversary watch party and fan question-and-answer session