A look back at June 7, 1997, when the Detroit Red Wings broke a decades-long drought to win the Stanley Cup championship over the Philadelphia Flyers. By Brian Manzullo, DFP. Wochit
Darren McCarty watches The Fight once a year, on the same day every year: March 26.
That’s the anniversary of McCarty’s fight with Claude Lemieux, which provided one of the most cathartic moments in Detroit sports history, when the Red Wings and the Colorado Avalanche engaged in a brawl to end all brawls in 1997.
McCarty used to watch a scratchy, old VHS copy of the fight.