Detroit — The noise inside Joe Louis Arena.
That's the one memory that still resonates first and foremost when thinking back to that night, 25 years ago, on June 7, 1997, and the ear-splitting reaction to Steve Yzerman getting the Stanley Cup from commissioner Gary Bettman.
Or, wait, the moment the game ended, and the Red Wings had officially defeated the Philadelphia Flyers to win the Stanley Cup for the first time in 42 years. The pure, unfettered relief and happiness at that moment was difficult to describe.
No, there's another one. Darren McCarty's miraculous, highlight-reel goal in the second period that pretty much clinched the outcome.