Fight turned Wings into champs
It’s one evening that forever will live in Detroit sports history.
Every Red Wings fan knows what he or she was doing on March 26, 1997 — 10 years ago today — when the Colorado Avalanche played the Wings at Joe Louis Arena.
It has been 10 years since Darren McCarty pummeled Claude Lemieux, Brendan Shanahan flew through the air to get after Patrick Roy, and, of course, Mike Vernon fought Roy, punches thrown wildly, with coaches screaming and fans going berserk.