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Fight Night at the Joe - Remembering the legendary Colorado Avalanche-Detroit Red Wings brawl of 1997 - ESPN
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1995-96 Claude Lemieux Colorado Avalanche Game Worn Jersey - 1st Year Franchise - Stanley Cup Season
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Red Wings, Avalanche brawled 25 years ago on 'a night they'll never forget'
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Fight Night at the Joe - Remembering the legendary Colorado Avalanche-Detroit Red Wings brawl of 1997 - ESPN
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How one violent hit snowballed into years of championship-grade hockey beef
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Kiszla: How Claude Lemieux's hit on Kris Draper fuels hate that will not die between Avs, Wings – The Denver Post
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Kris Draper details the epic brawl against the Avs in The Players' Tribune piece - Article - Bardown
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s 50 landmark hockey fights - Sports Illustrated
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Darren McCarty Recalls Taking On Claude Lemieux And Wings-Avalanche Rivalry
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Claude Lemieux, Darren McCarty watch Red Wings-Avalanche fight together
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Remembering the NHL's most brutally epic brawl 20 years later
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Detroit Red Wings vs. Colorado Avalanche brawl remembered 22 years later