Doug MacLean chose a doughnut shop in Edmunston, N.B., in the middle of the night to pour over lists of players to be made available in the NHL expansion draft next week to his new Columbus, Ohio, team. “I was driving my family back to the cottage in Prince Edward Island and we’d stopped but …
This Day In Hockey History-March 26,1997-Colorado Avalanche vs Detroit Red Wings ”Brawl in Hockeytown”
Red Wings 6 Avalanche 5 DETROIT — Darren McCarty helped Detroit settle an old score with Colorado’s Claude Lemieux and also scored the winning goal 39. seconds into overtime as the Red Wings took a fight-filled victory over the Avalanche. The Red Wings’ lone victory in four meetings with the defending NHL champions was also …