Manoir 70 Report post Posted March 27, 2012 97 was such an amazing year. This game, the Cup, and nWo running wild in wrestling. 2 GMRwings1983 and Detroit \# 1 Fan reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KATIEBARTHEDOOR24 426 Report post Posted March 27, 2012 97 was such an amazing year. This game, the Cup, and nWo running wild in wrestling. ...DAMN!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bring Back The Bruise Bros 1,029 Report post Posted March 27, 2012 Crazy what happens in 15 years. No more pay per view hockey... no more hate for Colorado, no more fights like this, no more amazing stories. Yeah the only guys that are still around from the rivalry are Lidstrom and Holmstrom for Detroit, and Hejduk for Colorado, but he didn't break into the league until the late '90s, I believe. With the way free agency is, guys coming and going, it is gonna be hard for a rivalry like that to brew and continue for as long as theirs did. It is safe to say the rivalry is dead. I'd love to see the rivalry get re-ignited, but it'll be a lot less likely for it to last these days. The key to developing rivalries: Playoff series Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Detroit # 1 Fan 2,204 Report post Posted March 27, 2012 97 was such an amazing year. This game, the Cup, and nWo running wild in wrestling. Nice, I wish I could +1 this 100 times Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dragonballgtz 273 Report post Posted March 27, 2012 Did DMAC ever get suspended for kneeing Turtle while he was against the boards? I was just getting into the Wings during those years so I'm not sure what the aftermath was. I would kill to go to a game like that. People that were there witnessed one hell of a game that night. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Copenhagen848 58 Report post Posted March 27, 2012 (edited) I'm still a firm believer that had this game not happened the way it did, the Wings dont win the Cup that year. I too watched the game live from my living room. I was a junior in highschool. To this day, I have never watched a more exciting sporting event....ever. As mentioned, this was good 'ol hockey the way it used to be. Back in the day of Stevie Y and the Russian Five, Lapointe, Dmac in his prime, etc. Unfortunately the NHL will never be the same as it was back then, but at least we have memories of games like this one to bring us back! The '96-'97 Detroit Red Wings is, and probably always will be, my favorite sports team/season of all time, for obvious reasons. Man, I can still remember like it was yesterday, sitting there after Dmac's goal in OT, in complete amazement at what I had just witnessed....THE BEST GAME EVER. Edited March 27, 2012 by Copenhagen848 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheDetroitRedWings 286 Report post Posted March 27, 2012 Miss those days... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
55fan 5,133 Report post Posted March 27, 2012 Did DMAC ever get suspended for kneeing Turtle while he was against the boards? I was just getting into the Wings during those years so I'm not sure what the aftermath was. I would kill to go to a game like that. People that were there witnessed one hell of a game that night. Actually, he didn't even get kicked out of the game. After he scored the GWG, Devorski, told Mac that he owed Devorski a game. Good old days, them was. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingslogo19 281 Report post Posted March 27, 2012 I was in such a great mood this morning, had to watch it again!! To this day I still have no repsect for the Turtle and never will Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
