Darren McCarty Breaks Down Fight Night at the Joe - March 26, 1997
Former Detroit Red Wings #25 Darren McCarty breaks down the legendary Red Wings vs. Colorado Avalanche game & fights from March 26, 1997, and his Sweet Revenge on Claude Lemieux.
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00:00 - Preview
00:42 - Backstory
05:48 - Game Breakdown
08:56 - McCarty vs. Lemieux / Sweet Revenge
11:20 - More Fights
16:00 - Overtime Goal
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And after that night...McCarty never had to buy another drink again in the state of Michigan. 🤘
Amen!!
I am sure this is true! I totally loved this rivalry.
I wish I could have a beer with him
@@Tigersfan829 that would be cool but I think he is Sober my guy.
Now he is an alcoholic....way to go
This is one of greatest commentaries I have ever heard. I am an Australian and I started to follow red wings around 95/96 (found them in video game and loved them). Couldn't follow them properly due only dial up internet and ice hockey didn't exist in Australia. But read online stories etc But quickly learned who Darren was and fell in love with him. Him and lidsrom were my two favourites for years. Was so happy when they won in 97. And followed them ever since. Never got over to America to see a live game but have dreamt of it. And if I did I would love to meet Darren just so I can shake his hand and say thank you champion!
A friend of mine was a security guy at the cool alt rock venue in Detroit back then, and I used to hang out there constantly. One night shortly after their first cup win, McCarty came into the club. He walked up to the door and my buddy just said, "okay man, you gotta show me the ring" to which McCarty laughed and said, "everywhere I go, no one wants to talk to me, they just wanna see the ring!" He was super cool and funny
Yes it was
Four Stanley Cups in 12 years after this. Even as a Blackhawks fan, this night was awesome.
D-Mac made this an absolutely ELECTRIC listen. Great breakdown. Pure energy.
Right? I’m sure he’s told this story a million times and yet the energy he brought in this video is amazing, it was awesome to watch
I loved it ,great story and expertly performed felt as if I was there Andy Wales UK Penguins fan
We were so lucky to grow up with these guys! I miss the wings!
Here here!
I miss the Red Wings of this era!!!
He did that for the whole state of Michigan. We were so tired of getting pushed around physically and mentally by the Avs. This was the turning point
That day, a man became a legend.
Detroit vs Colorado was the best Rivalry ever played in the game!
Habs/Nordiques in the 80s is tops in my book.
Bruins/Habs for me
Good times
looool typical american, it's cute when they try to talk hockey...
@@khav11 as an av's fan ,it was the only one i was interested in, however cute it is.
"I'll take care of it" -Darren McCarty
The man always does, Lmaoo
And he DID
When a man says I'll take care of this you bet it will be avenged!
There’s no passion even remotely close to this in the current NHL. It’s really depressing to think about. But I’m glad I was able to live through this rivalry in real-time as it unfolded back in the day.
Totally more finesse and scoring oriented teams, you still get those glimpses, but few and far between
I have never seen more emotion unfold ever, before or since, than those wings avs rivalries in the 90s. It felt like we were watching a cinematic trilogy or something crazy like that.
The league also has tried to get certain behavior out of the game, if that hit happened today, by the time Lemiuex got back from his suspension, things wouldn't be so hot. Also in those days you would meet the same guys in the playoffs year after year so it would build hatred now even if it's the same teams with the cap the turn over is so much you could have half the team new from one year to the next
It’s so sad all the bleeding hearts have and are continuing to ruin our and the greatest game on earth...
Trust the Yzerplan to bring back the excitement to Detroit hockey.
I was a young kid at this time and was fully convinced I'd never see anything this cool ever again in my life.
I was also, and I still havent seen such an intense rivalry. Sadly, I dont think I ever will in todays NHL.
You never know 😉
Let's hope our boy Steve Yzerman can get us to the promise land at least 🙏 . I agree with you though. I was 7 or 8 and still remember the excitement throughout MI!
But we did, they replayed it on TV a couple times days after the game
'...for every man, woman, and child of Wing Wheeled Nation, I pulled back and we hit him TOGETHER, ON THE BUTTON." And the fact he had the presence of mind to drag Lemieux to the bench and give him a piece of the boards is epic. Game winner was icing on the cake. Does it get any better than this?
No it doesn’t get any better than that. These men were gladiators who didn’t take s__t.
I'm a Rangers fan, and this game is my favorite game not played by the Rangers. I remember watching this game live from horn to horn and loved every minute of it. What an epic moment in NHL history. It still brings emotions up. Fantastic break down. Those Red Wing players are heroes. It was like, Next Man Up!! Thanks Darren!
Thank you Darren for the memories. It was a epic night! I will never forget the day that both you and Lemieux were sitting at a table signing autograph's. That for me was also a epic moment. Thank you for being a part of the Wings. Your the Best DMac!
Still get goosebumps thinking about this game. Love that team. Miss the rivalry, glad to see Mac looking healthy and staying busy. Most of the guys on those teams felt like family, but none more than him. Always wished I had a teammate like him. Pure heart. The best description I’ve heard about his career was he wasn’t a big goal scorer, but scored big goals. And he sure as shit had Roy’s number.
Fall 96 was when my dad and I got into hockey, living in Michigan (i was born in CO) we were instant Red Wing fans. Had a healthy, but fierce rivalry with my relatives in CO. This brings back so many memories, I love it. I've been fortunate to be able to be around DMac a hand full of times, he's a great dude who loves his fans! Very glad he did this breakdown for us. LGRW
I remember watching all of this unfold from my first apartment in Pensacola, Fl while I was in the Navy. Became a Red Wings fan during college at Lake Superior State.
Thank you for your service! And LGRW!
I fucking LOVE that MOMENT: McCarty gliding, puppy-dog fights to the side, eyes glinting with mischief...then...lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eyes. When he comes at ya, doesn't seem to be livin'.
Jaws, right?
Until he bites ya...
Love it! Lemieux had 'kills' just like Quint did, until the JAWS of DEFEAT at The Joe clamped down. However the Sharks did defeat the Wings twice in playoff series if you want to get technical. (Sorry, bad joke.)
Draper's Revenge!! One of the all time greatest memories in Detroit Sports history. This pushed the Wings to their first Stanley Cup in over 40 years!!
Im from Pittsburgh and I was glued to the TV anytime these two teams were playing anytime after the 96 WCF. I remember watching this game and loving all of this. The Avs and the Wings was must see TV for 5 or 6 years running.
Thanks for doing this Darren! Remember it like it was yesterday. I hated seeing Draper hit like that, so glad you got Lemieux and Colorado team back for that. Congrats on a great career!
Anyone that saw it remembers it! Fantastic breakdown by the legend!
As a Colorado fan during the 90s, Darren McCarty you were a legend and someone to fear to play against
What a night that was... I was in high school in metro Detroit. Miss the NHL from those days!
My dad let me stay up to watch this game cause it was a school night, still remember this game vividly, you are a legend man, miss these days of hockey and miss you on the ice
darren, this was my birthday game in 1997. i watch this highlight reel every year. it never gets old. if you’re ever in key west, i’ve got your next J.
NICE! Happy Belated
When this happened it was life changing as a Wings fan! I could listen to old wings stories all day. Love it!
I remember!!! I was 6 years old and I was at my grandparents house, that fight was the moment I became a die hard wings fan. McCarty will always be my favorite player!!
That was the greatest sporting event I ever watched. The greatest rivalry. Man I miss those days.
It's insane to even see it, we'll be back there one day!
Darren McCarty is an animal. What a great hockey 🏒 player. I'm a Chicago Blackhawks fan, and I love this guy! He was born to play hockey and play for the Wings. Respect 👊🏽
Talking with him is insane, honestly never met anyone with that kind of passion about anything.
Come on man. If this guy played for Boston you would say he was meant to play for Boston.
I was at home watching the game, and I don't think I sat down for 5 minutes during this "Sweet Revenge" Heavyweight contest. I love what you did for your Brothers D Mac, and this slugfest of a game goes down as one of the best, if not the best, non-playoff games in Detroit Red Wings History! Darren...you set the tone for our Stanley Cup run. I love you, Man...Your Fucking Awesome!!
After the North Stars bailed to Dallas, Detroit was my team. I watched this game and it will go down as one of the greatest Red Wings games ever. Being a Minnesota boy, I'm a Wild fan now, but the Red Wings are an easy number 2 favorite. Hopefully Stevie Y can bring them back to greatness.
In truth, a wholly underrated player. Seriously. A real talent and then some......... A straight up individual who played clean and would not allow crap against him or a team member. One of my all-time faves. Hope he's well and takes care of himself.
A solid dude in the Human world!
D-Mac you are the best. I love how you took care of that turtle Lemieux. Drapes is a class act and didn't deserve what that coward did to him. Red Wings Forever.
I don't know if you know this but the red wings suck. And yes I am an Avalanche fan.
I have the picture of D Mac peppering the turtle in my office. love the memories that moment brings back.
@@yourdaddy6030 Count the cups pal, and if you don't want to go back beyond the 80s... Wings still have 4 and how many does Colorado have? Or let's count the hall of famers. Whatever metric you want to use.. Wings > Avs bud.
@@viresproductions easier to have more cups when you play 70 more years. Anyways stop living in the past bud. Redwings are ass
@@xexotics_fur1461 4 cups in 10 years.. didn’t know 2008 was 70 years ago lol stay mad
I was still in elementary school when this game happened, so it's almost impossible to remember watching any specific game from that time. Except for this one. I still remember this game, then going to school the next day, and it being all anyone could talk about. Seeing it with your commentary over it is just perfection.
I've always said, this was the greatest moment in Detroit sports history
That game was pivotal in red wing history!! Love ya D-Mac!
IMO one of the best hockey games I ever watched, and I watched a lot of them back during that time. Thank you Darren for your insights on this game. I will always remember it because we all knew this was coming, but didn't know when.
Vernon taking care of Roy was the icing on the cake!
Mike Vernon was a god that year
Vernie was the man!
Roy fucked him up
@@nickdiaz4961 Lol
the world doesnt have enough shit to kick out of Patrick Roy
Old guy here...Darren, thank you for the behind the scenes of the whole epic game. I remember watching it in Texas and freakin screamed so loud I was hoarse for a couple days... thank you Sir
When Lirionov dropped the gloves on Forsburg and you took out Lemieux. I looked at my brother and said. Wings are winning the cup this year. Thank you for great memories. Been a wings fan since the early sixties.
Still a wings fan? 😂🤣😂🤣 Holy smokes are they terrible! Didn't they turn the Joe into a pile of rubble?
@@grizfam3036 you’re trying way too hard to troll
As an avs fan.... fuck the wings.
@@Kravis63 LMFAO how he's simply telling the truth...you didn't even have to try at all to let us know how salty and triggered you are though...
@@grizfam3036 that’s what happens after 4 cups and 25 consecutive play off runs, something aves fans will never know about
Darren!!!! Part of so many great memories for Red Wings fans. We love ya brother.
This game was one of the greatest memories I had with my dad. We were screaming and cheering as you guys did what needed to be done. One of the greatest teams ever in the NHL
As an Avs fan I got mad respect for this man and most of the wings for such a rivalry. Great video. Hope to see an Avs and wings cup final one day
Bloody Rivalry, but those are they write stories about haha.
As a lifelong Wings fan, great respect for those Avs, minus Lemieux though. Great rivalry.
I was working that night., Sears at the old Adrian Mall. During my break, I went back to the loading dock and switched on the radio. First intermission, and Ken Kal and Paul Woods were talking all about the brawl and total penalty minutes. My dad was working midnights back then, and he missed it, as well, We both lamented not taping the game, but PASS got so many requests that they replayed the entire game multiple times that Spring.
Was seven yrs old watching this with my dad. I thought it was the coolest shit I had ever seen when the goalies went at it. Now that I’m older and can understand more is cool. Sooo satisfying watching you work Claude. Redwings for life!
Absolutely epic, D-Mac. Well freaking done.
It's 2024 and I'm still watching this. Good times and God Bless D-Mac....
I'm glad he still feels the way we still feel about it.
Being from Michigan and growing up in a Red Wings house I have always been about this date. I wasn’t born but I watch the game whenever i can because it is so amazing! Thank you for making this video and changing Hockeytown!! Brawl in Hockeytown will forever be the best!!❤️
I feel ya man!
Best game I've ever been to hands down & I've seen the cup raised in person. I was teenager, but I still remember it like it was yesterday. This game turned the team into Stanley Cup Champs. It was a great time to be a wing nut! Late 90s-2000s were so much fun to watch.
These two teams were so great for so many years, it just felt like they were on a different level than everyone else. The Wings add another two titles during that time if not for the Avs and maybe more. Anyone who hasn't watched the Alumni game in Devner should go watch it. I've never seen another alumni game where it was full action right from the start until the end. It was great and I would love to see another alumni game between the two in Detroit.
DMac started and finished the march to the Cup that season. Beating the Avs & exacting revenge in this game solidified their belief that they could do it. And then his Game 4 goal in the Finals finished it off…made Niinimaa & Hextall look like pylons. Legendary.
"McCarty draws, McCarty in, McCarty scores!"
I was 8 years old sporting my Redwings blanket sitting on the couch with my dad watching this game live and watching my favorite player, D-Mac, beat the absolute shit out of practically the entire Avalanche team... that was a great night and one I'll never forget. Miss you on the ice but hope you're doing well D-Mac
I still have this game on VHS ! recorded on PASS because I had something else going on but to watch this whole game is a tradition for me before the start of every playoff season!
I remember being 8 years old, living in Flint when this happened. It was all anyone could talk about and it was the best.
My dad was at the game. It was AMAZING!!! Thank you D Mac. You did a great job righting the wrong!
I still get chills!!!! I was on my skates, at my buddies place with him and we were jumping up and down screaming like a couple of school girls when this fight was going on. The great feeling I still get, I love it!!!!! Thank you D mac!!!
The guy has stories for days man
I was at Hockeytown Cafe pre game...did not have tix...put my name in a jar for jagermeister contest for 2 standing room tix...dammit if i didnt win and me and my girl were whisked down to the Joe by shuttle and this was the game!!!!....best night of live sports ever...every seat was standing room on this night...it was the best night ever!!!!!
Wowwww
Great stuff D Mac!! You're a Hockeytown Legend my dude. Your Cup clincher vs. Philly is still my favorite goal of all-time.
This is, as a Vancouver Canucks fan, when I said my 2nd team is the Detroit Red Wings. I had to be up early for work the next morning and missed all of this. I asked my brother to tape the sports show(Sports Page in Vancouver) so I could catch the highlights. He leaves me a written message that says you have to see Darren McCarty go after Claude Lemieux. I was late for work watching the DMac dismantling. I came home from work and we sat and watched it together. So proud to watch the Wings come together as a team. All the best DMac. Stay healthy and safe also. Have an AMAZING day.
Las Vegas, NV. I was pregnant. My son was born 12/10/1997 I named him Brendan!
Thank you Forever I born in 1980 and Detroit Darren. My dad was a Veitnam Vetearn also Detroit Born. He would pass way a year after this game and when we wont the cup. My dad got to see the wings win the first cup of many ... I am grateful for that ..
I'm so happy to have been part of that era, cheering for my beloved Wings! ❤
That was awesome!!! A great night!!! Thank you D-MAC!!!
Best hockey I ever watched in my life. Thank you Sir. I was15 and this rivalry was everything to me. You LEGENDS had a huge influence on how I played the game. 🤘 Again, THANK YOU!!!!
"I'll take care of it." .... and then some!!! 👍💪👊👏👍
Always trust in DMac
Such a great time to be a Hockey fan and live in Detroit.... I went to 10-12 games a year for around 15 years...
Hey McCarty, Avs fan here, I hate your guts but thanks for sharing this. This is awesome. I love to see your side of the what happened and I fucking loved this era of hockey. Thank you for making this one of the greatest moments in sports history. My personal favorite of all time. I have a question, what was said between you guys AFTER this game. Was Draper pleased?
To be fair Mac, it got a little sweeter when you scored in game 4 against the flyers
That's one the greatest goals in Red Wing history. He made three players look absolutely foolish, including a great goalie Hextall.
That was filthier than a 5$ hooker
I watched that game live!!! You Guys were Awesome and did Detroit Proud!!!!
I know I'm almost a year late, but hearing darren break this down was super cool. I was at this game as an 8 year old directly behind Vernon and his goal keeper. I'll never forgot seeing Mike skate out/seeing Shanahan glide through the air. This memory and the building it happened in are burnt into my heart/mind until the day I leave this earth.
Born in 90, started skating at 3 yrs old and played for 16 years, my jersey number always had to be 25 and if I got onto a team where it was already taken, and they didn’t have a good reason to have it, we would have a little bet going to see who got more goals over a certain amount of games and they got that 25, I got it every single time. My dad and I watched this and my dad was thankfully recording the game with a VHS so we stayed up all night after that watching that game. He has all of the brawls on VHS from that time and we will still pull out the VCR sometimes to watch them.
Thank you for your service - I’ll never forget this rivalry, and loved being on the Detroit side.
I'll never forget that hit on Draper. As a die hard Red Wings fan that pissed me off to no end. It hospitalized Draper, and might have ended his career. I remember that there was talk that he might not play again. Fortunately he did, and helped win 4 cups playing for 17 seasons for the Red Wings. Easily one of the best Centers we ever had. I never like Lemieux before and hated him after that. I knew that this brawl was going to happen, eventually, and in Detroit. The announcers had talked about it quite often in the first few games we had against Colorado. I suspect that the reason that there weren't more penalties, suspensions, and such, was that everyone knew that that brawl was coming. Tensions had been boiling since the previous season's Conference championship, and had not come to a head yet, after the Avalanche beat us in the previous 3 meetings that season. I suspect that the refs knew that tensions were high and I'm sure that they were aware of the bad blood being that this was easily the most competitive and roughest match-up of that decade.
What a great rivalry this was. Need Detroit back in the West.
More like we need detroit to be good at hockey again.
I’m an Avalanche fan and NO! Keep the Wings in the East. 😂
Red wings fan, makes zero sense for a hockey club that's in the eastern time zone to play half a season in the western time zone. That change was long over due. 10pm games sucked growing up.
They suck
One of the best moments in Redwing history! I remember watching it like it was yesterday. From the Yoop!
Glad us trolls and yoopers can set aside our differences to agree that D Mac kicks ass
@@WoodwardSports most definitely!!
Hey #25, I'm watching the video with my 1997 Stanley Cup Champions puck next to my computer. Thanks for the memories!
There is (or was) a mural in Leamington Ontario at José's noodle factory of McCarty laying the beat down on Lemieux. Always my favorite part of going to that restaurant.
grew up there too - it was up there for like 15 years - always brought a smile to my face when I saw it up there
I still have my championship t-shirts from 1997 and 2002!! Great memories!!
Met Darren for the first time today. Coolest athlete I ever had the pleasure of meeting! Great player on the ice and class act off it.
I met D Mac at a Tigers game like 10 years ago (Yes, my profile name is also D Mac because that is essentially my name as well). Anyway, I specifically asked him about this event and he told me he was throwing every expletive about Claude and his mother that he could think of when they were at the face-off. He essentially threw the verbal kitchen sink at him, prior to the brawl. I know that's not a thrilling story, because that's what hockey players do, but it was just awesome hearing it from him. Darren will always be one of my faves!
This was one of the most fond memories I have of watching you guys. I just bought a collection of wings memorabilia and In the collection is one of D mac's autographed framed jerseys with a picture of the fight in the frame and a picture of you holding the cup that same year.
Its all just...just.... Beautiful. From the city, the fans.. forever. Thank you Mac.
Always liked Darren McCarty. Tough, good player with a great way he tells this story. Irishman to the t 😂😂. Dude is awesome
One of the most entertaining games ever played. Shanny said to watch it, it will be fun. It was that for sure! That is the night the Red Wing dynasty started!
I Am not a hockey fan, I have never played hockey or been to a hockey game. I am a Black brother born and raised on the Eastside of Detroit and of course I've always loved The Mighty Red Wings and their legendary history of greatness. I have always been a Pistons fan but when I saw the news of Kris Draper being gutlessly attacked by Claude Lemieux I immediately became an instant Red Wing supporter looking for instant revenge on the goon (Lemieux) who sneak attacked one of our heroes. I started paying attention to the games and when The Red Wings and Avs played again I immediately became the biggest Darren McCarty fan in the world as flashbacks of Bill Laimbeer and Rick Mahorn crossed my mind watching the greatest dose of Karma in human history extract viciously from the mighty fists of Darren McCarty's fury onto Claude Lemieux. And to see the whole team battling like gladiators to DEFEND THE HONOR OF THE CITY OF DETROIT and avenge the attack on Kris Draper was the proudest moment in my whole life as a Detroiter. And after that in June of that year me and my boys getting drunk at a barbecue birthday party on the Eastside of Detroit and watching the Stanley Cup Finals and seeing Darren McCarty racing across the ice giving everything he had and falling and sliding and knocking the pick into the goal leading The Wings to the Championship was and still is to this day my favorite all time hockey moment. YOU DARREN MCCARTY WILL DEFINITELY ALWAYS BE MY HERO FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN AVENGING KRIS DRAPERS HONOR AND THE RED WINGS HONOR AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THE HONOR OF THE MIGHTY CITY OF DETROIT! I HOPE I GET A CHANCE TO MEET YOU ONE DAY JUST SO I CAN SHAKE YOUR HAND AND SALUTE YOU MY GUY! A true DETEOIT VS. EVERYBODY LEGEND!
This was so great to see live! Even better re-living it thru your eyes with all the details, D. Mac!!
My brother and I grew up playing travel and then Junior hockey In Michigan. We were younger at this time 94-02 era... So watching the Wings was like a religion. Memories of listening to Wings games on the radio on the way home from hockey games / practices... Cheering in the car with my dad or mom during a goal... Such rare awesome memories. I can remember watching the Wings get bounced by the Sharks in game 7 after Ozzy went out to play the puck.. and then the Devils disaster... I can honestly remember waking up being depressed after games like that.. haha. Just a kid being bummed out. So when they actually won the Stanley Cup, god damn was it a fun time to be a Red Wings fan and to be playing the game.. This game is an absolute classic and an all time NHL great. Put a copy of this in the Smithsonian... One last memory... Wings use to do this “skating with the stars” thing, still might. My dad took me and my brother... of course we wore our travel teams jerseys.. gotta look cool.. rule was no autographs on the ice. But we brought out cards and a pen anyway... Got pics with a handful of guys.. But of course Stevie Y and Fedorov were bombarded.. but we look over and see D Mac with a decent crowd... But nowhere near like Y or Sergei.. we head over there.. get up to him... Pull our cards out and pens and ask for the autograph... well they had autograph refs out there taking kids cards and pens away.. and this guy comes up flying up and goes to take the card from us.. But.. DMac was having none of that... Told the guy to pound ice and not to worry about it.. signed his card, took a pic with me and then picked up my little brother with like a bear hug from behind.. lifted him up for a pic... fucking awesome. Still have them to this day..
I was at this game and have never been prouder of team in my life. Not one guy stood by and watched. Amazing night that will go down in history!!
On this exact day (March 26, 1997) while you were tuning up Claude Lemieux, Michal Pivonka was knocked out cold by Probert in the Blackhawks game. 😄
Classic. Shanny closelining Roy was the best. Loved that Wing team. Nice one Carty.
A bunch of cheap punks the red wings were. Another reason they suck so bad right now and the AVS are smoking the whole league.
This is all we talked about at school the next day. Multiple rounds of high fives
Thank you for the greatest hockey Ive ever witnessed! 90's Red Wings were my team! Stevie Y was the man!. Best game Ive ever watched was this one, best playoff hockey was Detroit and Avs. Screw the finals, it was all about those two teams meeting for this guy!
AWESOME to see you in a Greatness Element Darren. Really enjoyed this. MUCH RESPECT #25.
I remember where I was when this game happened. We didn't have cable and it was on PASS Sports I believe, so I was on a Yahoo NHL page, hitting Refresh and frantically updating my brother in the other room how nuts the box score was, particularly the penalty summary. We went into orbit when we saw McCarty scored the OT winner.
I was 12 going on 13, this was one of the defining moments of my life lol
DMAC giving commentary - nothing better. Thanks, DMAC. You are one of my all-time favorites because of what you did as a Red Wing and how you punished Lemieux for what he did to Drapes.
This is the equivalent of listening to your dad telling the Night Before Christmas in December. I could listen to this once a year during the Stanley Cup finals.
This is the best storytelling!!