If you never got a chance to see the Detroit Red Wings’ famous brawl with the Colorado Avalanche in 1997, or you just want to relive all the gory glory, you’ll get your chance Saturday on the 25th ...

The ugliness between the Detroit Red Wings and Colorado Avalanche may never end. More specifically, Darren McCarty will not let it die. McCarty, who pounded Colorado’s Claude Lemieux bloody during the ...

Retired NHL player Darren McCarty was no stranger to fights throughout his hockey career, and now that the Stanley Cup winner has made the move into wrestling, he might be open to reigniting some ...

Red Wing Darren McCarty and Colorado Avalanche Claude Lemieux fight during first-period action at Joe Louis Arena. Credit: Julian H. Gonzalez, Detroit Free Press For hockey fans, March 26, 1997 is a ...

McCarty, at 6-feet-1, 215 pounds, spun away and quickly reached Lemieux, also listed at 6-1, 215. Lemieux, despite his well-earned reputation as an on-ice agitator and a cheap-shot artist who could ...

Most interviews with hockey players seem to fall under three categories: The cliche-soaked interview. The cliche-soaked interview by a player soaked with sweat. Awkward interview with a dude who knows ...

Darren McCarty and Claude Lemieux are friends now. Seriously. Let that sink in for a moment. Consider the iconic image of the two men, Lemieux turtled on the ice with McCarty’s left fist cocked back ...

All these years later, the epic "Fight Night at The Joe" has proven to be a modestly profitable enterprise for Darren McCarty and Claude Lemieux. McCarty, the Red Wings' popular enforcer, and Lemieux, ...

Paul Devorski was one of two referees to preside over Stanley Cup Final games between Detroit and Pittsburgh in 2008 (when the Wings won in six) and in 2009 (when the Wings lost in seven). He also ...

Darren McCarty played hockey at Memorial Coliseum only once, but the former Detroit Red Wings star is passionate about the building’s ambiance, the Komets and their storied history, Fort Wayne’s fans ...