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The Wings had built up a fierce rivalry with the Avalanche by this time. With the Red Wings beating the Avs in the third round in 1997, and Colorado beating Detroit in the second round in both 1999 and 2000, the battles between these two teams had become one of the fiercest in sports. During a game on March 26, 1997, a brawl ensued between Colorado goalie Patrick Roy and his Detroit counterpart Mike Vernon and Darren McCarty paid back Avalanche player Claude Lemieux for his hit on Kris Draper the year before. Fittingly, it was Darren McCarty who scored the overtime goal to give the Red Wings the 6-5 victory in the game that became known as "Fight Night at the Joe."
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Best trade: In 1968, the Red Wings acquired Frank Mahovlich, Garry Unger, Pete Stemkowski and Carl Brewer from Toronto for Paul Henderson, Norm Ullman and Floyd Smith. Even though Ullman and Henderson had very good careers in Toronto, Unger, Mahovlich and Stemkowski provided the Wings with a needed infusion of new blood at the time of the trade. Moreover, they eventually traded Mahovlich for a package of players that included Mickey Redmond, who became the Red Wings' first-ever 50-goal scorer.
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Tragedy struck the Wings six days after their championship; defenseman Vladimir Konstantinov, one of the "Russian Five", suffered a brain injury in a limousine accident, and his career came to an abrupt end. Wings trainer Sergei Mnatsakanov suffered similar injuries as Konstantinov. Red Wings defenseman Slava Fetisov was ... injured in the accident, but was released from the hospital the next day. The Red Wings 1997-98 season, which also ended in a Stanley Cup victory (another sweep, this time over the Washington Capitals), was dedicated to Konstantinov, who came out in his wheelchair that night to touch the Cup. Yzerman, who had won the Conn Smythe Trophy as postseason Most Valuable Player that year, immediately gave the Cup to Konstantinov after he hoisted it. He later reported that he had intended to pass it to goalie Chris Osgood for his stellar surprise performance. "Not very often does a moment in hockey transcend sports," remarked Brendan Shanahan later.
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