NHL Stadium Series Detroit vs. Colorado

The acrimony amounted to some enthusiastic booing and a chant of “Red Wings suck” on Friday in Denver when Detroit and Colorado rekindled their rivalry from the mid-1990s to early 2000s during the Stadium Series Alumni Game. With only a minute remaining, Brad Richards tallied the game victor on a fluke tip goal that flipped over Varlamov’s shoulder. Tatar’s goal came in the first period, his first point in nine games. This time around, the occasion is further amplified thanks to the outdoor game.

What started as an intense third-period brawl between the 10 skaters on the ice heated up when Avs goalie (and now head coach) Patrick Roy wandered over the scrum, only to be turned away by officials.

Hundreds of jerseys were spotted from Avalanche and Red Wings players of the late 1990’s.

It was the first time since December 11 that Tatar and Nyquist, who finished 1-2 on the team in goals last season, scored in the same game.

(AP Photo/David Zalubowski). Detroit Red Wings center Riley Sheahan, front, fights for control of the puck with Colorado Avalanche center Shawn Matthias in the first period of an NHL hockey game in Coors Field Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016, in Denver. The Red Wings challenged the goal because Soderberg was in the crease, but the call stood upon review.NOTES: The Red Wings on Saturday traded D Jakub Kindl to the Florida Panthers for a 2017 sixth-round draft pick. Detroit and Colorado met five times in the playoffs in a seven year period, and each time the victor advanced to the Stanley Cup championships. Billington showed his own goaltending chops when he stopped a Holmstrom penalty shot. “Things are going to go wrong and you’ve still got to enjoy the whole thing”. Igor Lirionov fed Brendan Shanahan a nice little pass which the Hall of Famer shot in the net. Stephane Yelle capped off the evening by sealing the Avalanche victory with the final goal. Not only are we getting the chance to see a rare outdoor game between two playoff hopeful teams, but with the Alumni Game on Friday night, we’ll be treated to a blast from the past. “Every day you don’t take this game for granted and to be able to do these things with the audience and the attention on it – it’s not a regular game in an 82-game schedule”. While much more congenial than games of seasons past, they also exhibited the skills and intensity which made their games some of the most exciting in recent memory. “Oh my God that was fantastic! He doesn’t need much to create chances, and you saw that there”. “But it was not too bad, I would say”. Thank you for the memories!