While the game cameras didn't catch Draper's face on the ice, the film shows the aftermath. The documentary shows that hit multiple times. While he headed to the hospital for emergency surgery, the Red Wings lost that game and were eliminated from the playoffs.
The impact caved in the side of Draper's face, fracturing numerous bones.
The Red Wings won that game.Īfter serving a one-game suspension during game four, which the Avs won, Lemieux returned for game five and delivered one of the worst hits in hockey history to Red Wings center Kris Draper, delivering a massive blow that drove Draper's face into the top of the board. Lemieux, who had a reputation for being one of the dirtiest players in the league, retaliated by sucker-punching Kozlov. In game three at McNichols Arena, Red Wings winger Vyacheslav Kozlov took a cheap shot at Avs defenseman Adam Foote, slamming his face into the glass and cutting open his forehead. Pundits considered the Red Wings to be the better team, but the Avs won the first two games playing in Detroit.
Claude Lemieux, who played for the Avs in the 1990s, and Darren McCarty, a forward for the Detroit Red Wings back then, were interviewed by the filmmakers at a recent Red Wings fan event, and relate how the two-team rivalry started at the 1996 Western Conference Finals, when the game was much more violent. The film includes footage from games and also interviews with players, coaches, staff and journalists who were following the team at the time. The documentary focuses on the bitter rivalry between the Detroit Red Wings and the Colorado Avalanche that began in the 1995-1996 season, the first year that the Avs were playing in Denver after moving from Quebec City, where the team had been competing as the Nordiques. On June 26, ESPN released a two-hour documentary, Unrivaled: Red Wings v Avalanche, that's must-see television for Colorado sports fans and hockey fans in general. And although the NHL season is over - aside from the June 30 championship parade and rally in Denver - there's one more treat for local hockey fans to enjoy this summer. Hockeymania has infected Colorado, with the Avs lifting the Stanley Cup for the first time in 21 years.
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