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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DoURant" data-source="post: 1048610" data-attributes="member: 12388">Draper suffered a broken jaw, broken cheek bone, broken nose, and a concussion from the check from behind that he took in the playoffs the prior year.  McCarty and Draper were linemates and best friends, a Mutt and Jeff if you will. Draper is not a fighter, but his best friend was, and everyone knew who was going to settle this duspute.  The tension was in the air for any fan of Detroit hockey, everyone knew something would happen after the first game in Colorado was pretty tame.Tge first period started out with under card fights, and then it was a Royal Rumble.  What i think is amazing, is McCarty only received a double minor for roughing when he smoked Lemieux, to get this melee in full flight, at the end of period 1.  Then the 2nd period started with a fight 4 seconds in, and the fighting persisted in throughout the period.  Lost in all this was a game for the ages, maybe the most exciting game i ever watched.  It had numerous fight, tons of goals, just an edge of your seat game, culminating with the "hero" McCarty scoring the game winning goal in a 6-5 victory for the Wings in OT.</blockquote>

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