It has been 29 years since the goalie fight between Patrick Roy and Mike Vernon.
March 26, 2026
It has been 29 years since the goalie fight between Patrick Roy and Mike Vernon.
19 comments
Spam is not tolerated on /r/ColoradoAvalanche. In an effort to prevent it, submissions by new accounts must be manually approved.
*I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/ColoradoAvalanche) if you have any questions or concerns.*
I totally don’t feel old or anything.
It’s been 29 years since I fell in love with the sport of Hockey
I’m willing to give Wings fans this one even though I think it was pretty even but I always want to rip my hair out when they say Osgood won his fight too. Hell no, Roy walloped him. Dropped like 5 or 6 bombs on him while all Osgood did was shove him into the ice.
I know this rivalry is dead and everything, but there’s still a very petty impulse buried deep in my soul that’s hoping that the Wings miss the postseason and claim the longest playoff drought in the league. It would be made even better if the Avs won the Cup and equalled their number of modern Cup wins.
That was the peak of the hate between them, man what a rivalry that was ❤️
Fuck Kris Draper.
Memories.
I still hate the Wings more than the Canucks
Those were some awesome times. Now Avs fans are like Detroit who? That was a RIVALRY.
19 comments
Spam is not tolerated on /r/ColoradoAvalanche. In an effort to prevent it, submissions by new accounts must be manually approved.
*I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/ColoradoAvalanche) if you have any questions or concerns.*
I totally don’t feel old or anything.
It’s been 29 years since I fell in love with the sport of Hockey
I’m willing to give Wings fans this one even though I think it was pretty even but I always want to rip my hair out when they say Osgood won his fight too. Hell no, Roy walloped him. Dropped like 5 or 6 bombs on him while all Osgood did was shove him into the ice.
You take that back right now!
[Patrick Roy, Shanahan, Vernon & Foote break down The Fight at the Joe](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_pqJgV9R8eI)
Still …
Core menory
I know this rivalry is dead and everything, but there’s still a very petty impulse buried deep in my soul that’s hoping that the Wings miss the postseason and claim the longest playoff drought in the league. It would be made even better if the Avs won the Cup and equalled their number of modern Cup wins.
That was the peak of the hate between them, man what a rivalry that was ❤️
Fuck Kris Draper.
Memories.
I still hate the Wings more than the Canucks
Those were some awesome times. Now Avs fans are like Detroit who? That was a RIVALRY.
I remember it like it was yesterday.
The ESPN doc on the rivalry is pretty good – [Unrivaled](https://trakt.tv/movies/unrivaled-red-wings-v-avalanche-2022)
Oh it was awesome when they were rivals in the same division
An example of why it should be against NHL rules to breakup a goalie fight before it starts