Colorado Avalanche–Detroit Red Wings brawl

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The Avalanche–Red Wings brawl was a large-scale on-ice melee that occurred on March 26, 1997, at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, between two National Hockey League (NHL) rivals: the Colorado Avalanche and Detroit Red Wings. The brawl, which has been nicknamed Bloody Wednesday, Fight Night at the Joe and the Brawl in Hockeytown, stemmed from a previous on-ice incident between the two teams during the 1996 Western Conference Finals. The game featured 18 fighting major penalties and 144 minutes in penalties. Both the game and brawl are considered a defining moment in modern hockey history.

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