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Alumni Game Preview: Denis Savard recalls rivalry with North Stars

Comcast SportNet will air the Stadium Series Alumni Game at TCF Bank Stadium on Feb. 20 between the Blackhawks and Minnesota Wild/North Stars. To get you ready for the game, read more about these former Blackhawks below.

Denis Savard played for the Blackhawks during the heart of the team's rivalry with the North Stars, being a part of several brawls during countless meetings between the two of them, which even reached the point of benches clearing.

It remains one of the best rivalries in NHL history today.

The games were so physical and intense that Savard admitted players sometimes wouldn't get sleep the night before.