His son rekindled the memory after a teammate showed him a clip of the hit on YouTube.
Kris Draper’s career with the Detroit Red Wings was highlighted by four Stanley Cups and a post-retirement scouting job helping the Wings stock the rebuild. This edition of “Red Wings Revisited,” a series designed to distract while the sports world is on pause because of COVID-19, looks back to May 29, 1996, and the hit that ignited the rivalry with the Colorado Avalanche.
The Detroit Red Wings have not had much success recently with undrafted European free agents.