Claude Lemieux will play for the Avalanche alumni team when it plays the Red Wings alumni Feb. 26, according to a report in The Hockey News.
The 21-year veteran is best remembered for cross-checking Wings' Kris Draper from behind during the 1996 playoffs, which resulted in the forward sustaining a broken jaw, nose and cheekbone. The vicious hit sparked a heated rivalry between the two teams, which culminated in a 1997 brawl pitting Darren McCarty against Lemieux that was soon eclipsed by a fight involving goalies Mike Vernon and Patrick Roy.
A rematch in 1998 at Joe Louis Arena erupted into another full-scale melee featuring Roy and Wings goalie Chris Osgood.