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Patrick Roy vs Mike Vernon

Mar 26, 1997 1pd 18:22

1996-1997 Regular Season

Date / Time Away / Home Team Away / Home Player
Mar 26, 1997 Colorado Avalanche Patrick Roy
1pd 18:22 Detroit Red Wings Mike Vernon
Other Penalties: Roy, Vernon, Igor Larionov and Peter Forsberg each received a roughing; Darren McCarty a double roughing.

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Results

Mike Vernon 57.8%
Patrick Roy 34.7%
Draw 7.5%
From 199 votes with an average rating of 8.5

User Reviews

Posted by chad420 on Mar 26, 2010 at 10:52 PM agree disagree
vernon bloodies up roy good....D-mac does a hellajob hamburgering claude lemeiux.....thats how cooke should look...forsberg gets jacked up quick,he has inta-mouses
Posted by tattooedkingpin on Dec 1, 2010 at 2:50 PM agree disagree
Best day in Hockeytown history. W Vernon.
Posted by dropthemitts11 on Apr 2, 2010 at 2:21 PM agree disagree
Roy bloodied up
Forsberg bloodied up
Turtle extremely bloodied up

The wings took it too the Avs, I still hate claude to this day. Mac showed him what happens when you mess with a buddy. These were the good old days for the wings
Posted by gatgarson on Mar 27, 2010 at 4:20 AM agree disagree
Vernon won the goalie fight.

My favourite part however, was the linesmen just looking at McCarty dummy a turtling Lemieux in the head over and over and not stepping in. Guess they thought he deserved a beating too.
Posted by ll Sgt Scope ll on Mar 2, 2009 at 1:49 PM agree disagree
Vernon destroyed him, watch the video Roy was bleeding like a pig from the left hook Vernon nailed him with.
Posted by pvdrummer2000 on Feb 16, 2013 at 9:27 PM agree disagree
I don't know what was better, McCarty making Lemieux turtle or Vernon bloodying Roy. This was a dandy all the way through. Great old school hockey.
Posted by mandela946 on Mar 26, 2010 at 4:59 PM agree disagree
just a great battle !! Loved it !!!
Posted by tank10 on Mar 26, 2010 at 5:17 PM agree disagree
Classic, this video never gets old.
Posted by moneybags on Apr 3, 2010 at 4:08 AM agree disagree
always loved seein the turtler get pounded..he was such a puke...he turtled against neeley..mcarty..etc..never was a man. and roy got his ass kicked also..where are these 2 from?? Quebec??
Posted by rowbearprobear on Apr 3, 2010 at 7:53 AM agree disagree
vernie is the man yo
Posted by mrasco9 on Mar 30, 2010 at 1:58 AM agree disagree
Blackhawk you have got to be ****tin me. the redwings are cheap ehh. they fight like once a year? **** lemiux he deserved everything he got and he was skating around the ice like idiot. He knew it was coming hes a ****ing clown. And you, you prolly play drop once a week and pretend to be a hockey player.
Posted by azguymike on Mar 29, 2010 at 6:48 PM agree disagree
If you take out the couple of quick hits that Roy got before Vernon knew he was behind them then you have to say they each got about the same number of punches landed. Vernon gets the win for the excellent takedown and for the damage he did with that big left. Roy took a beating from a smaller guy he jumped from behind and I never get tired of watching Lemieux bleed.
Posted by eddyvelo on Dec 11, 2007 at 11:45 AM agree disagree
You cant hit a guy with a blocker end. he might as well have used a folding chair
Posted by HurricaneSpiel on Jul 6, 2010 at 1:03 AM agree disagree
Vernon really got the best of Roy, as evidenced by the bloodied mugg of Roy which required stiches. Vernon didn't need stiches which begs the question how could anyone in their right mind have voted that Roy won this fight? Were they watching the same fight we all were, or were they looking through Colorado Avalanche glasses the whole time. Vernon clearly won the fight!
Posted by turczyniak79 on Jan 30, 2013 at 12:19 AM agree disagree
Great memory. Good times.

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