1992–93 Quebec Nordiques season

In the 1992–93 Quebec Nordiques season, the Nordiques qualified for the playoffs for the first time since the 1986–87 season. Joe Sakic became captain (after a stint as co-captain in the 1990–91). Four Nordiques (Owen Nolan, Joe Sakic, Mats Sundin, and Scott Young) reached the 30-goal plateau.^[1] Nordiques goaltenders did not record a shutout during the regular season and playoffs.^[2] The Nordiques were not shut out in any game during the 84-game regular season and their six-game playoff series.^[3] In addition, the Nordiques led all teams in shorthanded goals scored during the regular season (21).^[1] The Nordiques also had the best shooting percentage in the league during the regular season, scoring 351 goals on just 2,519 shots (13.9%).^[1]

Offseason

NHL draft

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	4.	Todd Warriner	Canada	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)

The Eric Lindros trade

Main article: Eric Lindros trade

Eric Lindros was selected first overall by the Quebec Nordiques in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft. Lindros had signaled in advance that he would never play for the Nordiques, citing distance, lack of marketing potential, and having to speak French. He went as far as to refuse to wear the team's jersey on draft day; the team selected him anyway.

The president of the Nordiques publicly announced that they would make Lindros the centerpiece of their franchise turnaround, and refused to trade Lindros, saying that he would not have a career in the NHL as long as he held out. Due to Lindros' popularity and hype, it is alleged that the NHL president intervened to get the Nordiques to trade him, as it would otherwise damage the image of the league. During the hold out, Lindros spent the time playing with the Oshawa Generals and also participated in the 1992 Winter Olympics, winning a silver medal.

In 1992, the Nordiques worked out trades for him with both the New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers. Eventually an arbitrator, Larry Bertuzzi (grand-uncle of Todd Bertuzzi),^[4] ruled in favour of the Flyers, for whom he played from 1992 to 2000, most of the time as the team's captain.^[5] The trade between the Nordiques and the Rangers that was ruled invalid by the arbitrator had Lindros being traded for Doug Weight, Tony Amonte, Alexei Kovalev, John Vanbiesbrouck and three first round draft picks (1993, 1994 and 1995) and $12 million.^[6]

June 20, 1992	To Philadelphia Flyers rights to Eric Lindros	To Quebec Nordiques Steve Duchesne Ron Hextall Kerry Huffman Mike Ricci Chris Simon rights to Peter Forsberg 1st round pick in 1993 1st round pick in 1994 $15 million

Regular season

Final standings

Adams Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Boston Bruins	84	51	26	7	332	268	109
Quebec Nordiques	84	47	27	10	351	300	104
Montreal Canadiens	84	48	30	6	326	280	102
Buffalo Sabres	84	38	36	10	335	297	86
Hartford Whalers	84	26	52	6	284	369	58
Ottawa Senators	84	10	70	4	202	395	24

^[7]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Wales Conference^[8]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Pittsburgh Penguins	PTK	84	56	21	7	367	268	119
2	Boston Bruins	ADM	84	51	26	7	332	268	109
3	Quebec Nordiques	ADM	84	47	27	10	351	300	104
4	Montreal Canadiens	ADM	84	48	30	6	326	280	102
5	Washington Capitals	PTK	84	43	34	7	325	286	93
6	New York Islanders	PTK	84	40	37	7	335	297	87
7	New Jersey Devils	PTK	84	40	37	7	308	299	87
8	Buffalo Sabres	ADM	84	38	36	10	335	297	86
9	Philadelphia Flyers	PTK	84	36	37	11	319	319	83
10	New York Rangers	PTK	84	34	39	11	304	308	79
11	Hartford Whalers	ADM	84	26	52	6	284	369	58
12	Ottawa Senators	ADM	84	10	70	4	202	395	24

p – Won Presidents' Trophy (and division)
Divisions: PTK – Patrick, ADM – Adams
bold – Qualified for playoffs

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance
1	W	October 8, 1992	5–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1992–93)	1–0–0	15,176
2	W	October 10, 1992	9–2	Ottawa Senators (1992–93)	2–0–0	15,399
3	W	October 13, 1992	6–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93)	3–0–0	15,399
4	W	October 15, 1992	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1992–93)	4–0–0	19,683
5	L	October 17, 1992	5–6	St. Louis Blues (1992–93)	4–1–0	15,086
6	T	October 21, 1992	5–5 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1992–93)	4–1–1	14,862
7	L	October 22, 1992	2–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1992–93)	4–2–1	12,171
8	L	October 24, 1992	2–3	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1992–93)	4–3–1	9,528
9	W	October 27, 1992	4–3	Tampa Bay Lightning (1992–93)	5–3–1	14,685
10	W	October 29, 1992	6–3	@ New York Rangers (1992–93)	6–3–1	16,441
11	W	October 31, 1992	3–2	Winnipeg Jets (1992–93)	7–3–1	15,041
12	T	November 3, 1992	3–3 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1992–93)	7–3–2	7,723
13	L	November 5, 1992	4–6	@ Boston Bruins (1992–93)	7–4–2	13,898
14	L	November 7, 1992	4–7	Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93)	7–5–2	14,561
15	T	November 8, 1992	5–5 OT	Calgary Flames (1992–93)	7–5–3	14,844
16	W	November 11, 1992	7–3	@ Ottawa Senators (1992–93)	8–5–3	10,500
17	T	November 12, 1992	4–4 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93)	8–5–4	16,164
18	W	November 14, 1992	6–3	New York Rangers (1992–93)	9–5–4	14,592
19	W	November 17, 1992	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93)	10–5–4	17,026
20	W	November 19, 1992	4–3	Montreal Canadiens (1992–93)	11–5–4	15,399
21	W	November 21, 1992	8–2	Hartford Whalers (1992–93)	12–5–4	14,445
22	L	November 22, 1992	4–6	Washington Capitals (1992–93)	12–6–4	14,679
23	T	November 25, 1992	1–1 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1992–93)	12–6–5	14,832
24	W	November 26, 1992	5–4 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93)	13–6–5	15,505
25	L	November 28, 1992	3–6	New Jersey Devils (1992–93)	13–7–5	14,734
26	L	November 30, 1992	3–4	Boston Bruins (1992–93)	13–8–5	14,328
27	L	December 3, 1992	2–3 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93)	13–9–5	17,277
28	L	December 5, 1992	4–7	Minnesota North Stars (1992–93)	13–10–5	14,431
29	W	December 7, 1992	4–3	Buffalo Sabres (1992–93)	14–10–5	14,010
30	W	December 10, 1992	5–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1992–93)	15–10–5	15,221
31	W	December 12, 1992	8–7 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (1992–93)	16–10–5	11,089
32	T	December 13, 1992	3–3 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1992–93)	16–10–6	16,150
33	W	December 16, 1992	5–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1992–93)	17–10–6	17,582
34	L	December 17, 1992	3–8	Montreal Canadiens (1992–93)	17–11–6	15,399
35	W	December 20, 1992	5–3	New York Islanders (1992–93)	18–11–6	14,195
36	L	December 21, 1992	4–7	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93)	18–12–6	16,164
37	W	December 26, 1992	4–2	Ottawa Senators (1992–93)	19–12–6	15,337
38	W	December 27, 1992	6–1	@ Ottawa Senators (1992–93)	20–12–6	10,500
39	W	December 29, 1992	4–1	New Jersey Devils (1992–93)	21–12–6	15,399
40	W	December 31, 1992	6–2	@ Hartford Whalers (1992–93)	22–12–6	9,403
41	L	January 2, 1993	2–6	Detroit Red Wings (1992–93)	22–13–6	15,399
42	W	January 5, 1993	2–1	@ New York Islanders (1992–93)	23–13–6	9,168
43	W	January 7, 1993	3–2 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1992–93)	24–13–6	14,128
44	L	January 9, 1993	2–4	@ Hartford Whalers (1992–93)	24–14–6	11,265
45	L	January 14, 1993	3–5	Montreal Canadiens (1992–93)	24–15–6	15,399
46	W	January 16, 1993	4–1	San Jose Sharks (1992–93)	25–15–6	15,147
47	W	January 19, 1993	5–2	@ Ottawa Senators (1992–93)	26–15–6	10,500
48	L	January 22, 1993	2–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1992–93)	26–16–6	16,325
49	W	January 23, 1993	4–3	Buffalo Sabres (1992–93)	27–16–6	15,399
50	T	January 26, 1993	4–4 OT	Boston Bruins (1992–93)	27–16–7	15,082
51	W	January 28, 1993	6–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93)	28–16–7	17,297
52	T	January 29, 1993	3–3 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1992–93)	28–16–8	17,818
53	W	February 2, 1993	3–2	Los Angeles Kings (1992–93)	29–16–8	14,843
54	L	February 3, 1993	1–4	Boston Bruins (1992–93)	29–17–8	14,287
55	L	February 9, 1993	1–5	Vancouver Canucks (1992–93)	29–18–8	14,360
56	T	February 12, 1993	4–4 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1992–93)	29–18–9	20,214
57	W	February 14, 1993	3–2 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1992–93)	30–18–9	17,503
58	W	February 17, 1993	6–4	Ottawa Senators (1992–93)	31–18–9	14,385
59	W	February 20, 1993	5–2	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1992–93)	32–18–9	9,584
60	W	February 21, 1993	6–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1992–93)	33–18–9	5,246
61	W	February 23, 1993	6–3	Edmonton Oilers (1992–93)	34–18–9	14,012
62	W	February 25, 1993	6–4	New York Islanders (1992–93)	35–18–9	14,486
63	L	February 27, 1993	3–5	Hartford Whalers (1992–93)	35–19–9	15,398
64	L	February 28, 1993	4–6	@ Ottawa Senators (1992–93)	35–20–9	10,500
65	W	March 2, 1993	7–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1992–93)	36–20–9	14,397
66	T	March 4, 1993	3–3 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93)	36–20–10	17,490
67	W	March 6, 1993	10–2	New York Rangers (1992–93)	37–20–10	15,399
68	L	March 8, 1993	2–4	Hartford Whalers (1992–93)	37–21–10	15,030
69	L	March 10, 1993	4–7	Buffalo Sabres (1992–93)	37–22–10	15,021
70	W	March 13, 1993	5–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1992–93)	38–22–10	17,954
71	W	March 15, 1993	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93)	39–22–10	15,399
72	L	March 18, 1993	2–5	Montreal Canadiens (1992–93)	39–23–10	15,399
73	W	March 20, 1993	5–1	@ New Jersey Devils (1992–93)	40–23–10	18,524
74	L	March 23, 1993	1–5	@ Washington Capitals (1992–93)	40–24–10	12,861
75	W	March 27, 1993	8–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93)	41–24–10	15,399
76	W	March 28, 1993	3–2	@ New York Rangers (1992–93)	42–24–10	18,200
77	W	March 31, 1993	6–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1992–93)	43–24–10	17,959
78	W	April 1, 1993	4–2	@ Ottawa Senators (1992–93)	44–24–10	10,500
79	L	April 3, 1993	3–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93)	44–25–10	15,399
80	L	April 6, 1993	1–7	Boston Bruins (1992–93)	44–26–10	15,399
81	L	April 8, 1993	2–6	@ Boston Bruins (1992–93)	44–27–10	14,448
82	W	April 10, 1993	6–3	Hartford Whalers (1992–93)	45–27–10	15,399
83	W	April 11, 1993	3–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (1992–93)	46–27–10	14,003
84	W	April 13, 1993	6–2	Ottawa Senators (1992–93)	47–27–10	15,399

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Sundin, MatsMats Sundin	C	80	47	67	114	96	21	13	4	9
Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic	C	78	48	57	105	40	−3	20	2	4
Duchesne, SteveSteve Duchesne	D	82	20	62	82	57	15	8	0	2
Ricci, MikeMike Ricci	C	77	27	51	78	123	8	12	1	10
Nolan, OwenOwen Nolan	RW	73	36	41	77	185	−1	15	0	4
Kovalenko, AndreiAndrei Kovalenko	RW	81	27	41	68	57	13	8	1	4
Young, ScottScott Young	RW	82	30	30	60	20	5	9	6	5
Rucinsky, MartinMartin Rucinsky	LW	77	18	30	48	51	16	4	0	1
Kamensky, ValeriValeri Kamensky	LW	32	15	22	37	14	13	2	3	0
Lapointe, ClaudeClaude Lapointe	LW/C	74	10	26	36	98	5	0	0	1
Leschyshyn, CurtisCurtis Leschyshyn	D	82	9	23	32	61	25	4	0	2
Gusarov, AlexeiAlexei Gusarov	D	79	8	22	30	57	18	0	2	1
Hough, MikeMike Hough	LW	77	8	22	30	69	−11	2	1	2
Cavallini, GinoGino Cavallini	LW	67	9	15	24	34	10	0	0	0
Huffman, KerryKerry Huffman	D	52	4	18	22	54	0	3	0	0
Foote, AdamAdam Foote	D	81	4	12	16	168	6	0	1	0
Pearson, ScottScott Pearson	LW	41	13	1	14	95	3	0	0	1
Finn, StevenSteven Finn	D	80	5	9	14	160	−3	0	0	0
Lindsay, BillBill Lindsay	RW	44	4	9	13	16	0	0	0	0
Hunter, TimTim Hunter	RW	48	5	3	8	94	−4	0	0	0
Tatarinov, MikhailMikhail Tatarinov	D	28	2	6	8	28	6	1	0	0
Wolanin, CraigCraig Wolanin	D	24	1	4	5	49	9	0	0	0
Simon, ChrisChris Simon	LW	16	1	1	2	67	−2	0	0	1
Fiset, StephaneStephane Fiset	G	37	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
Hextall, RonRon Hextall	G	54	0	2	2	56	0	0	0	0
Twist, TonyTony Twist	LW	34	0	2	2	64	0	0	0	0
Andersson, NiklasNiklas Andersson	LW	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Esau, LenLen Esau	D	4	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0
Karpa, DaveDave Karpa	D	12	0	1	1	13	−6	0	0	0
Cloutier, JacquesJacques Cloutier	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%
Hextall, RonRon Hextall	2988	54	29	16	5	172	3.45	1529	1357	.888
Fiset, StephaneStephane Fiset	1939	37	18	9	4	110	3.40	945	835	.884
Cloutier, JacquesJacques Cloutier	154	3	0	2	1	10	3.90	65	55	.846
Team:	5081	84	47	27	10	292	3.45	2539	2247	.885

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	GWG
Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic	C	6	3	3	6	2	−3	1	0
Lapointe, ClaudeClaude Lapointe	LW/C	6	2	4	6	8	4	0	0
Ricci, MikeMike Ricci	C	6	0	6	6	8	5	0	0
Young, ScottScott Young	RW	6	4	1	5	0	5	0	2
Duchesne, SteveSteve Duchesne	D	6	0	5	5	6	0	0	0
Sundin, MatsMats Sundin	C	6	3	1	4	6	−4	1	0
Leschyshyn, CurtisCurtis Leschyshyn	D	6	1	1	2	6	3	1	0
Rucinsky, MartinMartin Rucinsky	LW	6	1	1	2	4	−3	1	0
Kovalenko, AndreiAndrei Kovalenko	RW	4	1	0	1	2	−5	0	0
Nolan, OwenOwen Nolan	RW	5	1	0	1	2	−2	0	0
Finn, StevenSteven Finn	D	6	0	1	1	8	−3	0	0
Foote, AdamAdam Foote	D	6	0	1	1	2	−3	0	0
Gusarov, AlexeiAlexei Gusarov	D	5	0	1	1	0	−3	0	0
Hough, MikeMike Hough	LW	6	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Kamensky, ValeriValeri Kamensky	LW	6	0	1	1	6	−1	0	0
Cavallini, GinoGino Cavallini	LW	4	0	0	0	0	−1	0	0
Fiset, StephaneStephane Fiset	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hextall, RonRon Hextall	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Huffman, KerryKerry Huffman	D	3	0	0	0	0	−2	0	0
Karpa, DaveDave Karpa	D	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pearson, ScottScott Pearson	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Simon, ChrisChris Simon	LW	5	0	0	0	26	−2	0	0
Wolanin, CraigCraig Wolanin	D	4	0	0	0	4	1	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%
Hextall, RonRon Hextall	372	6	2	4	18	2.90	211	193	.915
Fiset, StephaneStephane Fiset	21	1	0	0	1	2.86	12	11	.917
Team:	393	6	2	4	19	2.90	223	204	.915

^[9]

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Playoffs

Quebec vs. Montreal

Montreal coach Jacques Demers held himself to a promise he made to goaltender Patrick Roy earlier in the season and kept him as the starting goalie despite a couple of weak goals allowed in the first two games of the series against the Nordiques. With the Canadiens staring a potential 3–0 series deficit to the rival Nords in the face, overtime in Game 3 was marked by two disputed goals that were reviewed by the video goal judge. The first review ruled that Stephan Lebeau had knocked the puck in with a high stick, but the second upheld the Habs' winning goal, as it was directed in by the skate of Quebec defenceman Alexei Gusarov, and not that of a Montreal player.

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Attendance
1	April 18	Montreal Canadiens	2–3	Quebec Nordiques	1–0	15,399
2	April 20	Montreal Canadiens	1–4	Quebec Nordiques	2–0	15,399
3	April 22	Quebec Nordiques	1–2	Montreal Canadiens	2–1	17,679
4	April 24	Quebec Nordiques	2–3	Montreal Canadiens	2–2	17,955
5	April 26	Montreal Canadiens	5–4	Quebec Nordiques	2–3	15,399
6	April 28	Quebec Nordiques	2–6	Montreal Canadiens	2–4	17,959

Transactions

The Nordiques were involved in the following transactions during the 1992–93 season.

Trades

June 30, 1992	To Philadelphia Flyers Eric Lindros	To Quebec Nordiques Ron Hextall Peter Forsberg Steve Duchesne Kerry Huffman Mike Ricci Chris Simon 1st round pick in 1993 – Jocelyn Thibault 1st round pick in 1994 – Nolan Baumgartner $15 million
July 21, 1992	To Toronto Maple Leafs Ken McRae	To Quebec Nordiques Len Esau
August 24, 1992	To Winnipeg Jets Dan Lambert	To Quebec Nordiques Shawn Cronin
September 9, 1992	To Detroit Red Wings Dennis Vial	To Quebec Nordiques Cash
October 27, 1992	To Calgary Flames Future Considerations	To Quebec Nordiques Bryan Deasley
February 12, 1993	To Tampa Bay Lightning Herb Raglan	To Quebec Nordiques Michel Mongeau Martin Simard Steve Tuttle
June 15, 1993	To Washington Capitals Ken Kaminski	To Quebec Nordiques Mark Matier
June 20, 1993	To New York Islanders Ron Hextall 1st round pick in 1993 – Todd Bertuzzi	To Quebec Nordiques Mark Fitzpatrick 1st round pick in 1993 – Adam Deadmarsh
June 20, 1993	To Edmonton Oilers Scott Pearson	To Quebec Nordiques Martin Gelinas 6th round pick in 1993 – Nick Checco
June 20, 1993	To Washington Capitals Mike Hough	To Quebec Nordiques Reggie Savage Paul MacDermid

Waivers

October 4, 1992	To Philadelphia Flyers Shawn Cronin

Expansion Draft

June 24, 1993	To Florida Panthers Mark Fitzpatrick
June 24, 1993	To Florida Panthers Bill Lindsay

Free agents

Player	New Team
Dave Marcinyshyn	New York Rangers
Jamie Baker	Ottawa Senators

Roster

1992–93 Quebec Nordiques

Goaltenders

Defensemen

Wingers

11 – Owen Nolan
12 – Chris Simon
15 – Tony Twist
18 – Mike Hough
20 – Bill Lindsay
22 – Scott Pearson
25 – Martin Rucinsky
31 – Valeri Kamensky
44 – Gino Cavallini
46 – Niklas Andersson
48 – Scott Young
51 – Andrei Kovalenko
65 – Tim Hunter

Centres

9 – Mike Ricci
13 – Mats Sundin
19 – Joe Sakic – C
47 – Claude Lapointe
Coach: Pierre Page

References

Nordiques on Hockey Database

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1992–93 NHL season

Norris	Chicago Detroit Minnesota St. Louis Tampa Bay Toronto

Smythe	Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles San Jose Vancouver Winnipeg

Adams	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Ottawa Quebec

Patrick	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington

See also	Entry Draft Expansion Draft Supplemental Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

Quebec Nordiques seasons

1970s	1970–71 . 1971–72 . 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 Colorado

Colorado Avalanche

Formerly the Quebec Nordiques Founded in 1995 Based in Denver, Colorado

Franchise	Team General Managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	NHL expansion draft Records Award winners

Personnel	Owner: Kroenke Sports Enterprises Stan Kroenke, chairman General manager: Joe Sakic Head coach: Jared Bednar Team captain: Gabriel Landeskog Current roster

Arenas	McNichols Sports Arena Pepsi Center

Affiliates	AHL San Antonio Rampage ECHL Colorado Eagles

General managers	Lacroix Giguere Sherman Sakic

Head coaches	Crawford Hartley Granato Quenneville Sacco Roy Bednar

Media	Altitude KKFN

Stanley Cup Finals	1996 2001

Culture and lore	Colorado Rockies Quebec Nordiques Bernie Howler Frozen Fury Todd Bertuzzi–Steve Moore incident Avalanche–Red Wings brawl "Stanley's Cup" (South Park)

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