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by IwoCPO on 12/07/09 at 03:57 PM ET
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Darren McCarty officially called it quits today, even though we’d heard he retired several weeks ago. Craig Custance remains the best hockey writer in Detroit.
“I was going to dump it in, it was the end of the shift but [the puck] rolled on me. My reaction was to toe drag and the next thing I knew I had a step on Niinimaa. I was just trying to shield the puck and saw Hextall coming out ... the last thing I remember, I got the puck on my stick and I remember thinking ‘Don’t miss the net.’”
As classic as that goal was, the reaction from Steve Yzerman might have been better.
“We were celebrating and the first guy I see is Stevie Yzerman in the pile. His eyes were as big as saucers and he said ‘What the [expletive] was that? I had no idea.”
NHLPA’s official release on Mac’s retirement is here.
And this will blow your mind…
I know Avs fans here will hate to read this, but McCarty was/is a tremendous person who has overcome a lot in his life and probably will continue to face tough personal challenges in his new life. He’s had some very public personal setbacks, and they’re always waiting to re-appear in a person’s life if given the chance.
And let’s face facts here: if McCarty had been an Av, you all would have loved him. He stuck up for his teammates, played hard and was good to the fans.
Classy stuff from Dater, of all people. And he’s asking for reaction from Dive fans. That should be interesting..
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I’m glad he made good on the opportunity given him to return to HockeyTown and contribute at the end of his career.
Once a Wing, always a Wing.
Thanks D-Mac.
Posted by stonehands-78 from the beginning ... a WingsFan, on 12/07/09 at 04:09 PM ET
Goodbye, D-Mac. I’ll always love you for the numerous times you beat the snot out of Claude Lemieux.
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 12/07/09 at 04:11 PM ET
I love DMac. If I ever get VS again, I look forward to seeing his commentary, regardless of how horrible it may be. I watch Fight Night at the Joe on a semi regular basis. I wish I had been there to see it live.
That Dater quote is indeed mind blowing but so true.
Posted by jennyquarx on 12/07/09 at 04:11 PM ET
I suppose one could say the same about Clau…
No…nevermind. One could not.
Posted by mrfluffy from Long Beach on 12/07/09 at 04:13 PM ET
I just hope the Avs fans don’t treat Dater too harshly for saying something respectful about a former Red Wing. I wouldn’t want him quitting Twitter again…
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 12/07/09 at 04:19 PM ET
Niedermayer? Typo? It was Niinimaa, right?
Posted by arice89 on 12/07/09 at 04:16 PM ET
Yea, pretty sure it was Niinimaa.
Posted by YYZerman from Detroit, Michigan on 12/07/09 at 04:31 PM ET
Back in the day—late 90s, early 00s—McCarty was probably my favorite Wing, next to number 19. The attitude he had on the ice was so much fun to watch, and Stanley Cup teams need guys like him almost as much as they need top-notch scorers or workhorse defensemen. That he was able to make any kind of a comeback last season is remarkable—that kind of determination showed how much being a Wing mattered to him. He’ll be missed.
Posted by Quarkstar from Out there on 12/07/09 at 04:33 PM ET
best hockey writer in Detroit.??????
I was unaware we had a Hockey writer in Detroit.
Down South in Windsor Bob Duff may be the cloesest we get to an actual ‘Hockey” scribe.
Posted by Down River Dan on 12/07/09 at 04:39 PM ET
Niedermayer? Typo? It was Niinimaa, right?
Posted by arice89 on 12/07/09 at 04:16 PM ET
yeah it was Niinimaa.
Posted by Twig in Houston from Houston, TX on 12/07/09 at 04:41 PM ET
hard to pick my favorite mccarty memory. hat trick against roy, whooping lemieux, the goal in 97… so hard to decide.
Posted by Twig in Houston from Houston, TX on 12/07/09 at 04:45 PM ET
Niedermayer? Typo? It was Niinimaa, right?
Posted by arice89 on 12/07/09 at 04:16 PM ET
yeah it was Niinimaa.
Posted by Twig in Houston on 12/07/09 at 04:41 PM ET
Yep, it was a typo and I corrected it.
Posted by Paul from Motown Area on 12/07/09 at 04:52 PM ET
My first favorite Red Wing on live TV, even I saw him once every thre month or whatever.
Oh, and just for you guys to know, I will retire. In 2050, that is, but I will retire.
Posted by Guilherme from Brasil on 12/07/09 at 05:03 PM ET
Franzen to miss the rest of the season?
commence puking.
(translated)
Franzen hopes to be back on the ice in January and go on their own. But coach
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson’s most recent reports from the U.S. current Johan Franzén is bleak.
It sounds like the OS is out.
- There are those who think he does not play until next year (season), “said Bengt-Ake Gustafsson.
- Medically speaking, they say that he is in the best case is returned to the Stanley Cup finals.
Posted by PaulinMiamiBeach on 12/07/09 at 05:04 PM ET
boy, this blog thread was going along nicely…and then…
Posted by PaulinMiamiBeach on 12/07/09 at 05:24 PM ET
Thanks for the memories DMac!
I remember his cup winning goal vividly. Getting to stay up late, not finishing till well after 3 a.m. My mum thought I was mental, but I’ve been hooked since.
Posted by scottytooshotty on 12/07/09 at 05:32 PM ET
I have nothing but love for D-Mac. Epitomy of a grinder - - would do anything he possibly could to help the team. I just wish he could somehow transmit his “scoring touch” to Helm.
Posted by PaulinMiamiBeach on 12/07/09 at 05:04 PM ET
Threadwrecker - - Faux You(!) Thanks alot for that news - - 
Posted by Jeff OKWingnut from Quest for 12 on 12/07/09 at 05:39 PM ET
I would have to say the game winner March 26 1997 was my favorite, since I was there! I have never heard noise like that in my life. I thought JLA was going to collapse. 20,000 people would have died happy that night.
was it McCarty or Kocur who did the rock/paper/scissors to decide with an opposing player who got to leave the ice last after the pre-game skate? they both had the same superstition and I thought that was a great moment.
Posted by PaulinMiamiBeach on 12/07/09 at 05:43 PM ET
Twelve-plus frigging years later and those stories create a little burn in the eyes and tightness in the throat.
Posted by Cal on 12/07/09 at 05:56 PM ET
Obligatory hats off/stick tap to D-Mac. One of those guys ya’d love to have on any team.
Anyone who can admit to their own failures and shortcomings, rise from the ashes and stand tall deserves a tip of the hat.
Posted by MOWingsfan19 on 12/07/09 at 05:58 PM ET
what a great day it would be to bump into Claude Lemieux and punch him in the mouth. “oh, sorry Claude…just celebrating Darren McCarty’s career. did you know he retired today? well, you do now.”
Posted by PaulinMiamiBeach on 12/07/09 at 06:01 PM ET
oh, and when I say “punch him in the mouth” I meant in the “run him over with my car” kind of way.
Posted by PaulinMiamiBeach on 12/07/09 at 06:01 PM ET
NHL Network. Habs old-timers. 24 Cups. Awesome bitches.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa.-made in Detroit on 12/07/09 at 06:12 PM ET
hard to pick my favorite mccarty memory. hat trick against roy, whooping lemieux, the goal in 97… so hard to decide.
Posted by Twig in Houston on 12/07/09 at 04:45 PM ET
The hat trick against Roy was D-Mac’s only career hat trick. The goal in 97 broke the jinx. Hard for me too.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa.-made in Detroit on 12/07/09 at 06:17 PM ET
Fly 25 high, bitches. Dmac should rock the rafters.
Posted by CaptNorris5 from The Winged Wheel, stuck in Chicago on 12/07/09 at 06:21 PM ET
Fly 25 high, bitches. Dmac should rock the rafters.
If it were any other team, I could totally see the entire “Grind Line (2)” being up there. In fact, there are so many player from the mid-90s on into the mid-00s that would be worthy on almost any other team in the league…
... but such is the curse of playing for the Red Wings. You’ve gotta be Yzerman-type special to be up there.
Posted by RedMenace from the darkest recesses on 12/07/09 at 06:30 PM ET
... but such is the curse of playing for the Red Wings. You’ve gotta be Yzerman-type special to be up there.
You’d have to be some sort of Larry Aurie megabeast… wait… nevermind.
Posted by CaptNorris5 from The Winged Wheel, stuck in Chicago on 12/07/09 at 06:31 PM ET
so many playerSSSSSSSSSSSSSSFAPPINGPLURAL...
Jesus Barbecuing Christ, what the hell is wrong with me today?
Posted by RedMenace from the darkest recesses on 12/07/09 at 06:32 PM ET
what a great day it would be to bump into Claude Lemieux and punch him in the mouth. “oh, sorry Claude…just celebrating Darren McCarty’s career. did you know he retired today? well, you do now.”
Posted by PaulinMiamiBeach on 12/07/09 at 06:01 PM ET
I do have a funny story about this. It was when Lepuke was playing for the Coyotes. I was at movie and saw Lepuke and Jeremy Roenick waiting in line for popcorn. I was just going to punch Lepuke in the face but my friend wouldn’t let me so I walked up to them and said, “Are you two enjoying your date?” and then walked away. My friend said they had a look on their faces like a cross between, “I can’t believe he just said that” and “I can’t beileve he can tell we g@y for each other”. It was classic.
Posted by YYZerman from Detroit, Michigan on 12/07/09 at 06:41 PM ET
I would have to say the game winner March 26 1997 was my favorite, since I was there! I have never heard noise like that in my life. I thought JLA was going to collapse. 20,000 people would have died happy that night.
Posted by PaulinMiamiBeach on 12/07/09 at 05:43 PM ET
I am so aroused right now, I have never so wanted to give a non-Wing a courtesy reach-around as I do right now.
Posted by RWBill from the Land of 12 in 12. on 12/07/09 at 06:44 PM ET
Twelve-plus frigging years later and those stories create a little burn in the eyes and tightness in the throat.
Posted by Cal on 12/07/09 at 05:56 PM ET
What Cal said.
Posted by RWBill from the Land of 12 in 12. on 12/07/09 at 06:48 PM ET
I was just going to punch Lepuke in the face but my friend wouldn’t let me
Excuses, excuses. Sadnes abounds. I still maintain if i run into that *#$%@& I’ll do everything I can to physically harm him. Him or Bettman. Needs to happen.
/bark.
Posted by CaptNorris5 from The Winged Wheel, stuck in Chicago on 12/07/09 at 06:49 PM ET
I do have a funny story about this. It was when Lepuke was playing for the Coyotes. I was at movie and saw Lepuke and Jeremy Roenick waiting in line for popcorn. I was just going to punch Lepuke in the face but my friend wouldn’t let me so I walked up to them and said, “Are you two enjoying your date?” and then walked away. My friend said they had a look on their faces like a cross between, “I can’t believe he just said that” and “I can’t beileve he can tell we g@y for each other”. It was classic.
Posted by YYZerman on 12/07/09 at 06:41 PM ET
My hat tip, stick tap and ...
I would love to have seen the whole display.
Posted by stonehands-78 from the beginning ... a WingsFan, on 12/07/09 at 06:49 PM ET
I was just going to punch Lepuke in the face but my friend wouldn’t let me
Excuses, excuses. Sadnes abounds. I still maintain if i run into that *#$%@& I’ll do everything I can to physically harm him. Him or Bettman. Needs to happen.
/bark.
Posted by CaptNorris5 from Chicago via Detroit on 12/07/09 at 06:49 PM ET
What I should have done is wait till he bent over to look at candy in the candy case and then shoved his face into the edge of the case from behind.
Posted by YYZerman from Detroit, Michigan on 12/07/09 at 06:52 PM ET
What I should have done is wait till he bent over to look at candy in the candy case and then shoved his face into the edge of the case from behind.
Rusty spoon shaved into a prison shank would have worked as well.
Not as relevant, but just as fun.
Posted by CaptNorris5 from The Winged Wheel, stuck in Chicago on 12/07/09 at 06:56 PM ET
What I should have done is wait till he bent over to look at candy in the candy case and then shoved his face into the edge of the case from behind.
I so thought you were going somewhere else with that…
Posted by PaulinMiamiBeach on 12/07/09 at 07:00 PM ET
Years ago I asked D-Mac to autograph a book for my son. He asked for his name and wrote a little note. Then he asked my name and I said Kate.
He took my hand and kissed it and said, “It’s a pleasure to meet you Kate.” What a gentleman. Yea, gentleman.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa.-made in Detroit on 12/07/09 at 07:02 PM ET
Dater shouldn’t get too many bonus points for recognizing the blatant truth. Mac was the kind of player that any fan would love to have on their team - Detroit, Colorado, Anaheim, New York, Toronto, Columbus, wherever. There are a few players around the league that are like that.
I’m glad he was able to make a bit of a comeback. It meant he could leave the game the way he wanted, and with his last memories good ones. Leaving everything on the ice.
I wish him nothing but the best in his post-playing career (and I hope he never forgets, when he struggles with his demons, that more people are pulling for him than he could possibly realize).
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 12/07/09 at 07:04 PM ET
I wish him nothing but the best in his post-playing career (and I hope he never forgets, when he struggles with his demons, that more people are pulling for him than he could possibly realize).
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 12/07/09 at 07:04 PM ET
Amen.
Posted by stonehands-78 from the beginning ... a WingsFan, on 12/07/09 at 07:23 PM ET
My favorite moment had very little to do with the Red Wings. Darren has always been my wife’s Favorite Wing so I was happy to be able to take her to a couple Grinder concerts. It happened the second time my wife and I went to see Grinder in Bay City. While waiting for the auditorium to open we sat in the bar next door. Darren walked in and walked right past my wife. A few other people jumped up and asked him for his autograph. My wife was the only person who had a sharpie with her (just in case) and she quickly handed it over for Darren to sign things. For about 20 minutes he was signing posters and pucks and hats (my wife’s being the only one that mattered) and jerseys and pictures and cards. Ever the gentleman, when he was done, he walked up to my wife, handed her sharpie back and thanked her for loaning it to him.
Darren is a genuine decent person. I never watched any game, live or on tv that didn’t include darren tossing pucks to the kids.
We missed him greatly when he went to Calgary and will continue to miss him now.
ME
Posted by 13datsyukfan13 from Mid Michigan on 12/07/09 at 09:51 PM ET
To perhaps life everyone’s spirits:
The Pongwans just lost to the Hurricanes 3 to 2. At home.
Posted by RedMenace from the darkest recesses on 12/07/09 at 10:04 PM ET
To perhaps LIFT everyone’s spirits:
Holy mother of penis, my fail can’t get any worse tonight….
... or can it…
Posted by RedMenace from the darkest recesses on 12/07/09 at 10:06 PM ET
maybe it’s just something psychological caused by your av picture
Posted by 42jeff from Minot, North Dakota on 12/07/09 at 10:27 PM ET
maybe it’s just something psychological caused by your av picture
It could just be the 13 hours I spent at work today…
... nah, you’re right. Probably the avatar. :-p
Posted by RedMenace from the darkest recesses on 12/07/09 at 10:34 PM ET
I know you hate to do it Chief, but linking to Dater since his pissy little blow up seems like a bad idea. I know that with Denver being a bustling metropolis of hockey coverage and Adrianne being the only beat writer in town makes it difficult to get away from Captain Pisspants but I’ve filed him away in the same folder with Dwayne as far as how much I pay attention to him. He’s a whiner, a cry baby and a fauxing diva and not worth my attention at least. I’m sure that him saying nice things about McCarty is his way of sucking up to the likes of us and make sure that every clicks away at his link.
Don’t know why I felt like spouting off on that here but I felt it and ran with it (that’s what she said).
Posted by HockeyJoe from Upstate New York on 12/08/09 at 01:02 AM ET
...and here I was hoping that this injury bug might induce Kenny to give ol’ D-Mac the call-up.
I’d trade him for some of these newer guys any day, regardless of what he produces he’s got more heart than anyone out there.
Posted by marcotte from Hancock, MI on 12/08/09 at 10:36 AM ET
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DMac will be sorely missed. There are some great memories, and thank God for Youtube and the ability to relive them. Fight Night at the Joe, and the OT winner, my fave.
Posted by MarkK from Maryland on 12/07/09 at 04:05 PM ET