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On October 27th, 1995, your Detroit Red Wings debut the Russian 5. With the final acquired piece being Igor Larionov who was traded to the Wings only 3 days prior. The move was considered controversial because the Wings were trading Ray Sheppard, a 28 year old, who just came off a 40 point season and scored 50 goals the year prior for Larionov who only had 24 points the year prior and was turning 35 in December. But Scotty Bowman had A LOT of faith this would work. "We would have 5 Russians then

Remembering Red Wings, Avs fight 20 years later

Fight-filled 3rd leads to 134 penalty minutes in Red Wings’ 7-3 win over Sabres