From that morning skate, David Marcoux remembers plenty.



For instance, he noticed Mike Babcock and the rest of the Detroit Red Wings coaches in the Saddledome’s lower bowl, a vantage point that would provide a splendid view of an unforgettable scene.



But things, at least in the early stages of the session, appeared typical.



Calgary Flames commander-in-chief Darryl Sutter was fuming. Nothing new there. But, on this day, his team’s unrelenting sloppiness further cranked his thermostat.



Defencemen were struggling to find the net. And when they did manage to put pucks on target, Miikka Kiprusoff – itching to get off the ice, especially on the day of a start – had been going through the motions, taking no care with his rebounds.



“So I yelled at Kipper because I could sense that Darryl was not happy,” recalled Marcoux. “And instead of going to talk to his own goalie, he turned to me and fired a puck at my...