Nicklas Lidstrom-Patrick Roy

The Red Wings and Avalanche combined to win the Stanley Cup five times from 1996-2002.

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DETROIT - Nicklas Lidstrom and Joe Sakic.

Tomas Holmstrom and Patrick Roy.

And of course, Kris Draper and Claude Lemieux.

Many of the key players who once made the Detroit Red Wings-Colorado Avalanche rivalry the best in all of sports will be suiting up against each other one more time Feb. 26 in the NHL Stadium Series alumni game at Coors Field.

The game is a prelude to the Stadium Series game between the Red Wings and Avalanche one day later at Coors Field. Preliminary rosters for the alumni game were announced this afternoon by the NHL.

"I think it's going to be fun going on the ice with these guys," Patrick Roy, the Avs' former Hall of Fame goalie, told NHL.com. "You never know how it's going to turn (out), but you know one thing, there's a lot of respect deep inside every one of us."

In addition to Lidstrom, Holmstrom and Draper, the Red Wings roster will include Doug Brown, Dino Ciccarelli, Steve Duchesne, Jiri Fischer, Joe Kocur, Martin Lapointe, Kirk Maltby and Larry Murphy.

Colorado's roster will also include Craig Billington, Rob Blake, Ray Bourque, Adam Foote, Peter Forsberg, Curtis Leschyshyn, Sandis Ozolinsh, Mike Ricci, Roy, Chris Simon and Stephanie Yelle.

Many of the aforementioned players helped make the Red Wings-Avalanche rivalry so special.

The Red Wings and Avs combined to win the Stanley Cup five times in a seven-year span from 1996-2002.

From 1996-2008, they met in the playoffs six times. Three of those matchups came in the Western Conference Finals and the winner of the series went on to capture the Stanley Cup each year.

The NHL expects approximately 50 former players and coaches to participate in the event. Additional additions to the rosters - as well as possible deletions - will be announced leading up to the game.

Tickets remain for both the alumni game and Stadium Series matchup through Ticketmaster.com/NHL and Ticketmaster.ca/NHL.

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