I moved to Albuquerque on March 26, 1996, I moved away on March 25, 1997. There exactly one year.
First day of the drive home was through New Mexico and Texas. Second day started in in Oklahoma and by 7/8pm me in my truck and my friend John, driving the Ryder truck with all my stuff in it were in Missouri and thanks to AM skip we were able to listen to the game. This was just before cellphones so we bought cheap walkie talkies, we had to be within half a mile to talk and we were separated because the Ryder couldn't go over 70. The fight happens and I am driving and all of a sudden the walkie comes alive WHERE ARE YOU? WHERE ARE YOU? ARE YOU LISTENING TO THE WINGS GAME? HOLY SHIT, IT'S GOING DOWN, MAN, IT'S GOING DOWN. We met up and drove until about 11pm and stopped for the night in Illinois because we knew ESPN was replaying the game at 11pm. We put the game on and due to the tiredness of the road we both fell asleep before that part of the game played. We saw the highlights on SportsCenter the next morning. I knew at least 10 people who had taped the game. I actually have it on DVD now.
Darren McCarty was the King of Detroit that year.