Ex-Wings Voice: Fedorov's 5-Goal Night Unbelievable
Former Red Wings announcer Mike Goldberg pulls back the curtain on Sergei Fedorov's unreal five-goal explosion against the Capitals on December 26, 1996, a Boxing Day matinee nobody wanted to play. He recounts how Fedorov carried the entire Detroit offense, capping it with an overtime winner that still echoes in Joe Louis Arena lore. Those Russian Rocket connections with Konstantinov set up backdoor magic that left everyone stunned, turning a holiday hangover into hockey immortality.
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