The two future Grind Line members once went at it with one another!
Detroit Red Wings forward Darren McCarty and future Grind-Line member Joey Kocur dropped the gloves against one another when the New York Rangers visited Joe Louis Arena in 1993.
Of course, Kocur had already once played with Detroit before leaving for the Rangers; he would subsequently return in the middle of the 1996-97 season and help Detroit to two straight Stanley Cup titles!