Darren McCarty is attempting to launch something of a stand-up comedy career, and the Huron Daily Tribune’s Mike Gallagher took in McCarty’s show in Ubly, MI:
McCarty opened the show by telling old hockey stories, including a story about a fight between Bob Probert and Jeremy Roenick in 1993, a fight between Shawn Burr and Kelly Chase, and of course the story of the 1997 brawl between the Red Wings and the Colorado Avalanche.
“They had our number,” McCarty explained. “Something needed to be done to (Claude) Lemeiux for crushing (Kris) Draper’s face in the last year the game before. I always tell everybody, if you give that script and you give all the ingredients of that fight to the best screenwriter, they couldn’t write a better script than the one God wrote. My God loves Ubly and he hates ugly. The joke of all of it is, yeah, I was one that exacted the revenge on Lemeiux, with the help of the teammates, but I also scored the overtime winner.”
McCarty added: “Honestly, I was trying to break his cheekbone.”
McCarty’s set also included stories from his life.
He talked about his three key ingredients to success, which were self-belief, talent, and believing carpe diem (seize the day).
“With everything I’ve been through, it’s just part of the ups and downs,” McCarty said. “I’m a living example that you too can get through it, this too shall pass. It’s something that, especially in Michigan, and especially places like this, you get the personal connection. So, for me it means a lot, especially with where I am in my life, to be able to show that appreciation back to the fans.”
Would love to go to this. Is he bringing this to Detroit?
I believe that the tour has been through the Hockeytown Cafe once and he’ll probably come back to the Metro Area.
Thanks George, I will keep an eye out.