Скачать или смотреть Paul Kariya’s Revenge Game! Avalanche vs Mighty Ducks Gets UGLY in NHL Rivals 2004

There was always something uncomfortable about seeing Paul Kariya in anything other than a Ducks sweater. For nearly a decade, he was Anaheim—its first true superstar, the face of a franchise born from a Disney film. But in the fall of 2003, on opening night of the NHL season, there he was: wearing burgundy and steel blue, skating alongside Joe Sakic and Peter Forsberg for the Colorado Avalanche.

That’s the moment we’re revisiting today in the latest episode of XSN Wheel of Chaos—our unpredictable deep dive into forgotten Xbox-era sports titles. This time, the wheel landed on NHL Rivals 2004, a game that’s aged better than most remember. The matchup? Avalanche vs. Mighty Ducks. Kariya’s old team. His new team. And plenty of unresolved tension.

This episode features full CPU vs CPU gameplay—2003 opening night rosters and all—while I provide commentary from the broadcast booth. You’ll see Sakic orchestrating like a surgeon, Forsberg throwing his weight around, and Jean-Sébastien Giguère holding the crease like it’s Game 7. And yes, this one gets physical. A fight breaks out midway through, a true throwback to early-2000s hockey where clutching and grabbing was just part of the game. You’ll have to watch to find out who squared up, and how it ends.

The final score? Let’s just say one team put on a defensive clinic. The other couldn’t solve the goalie.

For those unfamiliar, NHL Rivals 2004 was Microsoft’s short-lived foray into sim hockey on the Original Xbox—overshadowed by NHL 2K and EA’s annual juggernauts, but quietly compelling in its own right. The pace is deliberate, the physics are unforgiving, and the atmosphere captures a very specific moment in hockey history. A moment worth remembering.

If this is your first time watching, we’ve built out an entire series around games like this. Click or copy/paste the playlist link in the description and fall down the rabbit hole with us. The wheel picks the game. We bring the chaos.

And sometimes… the chaos writes itself.




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