Steve Yzerman
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Steve Yzerman (born May 9, 1965 in Cranbrook, British Columbia), is a professional ice hockey player.
Arguably one of the best to ever play the game, and undoubtedly the classiest, he is the winner of three Stanley Cups (1997, 1998, 2002) with the Detroit Red Wings, the Lester B. Pearson Award in 1989, the Conn Smythe Trophy as the Most Valuable Player of the Stanley Cup playoffs in 1998, the Frank J. Selke Trophy as the league's best defensive forward in 2000, and the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy for perserverance in 2003. Yzerman was named captain of the Detroit Red Wings in the 1987 season at the age of 21, and to date has been captain of his team longer than any other player in National Hockey League history. Yzerman was also named to the league First All-Star Team in 2000, and has played in nine All-Star games.
On the international scene he has won an Olympic Gold Medal in 2002 with the Canadian national men's hockey team.
He was drafted by the Detroit Red Wings fourth overall in the 1983 draft and has remained there ever since; only one player (coincidentally, fellow Red Wing Alex Delvecchio has ever played more games with only one team. With over 675 goals and 1,000 assists (currently 6th all time in points), and having led his team to the Stanley Cup for the first time in 42 years, he is a certain future member of the Hockey Hall of Fame.
| Preceded by: Danny Gare |
Detroit Red Wings Captains | Succeeded by: (current captain) |
| Preceded by: Mike Vernon | Conn Smythe Trophy Winner 1998 | Followed by: Joe Nieuwendyk |
External link
- Steve Yzerman's Statistics at NHL.com (http://www.nhl.com/lineups/player/8452578.html)
- The Stevie Y Site: A Fan Site (http://stevie-y.tripod.com)de:Steve Yzerman