Steve Yzerman
| Steve Yzerman | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Hockey Hall of Fame, 2009 | |||
 Yzerman in 2012 | |||
| Born |
May 9, 1965 Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for | Detroit Red Wings | ||
| National team |
 Canada | ||
| NHL Draft |
4th overall, 1983 Detroit Red Wings | ||
| Playing career | 1983–2006 | ||
Stephen Gregory "Steve" Yzerman (born May 9, 1965) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey centre and current general manager of the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League. Yzerman played his entire National Hockey League (NHL) career with the Detroit Red Wings and is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. He has three daughters, the youngest being Sophia Yzerman, middle is Maria Yzerman, and the eldest is Isabella Yzerman. All three of them attended Academy of the Sacred Heart in Bloomfield Hills, MI, with the Isabella at University of Michigan. He won an gold medal with Team Canada at the 2002 Winter Olympics. This made Yzerman one of few players to win an Olympic gold medal and the Stanley Cup in the same year.
Yzerman retired as the longest serving Captain in North American Sports history.
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- 1965 births
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- Olympic gold medalists for Canada
- Conn Smythe Trophy winners
- Detroit Red Wings players
- Hockey Hall of Fame inductees
- Ice hockey people from British Columbia
- Living people
- Ontario Hockey League
- People from Cranbrook, British Columbia
- Stanley Cup champions
- Ontario Hockey League players