Steve Yzerman
Steve Yzerman
Stephen Gregory "Steve" Yzermanis a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player and current general manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest players of all time. Yzerman spent his entire NHL playing career with the Detroit Red Wings and is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth9 May 1965
CountryCanada
obviously period played third
We obviously played much better. It was a disappointing third period (Saturday) to say the least. We rebounded pretty well.
given good hope ourselves season
We've had a good season and given ourselves a lot of hope for the playoffs.
areas playing
We were playing collectively, I don't want to say our best, but very well in all areas of the game.
accept allow contact decide either eliminate goes head middle next players reduce sports step stuck
We penalize and suspend players for making contact with the head while checking, in an effort to reduce head injuries, yet we still allow fighting. We're stuck in the middle and need to decide what kind of sport do we want to be. Either anything goes and we accept the consequences, or take the next step and eliminate fighting.
depth half question strong worse year
We're worse off without Pavel, ... We still should have a pretty strong lineup, but there's no question we don't have the depth we had a year and a half ago.
sports nhl cities
Very few cities in the NHL have the history or the following of the Detroit Red Wings.
stay-strong stay-positive healthy
I'm exhausted trying to stay healthy.
way polite wells
Balanced is probably what I am, although that's just a polite way to say that you don't do anything very well.
memorable games body
I don't know if I've ever had a memorable body check. It's not really part of my game.
team right-thing
And for the team, I always tried to do the right thing.
years long lockers
As long as I could remember, since I was 5 years old, I watched the Stanley Cup. I stayed up, made a point of watching it presented, watched the celebration in the locker room, and always dreamed that maybe I'd get there.
running mistake winning
We should've been better, more disciplined. We made untimely mistakes defensively, as a group. This is really humbling for us. After winning the Stanley Cup, we got brought back down to earth, hard. Maybe the humbling is good for us in the long run.
sports time play
We used to play a lot outdoors, not in leagues, but just in our spare time.
player gamer agree
I don't know that I'd agree I was our best player.