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
finished finishing guarantee obvious
It's obvious that finishing first doesn't guarantee anything. I don't think where you finished in the standings is tremendously important in the playoffs.
played together worked
It's worked out well. We've been together for a while and played effectively.
hardest since skated
the hardest really I've skated since the first of the week.
deserve playing sure
For me at this stage, now, I've got to play really well to keep up and make sure I'm playing well enough to deserve to be on that line.
bad decision movement red retire seeing
It's too bad that decision had to be made ... I always thought he would retire a Red Wing. I think we will be seeing more of this kind of movement now with the salary-cap system.
again determine ready saturday skate sunday whether
I'm going to skate again Saturday. I'm not ready to play today. We'll skate Saturday and determine whether Sunday is a go.
cup opportunity stanley thrilled
I'm getting one more opportunity to play for the Stanley Cup so I'm pretty thrilled about that.
people appreciate way
I hope people like me and appreciate me the way I am.
I think we just had a lot more energy.
aspect bryan center good himself liked man overall played wore
I wore No. 19 because of Bryan Trottier. I liked the overall aspect of his game. I liked the way he conducted himself on the ice. He was a quiet guy. He played really hard; just a good all-around, prototypical center man who could do everything.
play missing knows
I'm never gonna play again, and I know I'm really, really going to miss it.
sports trying roles
I also feel I adapted. I was willing to try to fit into any role. The way I figured, it was always up to me to prove my worth, that I deserved to be here.
time ice littles
When you're on the ice, you have very little time, you see very little, and everything happens really quick.
airplane games two
We have two tables on our airplane that are set up with the games.