Steve Yzerman

Date of Birth: May 09, 1965
Age: 61
Place of Birth: Cranbrook, BC, CAN
Nation: Canada / USA
Youth Team: Nepean MHA
Position: C
Height: 180 cm / 5'11"
Weight: 84 kg / 185 lbs
Shoots: R
Status: Retired

Steve Yzerman Facts

Drafted: 1983 round 1 #4 overall by Detroit Red Wings

Brother: Chris Yzerman

Yzerman was fantastic one-on-one with defensemen, using his terrific stickhandling skills and tremendous skating abilities. Had a laser of a shot, and was an awesome playmaker and passer.

Once a pure offensive force, Scotty Bowman turned him into an outstanding two-way center and an amazing defensive forward as well. To achieve this, Yzerman had to sacrifice a lot of personal stats and instead improve the team.

A quiet player, Yzerman is famous for his "lead-by-example" style of leadership.

Team Staff profile also available: Steve Yzerman

Steve Yzerman Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	Post	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1980-1981	Nepean Raiders	CJHL	50	38	54	92	44	-
1981-1982	Peterborough Petes	OHL	58	21	43	64	65	-	Playoffs	6	0	1	1	16	-
1982-1983	Peterborough Petes	OHL	56	42	49	91	33	-	Playoffs	4	1	4	5	0	-
1982-1983	Canada U20	WJC-20	7	2	3	5	2	-
1983-1984	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	80	39	48	87	33	-17	Playoffs	4	3	3	6	0	1
1984-1985	Detroit Red Wings "A"	NHL	80	30	59	89	58	0	Playoffs	3	2	1	3	2	-5
1984-1985	Canada	CC	4	0	0	0	0	-2
1984-1985	Canada	WC	10	3	4	7	6	-
1985-1986	Detroit Red Wings "A"	NHL	51	14	28	42	16	-24
1986-1987	Detroit Red Wings "C"	NHL	80	31	59	90	43	-1	Playoffs	16	5	13	18	8	-2
1987-1988	Detroit Red Wings "C"	NHL	64	50	52	102	44	30	Playoffs	3	1	3	4	6	-3
1988-1989	Detroit Red Wings "C"	NHL	80	65	90	155	61	17	Playoffs	6	5	5	10	2	-7
1988-1989	Canada	WC	8	5	7	12	2	-
1989-1990	Detroit Red Wings "C"	NHL	79	62	65	127	79	-6
1989-1990	Canada "A"	WC	10	9	10	19	8	-
1990-1991	Detroit Red Wings "C"	NHL	80	51	57	108	34	-2	Playoffs	7	3	3	6	4	-1
1991-1992	Detroit Red Wings "C"	NHL	79	45	58	103	64	26	Playoffs	11	3	5	8	12	-3
1992-1993	Detroit Red Wings "C"	NHL	84	58	79	137	44	33	Playoffs	7	4	3	7	4	-4
1993-1994	Detroit Red Wings "C"	NHL	58	24	58	82	36	11	Playoffs	3	1	3	4	0	4
1994-1995	Detroit Red Wings "C"	NHL	47	12	26	38	40	6	Playoffs	15	4	8	12	0	-2
1995-1996	Detroit Red Wings "C"	NHL	80	36	59	95	64	29	Playoffs	18	8	12	20	4	-1
1996-1997	Detroit Red Wings "C"	NHL	81	22	63	85	78	22	Playoffs	20	7	6	13	4	3
1996-1997	Canada "A"	WCup	6	2	1	3	0	4
1997-1998	Detroit Red Wings "C"	NHL	75	24	45	69	46	3	Playoffs	22	6	18	24	22	10
1997-1998	Canada Olympics "A"	OG	6	1	1	2	10	4
1998-1999	Detroit Red Wings "C"	NHL	80	29	45	74	42	8	Playoffs	10	9	4	13	2	2
1999-2000	Detroit Red Wings "C"	NHL	78	35	44	79	34	28	Playoffs	8	0	4	4	0	-4
2000-2001	Detroit Red Wings "C"	NHL	54	18	34	52	18	4	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0	0
2001-2002	Detroit Red Wings "C"	NHL	52	13	35	48	18	11	Playoffs	23	6	17	23	10	4
2001-2002	Canada Olympics "A"	OG	6	2	4	6	2	4
2002-2003	Detroit Red Wings "C"	NHL	16	2	6	8	8	6	Playoffs	4	0	1	1	2	0
2003-2004	Detroit Red Wings "C"	NHL	75	18	33	51	46	10	Playoffs	11	3	2	5	0	-1
2004-2005	Did not play		-	-	-	-	-	-
2005-2006	Detroit Red Wings "C"	NHL	61	14	20	34	18	8	Playoffs	4	0	4	4	4	-2

Steve Yzerman Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	Post	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1975-1976	Nepean Peewee	QC Int PW	-	-	-	-	-	-

Steve Yzerman Career Totals

League	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
CC	1	4	0	0	0	0.00	0	-2	0
CJHL (CCHL)	1	50	38	54	92	1.84	44	-	0
NHL	22	1514	692	1063	1755	1.16	924	202	20	196	70	115	185	0.94	86	-11
OG	2	12	3	5	8	0.67	12	8	0
OHL	2	114	63	92	155	1.36	98	-	2	10	1	5	6	0.60	16	-
QC Int PW	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
WC	3	28	17	21	38	1.36	16	-	0
WCup	1	6	2	1	3	0.50	0	4	0
WJC-20	1	7	2	3	5	0.71	2	-	0

Steve Yzerman Career Highlights

Season	Awards
1980-1981	CJHL First All-Star Team CJHL Rookie of the Year CJHL Top Prospect Award
1982-1983	U20 WJC Bronze Medal
1983-1984	NHL All-Rookie Team NHL All-Star Game NHL Most Assists by Rookie (48) NHL Most Points by Rookie (87) NHL Rookie of the Month (December) NHL Rookie of the Year (Calder Trophy) Finalist
1984-1985	Canada Cup Champion World Championship Silver Medal
1987-1988	NHL All-Star Game
1988-1989	NHL All-Star Game NHL Most Valuable Player (Hart Trophy) Finalist NHL MVP Selected by NHLPA (Ted Lindsay Award) World Championship All-Star Team World Championship Silver Medal
1989-1990	NHL All-Star Game World Championship All-Star Team World Championship Best Forward World Championship Most Points (19)
1990-1991	NHL All-Star Game
1991-1992	NHL All-Star Game
1992-1993	NHL All-Star Game
1995-1996	NHL Top Defensive Forward (Selke Trophy) Finalist
1996-1997	NHL All-Star Game NHL Stanley Cup Champion
1997-1998	NHL Playoffs Most Points (24) NHL Stanley Cup Champion NHL Stanley Cup MVP (Conn Smythe Trophy)
1998-1999	NHL All-Star Game
1999-2000	NHL All-Star Game NHL First All-Star Team NHL Top Defensive Forward (Frank J. Selke Trophy) NHL Top Defensive Forward (Selke Trophy) Finalist
2001-2002	Big Double Club NHL Stanley Cup Champion Olympic Gold Medal
2002-2003	NHL Sportsmanship Award (Bill Masterton Trophy)
2005-2006	NHL Contribution to U.S. Hockey (Lester Patrick Trophy)
2009-2010	Hockey Hall of Fame
2013-2014	IIHF Hall of Fame

Steve Yzerman Biography and Trivia

Drafted 1981, 1 #4 by Peterborough Petes in the OHL Priority Selection
Number 19 retired by Detroit Red Wings
Cult/Star player for Canada
Cult/Star player for Detroit Red Wings
Cult/Star player for Nepean Raiders
Cult/Star player for Peterborough Petes

Full name: Stephen Gregory Yzerman

Career transactions
- 2006-07-03 • Announced his retirement
- 2005-08-02 • Re-signed to a one-year contract by the Detroit Red Wings
- 2004-09-14 • Re-signed to a one-year contract by the Detroit Red Wings
- 2003-07-21 • Re-signed to a one-year contract by the Detroit Red Wings