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Canada USA Steve Yzerman
#19 Detroit Red Wings / NHL - 05/06
1-time Olympic Gold Medal 1
2-time World Championship Silver Medal 2
1-time U20 WJC Bronze Medal 1
1-time Canada Cup Champion 1
1-time Hockey Hall of Fame 1
1-time IIHF Hall of Fame 1
1-time NHL All-Rookie Team 1
1-time NHL Contribution to U.S. Hockey (Lester Patrick Trophy) 1
1-time NHL First All-Star Team 1
1-time NHL MVP Selected by NHLPA (Ted Lindsay Award) 1
1-time NHL Sportsmanship Award (Bill Masterton Trophy) 1
3-time NHL Stanley Cup Champion 3
1-time NHL Stanley Cup MVP (Conn Smythe Trophy) 1
1-time NHL Top Defensive Forward (Frank J. Selke Trophy) 1
2-time World Championship All-Star Team 2
1-time World Championship Best Forward 1
1-time World Championship Most Points 1
Date of Birth
May 09, 1965
Position
C
Age
59
Height
5'11" / 180 cm
Place of Birth
Cranbrook, BC, CAN
Weight
185 lbs / 84 kg
Nation
Canada / USA
Shoots
R
Youth Team
Nepean MHA
Status
Retired
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 of Steve Yzerman also available

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Steve Yzerman Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1980-81 Nepean Raiders CJHL 50* 38* 54* 92* 44* -* |
1981-82 Peterborough Petes OHL 58* 21* 43* 64* 65* -* | Playoffs 6 0 1 1 16 -
1982-83 Peterborough Petes OHL 56* 42* 49* 91* 33* -* | Playoffs 4 1 4 5 0 -
Canada U20 WJC-20 7* 2* 3* 5* 2* -* |
1983-84 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80* 39* 48* 87* 33* -17* | Playoffs 4 3 3 6 0 1
1984-85 Detroit Red Wings “A” NHL 80* 30* 59* 89* 58* 0* | Playoffs 3 2 1 3 2 -5
Canada CC 4* 0* 0* 0* 0* -2* |
Canada WC 10* 3* 4* 7* 6* -* |
1985-86 Detroit Red Wings “A” NHL 51* 14* 28* 42* 16* -24* |
1986-87 Detroit Red Wings “C” NHL 80* 31* 59* 90* 43* -1* | Playoffs 16 5 13 18 8 -2
1987-88 Detroit Red Wings “C” NHL 64* 50* 52* 102* 44* 30* | Playoffs 3 1 3 4 6 -3
1988-89 Detroit Red Wings “C” NHL 80* 65* 90* 155* 61* 17* | Playoffs 6 5 5 10 2 -7
Canada WC 8* 5* 7* 12* 2* -* |
1989-90 Detroit Red Wings “C” NHL 79* 62* 65* 127* 79* -6* |
Canada “A” WC 10* 9* 10* 19* 8* -* |
1990-91 Detroit Red Wings “C” NHL 80* 51* 57* 108* 34* -2* | Playoffs 7 3 3 6 4 -1
1991-92 Detroit Red Wings “C” NHL 79* 45* 58* 103* 64* 26* | Playoffs 11 3 5 8 12 -3
1992-93 Detroit Red Wings “C” NHL 84* 58* 79* 137* 44* 33* | Playoffs 7 4 3 7 4 -4
1993-94 Detroit Red Wings “C” NHL 58* 24* 58* 82* 36* 11* | Playoffs 3 1 3 4 0 4
1994-95 Detroit Red Wings “C” NHL 47* 12* 26* 38* 40* 6* | Playoffs 15 4 8 12 0 -2
1995-96 Detroit Red Wings “C” NHL 80* 36* 59* 95* 64* 29* | Playoffs 18 8 12 20 4 -1
1996-97 Detroit Red Wings “C” NHL 81* 22* 63* 85* 78* 22* | Playoffs 20 7 6 13 4 3
Canada “A” WCup 6* 2* 1* 3* 0* 4* |
1997-98 Detroit Red Wings “C” NHL 75* 24* 45* 69* 46* 3* | Playoffs 22 6 18 24 22 10
Canada “A” OG 6* 1* 1* 2* 10* 4* |
1998-99 Detroit Red Wings “C” NHL 80* 29* 45* 74* 42* 8* | Playoffs 10 9 4 13 2 2
1999-00 Detroit Red Wings “C” NHL 78* 35* 44* 79* 34* 28* | Playoffs 8 0 4 4 0 -4
2000-01 Detroit Red Wings “C” NHL 54* 18* 34* 52* 18* 4* | Playoffs 1 0 0 0 0 0
2001-02 Detroit Red Wings “C” NHL 52* 13* 35* 48* 18* 11* | Playoffs 23 6 17 23 10 4
Canada “A” OG 6* 2* 4* 6* 2* 4* |
2002-03 Detroit Red Wings “C” NHL 16* 2* 6* 8* 8* 6* | Playoffs 4 0 1 1 2 0
2003-04 Detroit Red Wings “C” NHL 75* 18* 33* 51* 46* 10* | Playoffs 11 3 2 5 0 -1
2004-05 Did not play * * * * * * |
2005-06 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 +/-
1975-76 Nepean Peewee QC Int PW -* -* -* -* -* -* |

Steve Yzerman Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years 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 1 514* 692* 1 063* 1 755* 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

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Player Biography and Trivia

Drafted 1981, 1 #4 overall 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