Steve Yzerman

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.

Category:1965 births
Category:Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy winners
Category:Canadian ice hockey centres
Category:Olympic gold medalists for Canada
Category:Conn Smythe Trophy winners
Category:Detroit Red Wings players
Category:Hockey Hall of Fame inductees
Category:Ice hockey people from British Columbia
Category:Living people
Category:Ontario Hockey League
Category:People from Cranbrook, British Columbia
Category:Stanley Cup champions
Category:Ontario Hockey League players