Steve Yzerman

Yzerman was born in Cranbrook, British Columbia.{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/steve-yzerman-8452578 |title=Steve Yzerman |website=NHL.com}} As a youth, he played in the 1977 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Nepean, Ontario.{{cite web |url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf |title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA |year=2018 |website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament |access-date=2019-01-13 |archive-date=March 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306085544/https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf |url-status=dead }} He attended Bell High School and played for his hometown Nepean Raiders Junior A hockey team. After one season with the Raiders, the Peterborough Petes of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) drafted him, and he played centre for the Petes from 1981 to 1983.{{cite web |title=Legends of Hockey - Spotlight - One on One with Steve Yzerman |url=https://www.hhof.com/htmlSpotlight/spot_oneononep200904.shtml |website=Hockey Hall of Fame |date=November 5, 2010 |access-date=May 9, 2020 |archive-date=June 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622202833/https://www.hhof.com/htmlSpotlight/spot_oneononep200904.shtml |url-status=dead }}

The 1983 NHL Entry Draft was the first for Mike and Marian Ilitch, who had purchased the Detroit Red Wings in the summer of 1982. Jim Devellano, the Red Wings' general manager at the time, wanted to draft Pat LaFontaine, who had grown up outside Detroit and played his junior hockey in the area. However, when the New York Islanders selected LaFontaine third overall, Devellano "settled" on Yzerman, drafting him fourth.{{cite web |url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/25638 |title=Steve Yzerman: NHL's All-Time Great Leaders, Part II |website=Bleacher Report |first=Matt |last=Eichel |date=May 27, 2008 |access-date=November 14, 2017}}{{cite web |url=https://detroitsportsnation.com/listicle/shawnd/5-steve-yzerman-moments/24787/4/ |title=The Day it All Started |website=Detroit Sports Nation |first=Shawn |last=Delacourt |date=February 6, 2015 |access-date=November 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114145326/https://detroitsportsnation.com/listicle/shawnd/5-steve-yzerman-moments/24787/4/ |archive-date=November 14, 2017 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}

The Red Wings were prepared to send Yzerman back to Peterborough for one more year, but "after one (training camp) session, you knew he was a tremendous hockey player", said Ken Holland, the former Red Wings general manager who was then a minor league goaltender for the Wings during Yzerman's rookie training camp.{{cite book |author=Detroit Free Press |title=The Captain: Steve Yzerman: 22 Seasons, 3 Cups, 1 Team |publisher=Triumph Books |page=15 |year=2006 |isbn=978-1-57243-935-1}} Yzerman tallied 39 goals and 87 points in his rookie season and finished second in Calder Memorial Trophy voting. That season, Yzerman also became the first 18-year-old and youngest player to play in an NHL All-Star Game (18 years, 267 days) since the current format was adopted in 1969. This stood as an NHL record for 27 years until Jeff Skinner broke it by eight days.{{cite web |last1=Cotsonika |first1=Nicholas J. |title=Steve Yzerman's NHL All-Star debut unexpected |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/steve-yzerman-was-third-youngest-player-to-appear-in-all-star-game/c-286258500 |website=NHL.com |access-date=November 16, 2017 |date=January 31, 2017}}

Following the departure of Red Wings captain Danny Gare during the 1985–86 season, Red Wings head coach Jacques Demers named Yzerman captain of the team on October 7, 1986, making him the youngest captain in the team's history.{{cite book |title=The Captain: Steve Yzerman: 22 Seasons, 3 Cups, 1 Team |author=Detroit Free Press |publisher=Triumph Books |year=2006 |isbn=978-1-57243-935-1 |page=25 |chapter=Captain, My Captain |quote=Red Wings coach Jacques Demers named Steve Yzerman team captain on October 7, 1986.}} Demers said he "wanted a guy with the Red Wings crest tattooed on his chest".{{cite web |title=Wings of Legend: Steve Yzerman |url=http://www.detroitredwings.com/history/wol/wol-steveyzerman.jsp |website=NHL.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060812064817/http://www.detroitredwings.com/history/wol/wol-steveyzerman.jsp |archive-date=August 12, 2006 |access-date=May 9, 2020}} During the next season, Yzerman scored his then-career high 50th goal against the Buffalo Sabres on March 1, 1988. However, during the same game, Yzerman suffered a knee injury which caused him to miss the rest of the regular season.{{cite web |first=Ansar |last=Khan |title=On eve of Hall of Fame induction, former Red Wings captain Steve Yzerman looks back |url=https://www.mlive.com/redwings/2009/11/on_eve_of_hall_of_fame_inducti.html |website=MLive |date=November 8, 2009 |access-date=May 25, 2020}} Despite his absence, the Red Wings would win their first division title in 23 years.{{cite web |first=Dam |last=Rosen |title=When Yzerman bought in, overall success followed |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/when-yzerman-bought-in-overall-success-followed/c-504907 |website=NHL.com |date=November 5, 2009 |access-date=May 9, 2020}}

During the 1988–89 season, Yzerman recorded 155 points (65 goals and 90 assists), finishing third in regular season scoring behind Mario Lemieux and Wayne Gretzky. He won the Lester B. Pearson Award, the MVP as voted by the National Hockey League Players' Association, and was a finalist for the Hart Memorial Trophy, the MVP as voted by the NHL writers.

When Scotty Bowman took over as head coach in 1993, Yzerman initially chafed under Bowman's stern coaching style. Bowman, for his part, felt that Yzerman was not concentrating enough on defence; Bowman had long expected his forwards to be good back-checkers as well. Relations between the two became so strained that at one point, the Red Wings seriously considered trading him to the Ottawa Senators.{{cite web |first=Sean |last=McIndoe |title=Celebrating the NHL Trades That Weren't |url=https://grantland.com/the-triangle/nhl-trades-didnt-happen/ |website=Grantland |date=February 17, 2015 |access-date=May 11, 2020}} However, Yzerman gradually became a better defender and was considered one of the best two-way forwards in the history of the game.

In 1995, Yzerman led Detroit to its first appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals since 1966, but the Red Wings were swept by the New Jersey Devils.{{cite web |title=Red Wings Win Series, Reach the Final Step |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-06-12-sp-12239-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |date=June 12, 1995 |access-date=May 11, 2020}}{{cite web |first=Alex |last=Yannis |title=New Jersey and the Cup - Perfect Together |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/25/sports/1995-stanley-cup-finals-new-jersey-and-the-cup-perfect-together.html |website=The New York Times |date=June 25, 1995 |access-date=May 11, 2020}} The next season saw Detroit finish with a then NHL-record 62 regular season wins and were heavily favoured to win the Stanley Cup.{{cite web |first=John |last=Matisz |title=Almost Famous: 1995-96 Red Wings weren't quite ready for prime time |url=https://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/1968321 |website=theScore |date=April 7, 2020 |access-date=May 11, 2020}} Yzerman scored perhaps the most memorable goal of his career in the 1996 playoffs, stealing the puck from Wayne Gretzky and beating St. Louis Blues goaltender Jon Casey with a slap shot from the blue line to win the Western Conference Semifinals in double overtime of Game 7.{{YouTube|NAOYjVxP2wc|Steve Yzerman scores in 2nd OT!}} However, the Red Wings fell short of their ultimate goal, losing in six games to the Colorado Avalanche in the Western Conference Finals.

In 1997, Yzerman put to rest all doubts of his ability to lead a team to a championship as Detroit won its first Stanley Cup in 42 years after sweeping the Philadelphia Flyers. The following year, Detroit repeated the feat, sweeping the Washington Capitals and winning their second consecutive Cup title. Yzerman earned the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP. He handed the Cup first to Vladimir Konstantinov, who had been severely injured in a car accident just six days after the Cup victory in 1997 and was using a wheelchair.{{cite web |url=https://www.hhof.com/htmlSpotlight/spot_oneononeTmRedWings9698.shtml |title=Legends of Hockey - Spotlight - Detroit Red Wings - 1996-98 |website=Hockey Hall of Fame |access-date=May 11, 2020}}

On November 26, 1999, Yzerman became the 11th player in NHL history to score 600 goals.{{cite web |title=Wings Win, Yzerman Gets 600th |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/wings-win-yzerman-gets-600th/ |website=CBS News |date=November 26, 1999 |access-date=May 11, 2020}} In 2000, he made the NHL All-Star first team and won the Frank J. Selke Trophy as the league's top defensive forward.

File:Stanley Cup Red Wings and Bush.jpg receives a commemorative jersey and mini-Cup from 2002 Stanley Cup Champion Steve Yzerman.]]

In 2001–02, Yzerman re-aggravated a knee injury, forcing him to miss 30 regular season games, though nonetheless still finished sixth in team scoring.{{cite web |first=John |last=Kreiser |title=Yzerman timeline: from Red Wings legend to general manager |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/steve-yzerman-nhl-career-timeline/c-306894276 |website=NHL.com |date=April 19, 2019 |access-date=May 11, 2020}}{{cite web |title=2001-02 Detroit Red Wings Roster and Statistics |url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DET/2002.html#all_skaters |website=Hockey-Reference.com |access-date=May 11, 2020}} Yzerman's knee greatly pained him during the 2002 playoffs, but this did not stop him from leading the Red Wings from an early 2–0 deficit in their opening round series to defeat the Vancouver Canucks and St. Louis Blues en route to Detroit's fifth playoff series with Colorado, and the third time the two teams had battled to decide the Western Conference Championship.{{cite web |first=Wayne |last=Coffey |title=2001-02 Red Wings voted No. 10 Greatest NHL Team |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/2002-detroit-red-wings-greatest-nhl-teams/c-289645006 |website=NHL.com |date=May 29, 2017 |access-date=May 11, 2020}} Detroit defeated Colorado in a seven-game series and moved on to the Stanley Cup Finals, where they defeated the Carolina Hurricanes to win their tenth Stanley Cup championship in their history. Rather than raising the Stanley Cup first, Yzerman passed the Cup to head coach Scotty Bowman, who announced his retirement following the game.{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/scotty-bowman-ninth-championship-greatest-nhl-moments/c-292537134 |title=Bowman kept coaching retirement secret until after Stanley Cup win |website=NHL.com |first=Dave |last=Stubbs |date=November 5, 2017 |access-date=November 14, 2017}}

During the offseason, Yzerman underwent a knee realignment surgery known as an osteotomy.{{cite web |title=Yzerman undergoes knee surgery |url=https://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2002/08/02/Yzerman-undergoes-knee-surgery/14781028318941/ |website=UPI.com |date=August 2, 2002 |access-date=May 11, 2020}} He missed the first 61 games of the 2002–03 season, but returned on February 24, 2003, at home against the Los Angeles Kings.{{cite web |title=Yzerman makes season debut tonight vs. Kings |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/2003/0224/1513702.html |website=ESPN.com |agency=Associated Press |date=February 24, 2002 |access-date=May 11, 2020}} After the season, Yzerman won the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy for perseverance.{{cite web |title=2002-03 Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy Winner -- Yzerman, Steve |url=https://www.hhof.com/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SilverwareTrophyWinner.jsp?tro=BMT&year=2002-03 |website=Hockey Hall of Fame |access-date=May 12, 2020}}

On May 1, 2004, Yzerman was hit in the eye by a deflected slapshot by the Calgary Flames defenceman Rhett Warrener in a playoff game, breaking his orbital bone and scratching his cornea.{{cite web |title=Conroy scores only goal of the game |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/recap/_/gameId/240501005 |website=ESPN.com |agency=Associated Press |date=May 1, 2004 |access-date=May 12, 2020}}{{cite web |first=Joe |last=Lapointe |title=ROUNDUP: N.H.L. PLAYOFFS; Red Wings Lose Yzerman, And Flames Win the Game |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/02/sports/roundup-nhl-playoffs-red-wings-lose-yzerman-and-flames-win-the-game.html |website=The New York Times |date=May 2, 2004 |access-date=May 12, 2020}}{{cite web |title=Eye injuries sideline Yzerman |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2004-05-03-0405030133-story.html |website=Chicago Tribune |date=May 3, 2004 |access-date=May 12, 2020}} Yzerman underwent eye surgery following the incident, and was sidelined for the remainder of the 2004 playoffs.{{cite web |title=Yzerman Has Surgery for Eye Injury |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-may-03-sp-nhlreport3-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |agency=Associated Press |date=May 3, 2004 |access-date=May 12, 2020}} The eye injury also forced Yzerman to miss the 2004 World Cup of Hockey.{{cite web |title=Steve Yzerman Unable to Participate in World Cup of Hockey 2004 Due to Injury Vincent Lecavalier Named to Team Canada's Roster Fellow Canadians |url=https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/news/2004-nr-072-en |website=Hockey Canada |date=May 10, 2004 |access-date=May 12, 2020}} Joe Thornton (then of the Boston Bruins) and Joe Sakic (Colorado), who each wore the number 19 for their respective NHL clubs and who were now eligible to wear it for team Canada due to Yzerman's enforced absence, both refused the number out of respect for their injured countryman.{{cite web |first=Brian |last=La Rose |title=2004 World Cup of Hockey Rosters |url=http://www.habsworld.net/2004/08/2004-world-cup-of-hockey-rosters/ |website=HabsWorld.net |date=August 20, 2004 |access-date=May 12, 2020}} Yzerman returned in the 2005–06 season, following the 2004–05 NHL lockout, wearing a visor.{{cite web |first=Ansar |last=Khan |title=Red Wings' Todd Bertuzzi will 'think about' wearing a visor after being struck in the eye with a stick |url=https://www.mlive.com/redwings/2013/01/red_wings_todd_bertuzzi_will_t.html |website=MLive |date=January 31, 2013 |access-date=May 12, 2020}}

File:Steve Yzerman (Columbus OH, 2005).jpg

On August 2, 2005, Yzerman signed a one-year deal with the Red Wings; this was his last contract signed as a player.{{cite web |title=Yzerman signs one-year deal |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/story?id=2122708 |website=ESPN.com |agency=Associated Press |date=August 2, 2005 |access-date=May 12, 2020}} On March 31, 2006, he scored his 691st NHL career goal, passing Mario Lemieux for eighth place all-time.{{cite news |title=Yzerman passes Lemieux on goals list |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/yzerman-passes-lemieux-on-goals-list-1.580981 |website=CBC Sports |date=March 31, 2006 |access-date=August 6, 2006}} Yzerman's humility was evident in an interview prior to his achievement when he was quoted saying, "I don't really know the significance. If anything, it shows how good [Lemieux] is; he played almost five years less than I did."{{cite web |title=Yzerman's 690th goal ties Lemieux for eighth on all-time list |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/recap?gameId=260327019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908063540/http://www.espn.com/nhl/recap?gameId=260327019 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 8, 2017 |website=ESPN.com |agency=Associated Press |access-date=March 11, 2013 |date=March 27, 2006}} He scored his final NHL goal, the 692nd of his career, on April 3, 2006, in a game against the Calgary Flames. Yzerman played his last professional hockey game on May 1, 2006, a loss to the Edmonton Oilers in Game 6 of the first round of the 2006 playoffs and knocking Detroit out of the playoffs.{{cite web |title=Oilers use four third-period goals to oust top-seeded Red Wings |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/recap/_/gameId/260501006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117151359/http://www.espn.com/nhl/recap/_/gameId/260501006 |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 17, 2018 |website=ESPN.com |agency=Associated Press |date=May 2, 2006 |access-date=March 19, 2021}}

On July 3, 2006, Yzerman announced his retirement from the NHL.{{cite web |title=Longtime Red Wings captain Yzerman retires |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/story?id=2508103 |website=ESPN.com |agency=Associated Press |date=July 3, 2006 |access-date=May 12, 2020}} Shortly afterwards, Sports Illustrated published a special commemorative edition dedicated to Yzerman entitled "Yzerman: A Salute to Stevie Y."{{cite book |title=Sports Illustrated, The 2006 Steve Yzerman Tribute Issue |isbn=1580608779}} He finished his career ranked as the sixth all-time leading scorer in NHL history, having scored a career-high 155 points (65 goals and 90 assists) in 1988–89, which has been bettered only by Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux. Yzerman's #19 jersey was retired on January 2, 2007, during a pre-game ceremony at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit. On November 4, 2008, he was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. He also became an honoured member of the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2009, his first year of eligibility, inducted alongside 2001–02 Red Wing teammates Brett Hull and Luc Robitaille.{{cite web |title=Induction Showcase - Steve Yzerman |url=http://www.hhof.com/htmlinduct/ind09yzerman.shtml |website=Hockey Hall of Fame Website |access-date=January 25, 2015 |archive-date=June 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622111816/http://www.hhof.com/htmlinduct/ind09yzerman.shtml |url-status=dead }} In 2017, Yzerman was named one of the "100 Greatest NHL Players" in history.{{cite web |title=100 Greatest NHL Players |url=https://www.nhl.com/fans/nhl-centennial/100-greatest-nhl-players |website=NHL.com |access-date=January 27, 2017 |date=January 27, 2017}}

Yzerman holds the NHL record as the longest-serving captain of a single team – he spent 19 seasons and 1,303 games wearing the "C".{{cite book |author=Detroit Free Press |title=The Captain: Steve Yzerman: 22 Seasons, 3 Cups, 1 Team |page=11 |year=2006 |publisher=Triumph Books |isbn=978-1-57243-935-1}}{{cite web |first=Jonas |last=Siegel |title=NHL 100: 'C' is for captain |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/nhl-100-iconic-captains-1.4013287 |website=CBC Sports |agency=The Canadian Press |date=March 7, 2017 |access-date=May 12, 2020}}{{cite web |first=Mark |last=Falkner |title=Yzerman rules: Wings GM applies lessons from 14-year Cup drought |url=https://www.detroitnews.com/in-depth/sports/nhl/red-wings/2019/10/03/wings-yzerman-applies-lessons-from-stanley-cup-drought/3780552002/ |website=The Detroit News |date=October 3, 2019 |access-date=May 12, 2020}}{{cite web |first=John |last=Kreiser |title=Follow the leader: The NHL's 10 best captains |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/follow-the-leader-the-nhls-10-best-captains/c-640779 |website=NHL.com |date=September 1, 2012 |access-date=May 13, 2020}} In addition to being eighth all-time in NHL regular-season goals and sixth in overall scoring, Yzerman finished his career seventh all-time in regular season assists and eighth in all-time playoff scoring. He also ranks second in nearly every significant offensive category in Red Wings history behind Gordie Howe, except for assists – Yzerman has 1,063 assists to Howe's 1,020. At the time of his retirement, only Howe (1,687 games) and Alex Delvecchio (1,550 games) had played more games as a Red Wing than Yzerman's 1,514. He is now fourth in games played for the franchise, behind Howe, Delvecchio, and Nicklas Lidström (1,564 games), who was his teammate for the final 12 seasons of his career.{{cite web |title=Detroit Red Wings Career Leaders |url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DET/leaders_career.html |website=Hockey-Reference.com |access-date=May 12, 2020}}

On September 25, 2006, the Red Wings named Yzerman team vice-president and alternate governor.{{cite web |title=Yzerman new Wings' Vice-President |url=https://www.nhl.com/redwings/news/yzerman-new-wings-vice-president/c-466864 |website=NHL.com |date=September 25, 2006 |access-date=May 8, 2020}} He won a fourth Stanley Cup championship as an executive in 2007–08.{{cite web |title=Red Wings bring Yzerman into front office |url=http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=178787&hubname=nhl |website=TSN.ca |agency=The Canadian Press |access-date=September 25, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929173642/http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=178787&hubname=nhl |archive-date=September 29, 2007}}{{cite web |first=Todd |last=Beam |title=Red Wings name Steve Yzerman Executive Vice President and General Manager |url=https://www.nhl.com/redwings/news/steve-yzerman-named-executive-vice-president-and-general-manager/c-306895892 |website=NHL.com |date=April 19, 2019 |access-date=May 13, 2020}} In May 2010, he left the Red Wings organization to become general manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning, serving in that capacity until September 2018. On April 19, 2019, Yzerman was named the general manager of the Red Wings.

On January 2, 2007, the Red Wings retired Yzerman's jersey #19 before a game against the Anaheim Ducks.{{cite web |title=Red Wings retire Yzerman's No. 19 jersey |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/red-wings-retire-yzermans-no-19-jersey/c-286520 |website=NHL.com |agency=Associated Press |date=January 2, 2007 |access-date=May 8, 2020}} As an additional honour, the captain's "C" was added to the corner of his banner to forever commemorate him as "The Captain". The official retirement ceremony was hosted by Yzerman's long-time friend, former NHL goaltender and ESPN hockey analyst Darren Pang, and featured such Red Wing luminaries as Gordie Howe, Ted Lindsay, Alex Delvecchio and Scotty Bowman. For the ceremony, active Red Wings players wore Yzerman throwback jerseys representing the Red Wings, Team Canada (Canada won gold at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games), the Campbell Conference All-Star team and the Peterborough Petes. Former teammate Vladimir Konstantinov attended the ceremony, walking across the ice for the first time without a wheelchair since his last game in the 1997 playoffs.{{cite web |url=https://thehockeywriters.com/the-captain-steve-yzerman/ |title=Steve Yzerman, The Captain |website=The Hockey Writers |first=Michael |last=DiFranco |date=October 17, 2017 |access-date=November 14, 2017}}

File:Retired numbers at Joe Louis Arena.jpg. The Red Wings retired Yzerman's number in 2007.]]

On January 2, 2007, Yzerman was presented the key to the city of Detroit by Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick at a luncheon prior to the jersey retirement ceremony.{{Cite web |date=January 1, 2007 |title=Red Wings retire Yzerman's No. 19 jersey |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/story?id=2716662 |access-date=November 14, 2017 |publisher=ESPN|agency=Associated Press}} On January 13, 2007, Governor of Michigan Jennifer Granholm, another Canadian–American, visited Detroit and the Joe Louis Arena and proclaimed the day as "Steve Yzerman Day" in Michigan.{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/michigan-declares-steve-yzerman-day-1.660625 |title=Michigan declares Steve Yzerman Day |website=CBC Sports |agency=Associated Press |date=January 13, 2007 |access-date=November 14, 2017}}

On January 11, 2008, when the Red Wings visited Ottawa to play the Senators, Yzerman was inducted into the Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame. Yzerman received another honour when he was inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame on February 11, 2008.{{cite web |first=George |last=Malik |title=Yzerman inducted into Michigan Sports Hall |url=https://www.mlive.com/snapshots/2008/02/yzerman_inducted_into_michigan.html |website=MLive |date=February 12, 2008 |access-date=May 8, 2020}}

On June 23, 2009, it was announced that Yzerman would be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. He was honoured during the November 6–9 induction weekend alongside his former Red Wings teammates Brett Hull and Luc Robitaille, as well as Brian Leetch.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/story?id=4281507 |title=Yzerman, Hull lead 2009 Hall class |website=ESPN.com |agency=ESPN.com news services |date=January 23, 2009 |access-date=May 8, 2020}}

Yzerman had expressed his desire to run a team while with the Red Wings front office since the latter part of his playing career, and had gained experience in running a team through his work with Hockey Canada, having assembled several rosters between 2007 and 2010 for Hockey Canada.{{cite web |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=530122 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527063415/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=530122 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 27, 2010 |title=Yzerman, Red Wings icon, named Lightning GM |author=Bonnano, Rocky |website=NHL.com |date=May 25, 2010 |access-date=September 9, 2010}} However, after both general manager Ken Holland and assistant general manager Jim Nill received contract extensions, it became clear that the opportunity would not happen with the Red Wings.{{cite web |first=John |last=Hahn |title=Holland, Nill receive contract extensions |url=https://www.nhl.com/redwings/news/holland-nill-receive-contract-extensions/c-531838 |website=NHL.com |date=June 16, 2010 |access-date=May 8, 2020}} It was later reported by The Detroit News in 2016 that Red Wings owner Mike Ilitch attempted to promote Holland to make room for Yzerman to become the team's general manager, but Holland declined the promotion.{{cite web |first=Gregg |last=Krupa |title=Krupa: Wings need to deal way out of morass |url=http://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/columnists/gregg-krupa/2016/04/22/krupa-holland-needs-deal-way-out-wings-morass/83406300/ |website=The Detroit News |date=April 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506204149/http://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/columnists/gregg-krupa/2016/04/22/krupa-holland-needs-deal-way-out-wings-morass/83406300/ |archive-date=May 6, 2016 |access-date=May 8, 2020}}

Not long after Ken Holland received his contract extension, Craig Leipold, owner of the Minnesota Wild, and Jeffrey Vinik, the then-new owner of the Tampa Bay Lightning, sought to hire Yzerman as general manager. After turning down the Minnesota job before the 2009–10 season concluded,{{cite web |url=http://www.freep.com/article/20100525/COL01/100525067/Yzerman-s-leaving-tough-on-Wings--family |title=Yzerman's leaving tough on Wings' family |author=Albom, Mitch |website=Detroit Free Press |date=May 25, 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130123220802/http://www.freep.com/article/20100525/COL01/100525067/Yzerman-s-leaving-tough-on-Wings--family |archive-date=January 23, 2013 |access-date=May 8, 2020}} Yzerman accepted the Lightning job and was named the team's new vice-president and general manager on May 25, 2010.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/story?id=5217529 |title=Steve Yzerman named Tampa Bay Lightning general manager |website=ESPN.com |agency=Associated Press |date=May 25, 2010 |access-date=May 25, 2010}} In the off-season, and early in his new reign, he re-signed Martin St. Louis, signed defenceman Pavel Kubina for his second tenure with the team, signed free agent goaltender Dan Ellis to a two-year contract, signed defenceman Brett Clark and brought in left-winger Simon Gagné in a trade that saw Matt Walker and a fourth-round pick in 2011 depart Tampa Bay.{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/lightning/news/gagne-acquisition-helps-bolts-in-the-short-term-gives-yzerman-more-long-term-flexibility/c-534656 |title=Gagne Acquisition Helps Bolts in the Short Term, Gives Yzerman More Long Term Flexibility |last=Pupello |first=Peter |date=July 20, 2010 |website=NHL.com |access-date=July 20, 2010}} In the middle of the season, he also traded for goaltender Dwayne Roloson as the Lightning progressed to the Eastern Conference Finals just one year after the team had not even qualified for the 2010 playoffs.{{cite web |title=Lightning Acquire G Dwayne Roloson From Islanders |url=https://www.nhl.com/lightning/news/lightning-acquire-g-dwayne-roloson-from-islanders/c-548106 |website=NHL.com |date=January 1, 2011 |access-date=May 8, 2020}}{{cite web |title=Nathan Horton's goal sends Bruins to first Stanley Cup finals since 1990 |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/recap/_/gameId/310527001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607003914/https://www.espn.com/nhl/recap/_/gameId/310527001 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 7, 2023 |website=ESPN.com |agency=Associated Press |date=May 28, 2011 |access-date=May 8, 2020}} For his part, Yzerman was nominated for the NHL General Manager of the Year Award, losing out to Vancouver's Mike Gillis.{{cite web |title=Canucks Gillis Named General Manager of the Year |url=https://www.nhl.com/canucks/news/canucks-gillis-named-general-manager-of-the-year/c-566844 |website=NHL.com |date=June 22, 2011 |access-date=May 8, 2020}}

While the Lightning would miss the playoffs in each of the next two seasons, Yzerman would draft Nikita Kucherov, Andrei Vasilevskiy, Brayden Point, Ondřej Palát, Anthony Cirelli, and Cal Foote, signed undrafted players Tyler Johnson and Yanni Gourde, and acquire Ryan McDonagh, Mikhail Sergachev, and Erik Černák via trade as future cornerstone roster pieces. The team would reach the Stanley Cup Finals in 2015, where they were defeated by the Chicago Blackhawks.{{cite web |title=Blackhawks claim third Stanley Cup in six seasons with shutout of Lightning |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/recap/_/gameId/400798782 |website=ESPN.com |agency=ESPN.com news services |date=June 16, 2015 |access-date=May 8, 2020}} On June 24, 2015, Yzerman won the NHL General Manager of the Year Award; he was the first Lightning general manager to receive the honor. The team built by Yzerman set franchise records with 50 wins and 108 points during the regular season, and also led the league with 262 goals and 32 home wins.{{cite web |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/how-steve-yzerman-won-the-2015-nhl-gm-of-the-year-award-234512260.html |title=How Steve Yzerman won the 2015 NHL GM of the Year Award |first=Sean |last=Leahy |work=Yahoo Sports |date=June 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907213521/https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/how-steve-yzerman-won-the-2015-nhl-gm-of-the-year-award-234512260.html |archive-date=September 7, 2017 |access-date=July 24, 2015}}

In the 2017–18 season, the Lightning finished in first place in the Atlantic Division and made it to the Eastern Conference Finals before losing to the Washington Capitals.{{cite web |title=2017-2018 NHL Hockey Standings |url=https://www.nhl.com/standings/2017/wildcard |website=NHL.com |access-date=May 8, 2020}}{{cite web |first=Dan |last=Rosen |title=Capitals shut out Lightning again in Game 7, reach Stanley Cup Final |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/washington-capitals-tampa-bay-lightning-game-7-recap/c-298766662?tid=297170866 |website=NHL.com |date=May 24, 2018 |access-date=May 8, 2020}} On September 11, 2018, with one year remaining on his contract, Yzerman announced that he would not be re-signing as the Lightning general manager, but would remain with the team as a senior advisor. Yzerman was succeeded by assistant general manager Julien BriseBois.{{cite web |title=Yzerman steps down as Lightning GM, BriseBois takes over |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nhl/2018/09/11/ap-source-steve-yzerman-stepping-down-as-lightning-gm/37783561/ |website=USA Today |agency=Associated Press |date=September 11, 2018 |access-date=May 8, 2020}}

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On April 19, 2019, the Red Wings announced that Yzerman had been hired as general manager of the team, while the existing general manager, Ken Holland, was promoted to a senior vice president role,{{cite news |first=Dana |last=Wakiji |title=Steve Yzerman returns to Detroit as Red Wings General Manager |work=NHL.com |date=April 19, 2019 |url=https://www.nhl.com/redwings/news/steve-yzerman-returns-to-detroit-as-red-wings-general-manager/c-306902956 |access-date=July 21, 2019}} though Holland would soon depart the organization and become the general manager and president of hockey operations of the Edmonton Oilers.{{cite web |first=Helene |last=St. James |title=Ken Holland leaving Detroit Red Wings for Edmonton Oilers, per report |url=https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nhl/red-wings/2019/05/05/ken-holland-detroit-red-wings-edmonton-oilers/1111367001/ |website=Detroit Free Press |date=May 5, 2019 |access-date=March 21, 2022}}{{cite web |title=RELEASE: Ken Holland named Oilers GM and President of Hockey Operations |url=https://www.nhl.com/oilers/news/release-ken-holland-named-oilers-gm-and-president-of-hockey-operations/c-307262338 |website=NHL.com |publisher=Edmonton Oilers |date=May 7, 2019 |access-date=March 21, 2022}}

On January 30, 2007, Hockey Canada named Yzerman the general manager of Team Canada for the 2007 IIHF World Championship in Moscow (April 27 – May 13), where the team beat Finland 4–2 on May 13 to win the Championship.{{cite web |title=Steve Yzerman Named Team Canada General Manager for 2007 IIHF World Men's Hockey Championship in Moscow, Russia |url=https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/news/2007-nr010-en |website=Hockey Canada |date=January 30, 2007 |access-date=May 8, 2020}}{{cite web |title=Canada Wins Gold Medal at 2007 IIHF Men's World Championship in Russia - Canada's Rick Nash Named MVP - |url=https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/news/2007-nr-072-en |website=Hockey Canada |date=January 30, 2007 |access-date=May 8, 2020}}

On October 18, 2008, Yzerman was named executive director for the Canadian men's hockey team at the 2010 Winter Olympics.{{cite web |title=Hockey Canada Names National Men's Olympic Team Management Staff for 2010 Olympic Winter Games Steve Yzerman Named Executive Director |url=https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/news/2008-nr-137-en |website=Hockey Canada |date=October 18, 2008 |access-date=May 8, 2020}} The Canadian team he put together went on to win the gold, the first gold won by a home team in ice hockey since the 1980 USA Olympic hockey team.{{cite web |title=Canada Beats U.S. in OT for Hockey Gold |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/canada-beats-us-in-ot-for-hockey-gold/ |website=CBS News |date=February 28, 2010 |access-date=May 8, 2020}}{{cite web |title=Vancouver 2010 ends in wild celebrations after Canadian ice hockey victory |url=https://www.olympic.org/news/vancouver-2010-ends-in-wild-celebrations-after-canadian-ice-hockey-victory |website=Olympic.org |date=February 28, 2020 |access-date=May 8, 2020}} Yzerman said he would consider coming back as head of the Canadian team in 2014. Yzerman went on saying, "I loved it, but it was very stressful. Given the chance to represent Canada and be the guy in charge, if somebody offered it to me, I didn't hesitate the first time, I wouldn't hesitate again."{{cite news |first=Chris |last=Stevenson |title=Yzerman may return in 2014 |newspaper=Toronto Sun |date=March 1, 2010 |url=http://www.torontosun.com/sports/vancouver2010/hockey/2010/02/28/13062911-qmi.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907212931/http://www.torontosun.com/sports/vancouver2010/hockey/2010/02/28/13062911-qmi.html |archive-date=September 7, 2017 |access-date=May 8, 2020}}

In 2012, Yzerman was named executive director for the Canadian men's hockey team at the 2014 Winter Olympics. The Canadian team he put together went on to win their second straight gold medal for the first time since 1948 and 1952.{{cite web |first=David |last=Brien |title=Game Summaries | 2014 Olympic Winter Games - Men's Hockey - 2014 Olympic Winter Games (Men's) - Canada - Sweden |url=https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/team-canada/men/olympics/2014/stats/game-summary?gameid=619#overview |website=Hockey Canada |date=February 23, 2014 |access-date=May 8, 2020}} They also became the first country to accomplish the feat since the Soviet Union/Unified Team won three consecutive gold medals in 1984, 1988, and 1992.{{cite web |title=Tretyak and USSR bury ghosts of 1980 in ice hockey triumph |url=https://www.olympic.org/news/tretyak-and-ussr-bury-ghosts-of-1980-in-ice-hockey-triumph |website=Olympic.org |date=February 19, 1984 |access-date=May 9, 2020}}{{cite web |first=Robin |last=Finn |title=Soviet Clinches Gold in Hockey |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/27/sports/88-winter-olympics-soviet-clinches-gold-in-hockey.html |website=The New York Times |date=February 27, 1988 |access-date=May 9, 2020}}{{cite web |title=Team with no name wins Olympic gold |url=https://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/the-iihf/100-year-anniversary/100-top-stories/story-59/ |website=IIHF.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141204/https://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/the-iihf/100-year-anniversary/100-top-stories/story-59/ |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |access-date=May 9, 2020}} Following Canada's 3–0 victory over Sweden in the gold medal game, Yzerman announced that he would not return as the executive director for Canada for the 2018 Winter Olympics.{{cite web |title=Yzerman won't return as Canada's GM |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=706172 |website=NHL.com |date=February 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104165759/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=706172 |archive-date=January 4, 2016 |access-date=May 8, 2020}}

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Played for Canada in:

• 1983 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships{{cite web |title=Steve Yzerman - Canadian Olympic Committee |url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/steve-yzerman/ |website=Olympic.ca |date=September 18, 2011 |access-date=May 15, 2020}}
• 1984 Canada Cup
• 1985 World Ice Hockey Championships
• 1989 World Ice Hockey Championships
• 1990 World Ice Hockey Championships
• 1996 World Cup of Hockey
• 1998 Winter Olympics{{cite Sports-Reference}}
• 2002 Winter Olympics

Yzerman was considered a leading candidate for the captaincy of Team Canada in 1998, along with Wayne Gretzky and Ray Bourque. Yzerman had led the Detroit Red Wings to the Stanley Cup during the previous season and was one of the longest-serving team captains. However, general manager Bobby Clarke instead selected Eric Lindros.{{cite web |first=Mike |last=Brophy |title='98 problems: How it all went wrong for Canada's Olympic hockey team in Nagano |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sportslongform/entry/1998-olympic-hockey |website=CBC Sports |date=February 3, 2017 |access-date=May 12, 2020}}

In late 2005, after Yzerman ruled himself out of a third Olympic appearance, Wayne Gretzky announced that no one would be allowed to wear jersey #19 for Canada for the 2006 Olympics in Yzerman's honour (#19 was later "unretired" by Yzerman when he managed Team Canada for the 2010 Olympics).{{cite web |title=Men's Ice Hockey: Team Canada Tournamement Standings and Statistics |url=http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-hockey/schedule-and-results/men_ihm400000nCAN-vtour_team_stats-Ge.html |website=Vancouver2010.com |publisher=The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100409121118/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-hockey/schedule-and-results/men_ihm400000nCAN-vtour_team_stats-Ge.html |archive-date=April 9, 2010 |access-date=May 12, 2020}}

Yzerman and his wife Lisa Brennan have three daughters.{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Joe |title=Desire for competition drives Lightning's Steve Yzerman |url=https://www.tampabay.com/sports/hockey/lightning/desire-for-competition-drives-lightnings-steve-yzerman/2225665/ |access-date=July 17, 2018 |website=Tampa Bay Times |date=April 15, 2015}} They reside in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Yzerman resided in Hillsborough County, Florida, during his tenure with the Lightning. Yzerman has acquired naturalized United States' citizenship as a result of his many years of residence in Michigan.{{cite web |first=Cam |last=Cole |title=Yzerman calm as storm brews |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/yzerman-calm-as-storm-brews/ |website=Montreal Gazette |date=February 13, 2009 |access-date=May 12, 2020}}

Yzerman was born in Cranbrook, B.C., but raised mainly in Nepean, Ontario. Not far from where Yzerman grew up, the Nepean Sportsplex named one of its indoor ice surfaces the Steve Yzerman Arena in 1997 in his honour.{{cite web |last1=Garrioch |first1=Bruce |title=Due one more shot at glory |url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Columnists/Garrioch/2005/02/27/944318-sun.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718030825/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Columnists/Garrioch/2005/02/27/944318-sun.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 18, 2018 |website=slam.canoe.com |agency=Ottawa Sun |access-date=July 17, 2018 |date=February 27, 2005 |quote=On Aug. 28, 1997, Yzerman brought the Cup to the Nepean Sportsplex -- to the rink named after him.}} This is the home rink of the CCHL's Nepean Raiders, the Tier II Junior "A" team Yzerman played on during the 1980–81 season.{{cite web |title=Nepean Sportsplex | Nepean Raiders |url=https://www.nepeanraiders.com/nepean-sportsplex |website=Nepean Raiders |access-date=May 12, 2020}} The Raiders currently play in the Yzerman Division.{{cite web |title=CCHL Announces Divisional Realignment |url=https://www.thecchl.ca/cchl-announces-divisional-realignment |website=CCHL |date=July 30, 2017 |access-date=May 12, 2020}}

The CCHL divisions are named the Robinson and Yzerman Divisions after two of its most prominent alumni, Yzerman and Larry Robinson.

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• NHL All-Star Game Roster – 1984 (first 18-year old to be selected to the roster), 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2000;
• NHL first team All-Star – 2000;
• Lester B. Pearson Award – 1989;
• Conn Smythe Trophy – 1998;
• Frank J. Selke Trophy – 2000;
• Stanley Cup champion (as player) – 1997, 1998, 2002;
• Stanley Cup champion (as executive) – 2008;
• Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy – 2003;
• Lester Patrick Trophy – 2006;
• Ice Hockey World Championships scoring leader – 1990[http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondial1990.htm 1990 Summary at Passionhockey.com]
• Seventh in NHL history in points, tenth in goals and ninth in assists;{{cite web |title=NHL & WHA Career Leaders and Records for Points |url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/leaders/points_career.html |website=Hockey-Reference.com |access-date=May 13, 2020}}{{cite web |title=NHL & WHA Career Leaders and Records for Goals |url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/leaders/goals_career.html |website=Hockey-Reference.com |access-date=May 13, 2020}}{{cite web |title=NHL & WHA Career Leaders and Records for Assists |url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/leaders/assists_career.html |website=Hockey-Reference.com |access-date=May 13, 2020}}
• First in Red Wings history in assists; second in points and goals; fourth in games played; second all-time in seasons and seventh all-time in games played with only one NHL franchise;{{cite web |title=Most Seasons Played, Career |url=https://records.nhl.com/records/skater-records/seasons-and-games/most-seasons |website=NHL.com |access-date=May 13, 2020}}{{cite web |title=Most NHL Games Played with Single Franchise |url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/leaders/most_games_franchise.html |website=Hockey-Reference.com |access-date=May 13, 2020}}
• Longest-serving captain for a team in league history (19 seasons, 1,303 games);
• Number (19) retired with Canadian Men's National Team;{{cite news |title=Team Canada leaves 19 open to honor Yzerman |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/winter06/hockey/news/story?id=2286623 |website=ESPN.com |agency=Associated Press |date=January 10, 2006 |access-date=January 10, 2019}} (#19 later worn at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics by Joe Thornton)
• Named vice-president of Detroit Red Wings – 2006;
• Detroit Red Wings #19 retired on January 2, 2007;
• Named general manager of Team Canada – 2008;
• Was ranked sixth in The Hockey News "The Top 60 Since 1967 – The Best Players of the Post Expansion Era";
• Inducted into Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame – January 11, 2008;{{cite web |first=Rob |last=Brodie |title=Yzerman at home in Hall |url=http://senators.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=349352&page=NewsPage&service=page |website=NHL.com |date=January 9, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080110220706/http://senators.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=349352 |archive-date=January 10, 2008 |access-date=January 11, 2008}}
• Inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame – February 11, 2008;{{cite web |first=Shawn |last=Windsor |title=2008 MICHIGAN SPORTS HALL OF FAME: Steve Yzerman warmly inducted into Hall |url=http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080212/SPORTS18/802120342 |website=Detroit Free Press |date=February 12, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210153346/http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20080212%2FSPORTS18%2F802120342 |archive-date=December 10, 2013 |access-date=May 15, 2020}}
• Inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame – 2008;{{cite web |title=Yzerman, Lewis among Canada's Sports Hall of Fame inductees |url=https://www.tsn.ca/other_sports/story/?id=237621&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_main |website=TSN.ca |agency=The Canadian Press |date=May 13, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205185347/http://www.tsn.ca/other_sports/story/?id=237621&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_main |archive-date=December 5, 2008 |access-date=May 15, 2020}}
• Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame – 2009;{{cite web |url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/html/ind09prolog.htm#1styears |title=Hockey Hall of Fame Announces 2009 Inductees |date=June 23, 2009 |access-date=June 23, 2009 |work=Legends of Hockey |publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706135908/http://www.legendsofhockey.net/html/ind09prolog.htm#1styears |archive-date=July 6, 2010}}
• Named general manager and vice-president of the Tampa Bay Lightning – May 2010;
• Inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame – 2014;{{cite web |title=Wings' troop inducted in IIHF hall of fame |url=https://www.nhl.com/redwings/news/wings-troop-inducted-in-iihf-hall-of-fame/c-720635 |website=National Hockey League |date=25 May 2014 |access-date=17 June 2023}}{{cite news |title=Yzerman, Lidstrom get IIHF Hall call |agency=QMI press agency |date=3 January 2014 |newspaper=Ottawa Sun |location=Ottawa, Ontario |url=https://ottawasun.com/2014/01/03/yzerman-lidstrom-get-iihf-hall-call |access-date=17 June 2023}}
• Named to the Order of Hockey in Canada by Hockey Canada – 2014;{{cite web | title=Steve Yzerman, St-Louis, Drake named to Order of Hockey in Canada | website=CBC | date=2014-01-29 | url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/steve-yzerman-st-louis-drake-named-to-order-of-hockey-in-canada-1.2515911 | access-date=2025-01-25}}
• NHL General Manager of the Year Award – 2015;
• Named on the 100 Greatest NHL Players list for the NHL's Centennial Anniversary – 2017;
• Named general manager and executive vice-president of the Detroit Red Wings – April 2019

• List of NHL statistical leaders
• Captain (ice hockey)
• List of NHL players with 1,000 points
• List of NHL players with 500 goals
• List of NHL players with 1,000 games played
• List of NHL players who spent their entire career with one franchise

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• {{cite book |first=Douglas |last=Hunter |title=Yzerman: The Making of a Champion |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5Ke6huDDpbQC&pg=PP1 |date=November 8, 2005 |publisher=Doubleday Canada |isbn=978-0-7704-2982-9}}
• {{cite book |first=Shelley |last=Lazarus |title=Hockeytown Hero: The Steve Yzerman Story |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZwUeYWaG9CkC&pg=PP1 |date=April 2001 |publisher=Nelson Publishing&Marketing |isbn=978-1-933916-68-2}}

• {{ice hockey stats|legendsm=P200904}}
• {{Team Canada|steve-yzerman}}
• {{Olympics.com|org_archive=20201002023900}}
• {{Olympedia}}

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Category:Tampa Bay Lightning executives