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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 08/30/2008
On Sunday, September 7th, from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, all fans are welcome to attend the Detroit Red Wings Fan Fest at Joe Louis Arena. Fans can ask questions of Red Wings Vice President Steve Yzerman, Wings players and alumni, take the mic as the Red Wings play-by-play announcer, play inflatable and interactive hockey games and take a behind-the-scenes tour of Joe Louis Arena. In addition to many more...
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
The crowd was thinning and the noise was dying down. The champagne showers had turned his hair into a sticky nest. Steve Yzerman glanced over the messy remains of the Red Wings' locker room, then told a story.
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atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 08/02/2008
As expected, yesterday's "soft deadline" passed with no word from the Mats Sundin camp about the star centre's future, but retired veterans like Steve Yzerman and Joe Nieuwendyk say the Leafs captain should play if he's having any doubts.
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Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 08/02/2008
from the CP, Steve Yzerman and Joe Nieuwendyk were forced into retirement by injuries and never really had to wrestle with the decision about when to call it a career. So when they see players like Mats Sundin or Joe Sakic struggling to make up their minds, they have one simple piece of advice. “If there’s any doubt and guys aren’t sure, I think they should be playing,” Yzerman told The Canadian Press...
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 07/28/2008
"The league approached us and we could have opted out. I talked to Jimmy Devellano, Mike Babcock, Nicklas Lidstrom, Steve Yzerman and obviously Mr. and Mrs. Illitch. We just felt that we're going to help promote the game of hockey and we're going to promote the Red Wing brand."
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 06/21/2008
NHL.com's John Kreiser has placed Steve Yzerman on his list of the best NHL players ever to be drafted in the first round.
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
A center drawing comparisons to Steve Yzerman and a slew of talented defensemen are the talk of the NHL entry draft, which will be held tonight and Saturday in Ottawa.
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Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
from Pierrre LeBrun at Sportsnet, Steve Yzerman, Brett Hull, Brian Leetch and Luc Robitaille are all in their first year of eligibility in 2009. Yzerman and Hull are obviously total no-brainer selections and Leetch and Robitaille are pretty darn close to that. All of which means players such as Doug Gilmour, Pavel Bure, Dino Ciccarelli, Adam Oates and Steve Larmer, just to name a few, will have to...
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
Igor Larionov becomes the second member of the Red Wings' 2002 Stanley Cup championship team to enter the Hockey Hall of Fame, joining coach Scotty Bowman (who was inducted in 1991). Eight more teammates may soon join them: Eligible in 2009: Steve Yzerman, Brett Hull, Luc Robitaille. Eligible in 2011: Dominik Hasek. Eligible three years after retirement: Chris Chelios, Sergei Fedorov, Nicklas Lidstrom,...
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
According to TSN.ca, NHL representatives and players met in Toronto on Wednesday and talked about eliminating some of the extra padding goalies wear. Steve Yzerman represented the Red Wings at the meeting, and there was general agreement that padding should protect goaltenders, not help them stop shots from the opposing team.
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Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
From Rick Westhead at the Toronto Star, A prominent hockey memorabilia dealer faces a bizarre $3 million lawsuit several years after police raided a store in Vaughan and seized photos and hockey cards that featured allegedly forged signatures of NHL star Steve Yzerman. The lawsuit is the second to surface in the past week involving Derrick Luck, who runs Mississauga’s Lucky Sports Management Inc. Luck...
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atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
A prominent hockey memorabilia dealer faces a bizarre $3 million lawsuit several years after police raided a store in Vaughan and seized photos and hockey cards that featured allegedly forged signatures of NHL star Steve Yzerman.
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
PITTSBURGH -- The emotions poured in equal ease with the sweat. A long night's journey reached its desired conclusion and unbridled revelry was the reward. Nicklas Lidstrom wouldn't surrender the Stanley Cup through the endless media interviews on the Mellon Arena ice. Never has carrying 35 pounds been so easy.
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
Steve Yzerman stayed upstairs in the Wings' executive guest suite at Mellon Arena. Ilitch and Holland begged him to join the ensuing celebration on the ice, but the former captain-turned-team vice president declined. "It's their opportunity to get all the attention," he said. It was commendable. It was classy.
