Steve Yzerman
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 Steve Yzerman facts

• He is widely considered to be one of the greatest players of all time
• Yzerman spent his entire NHL playing career with the Detroit Red Wings and is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame
• Prior to the 1986–87 season at the age of 21, Yzerman was named captain of the Red Wings and continuously served for the next two decades (dressing as captain for over 1,300 games), retiring as the longest-serving captain of any team in North American major league sports history
• Once voted to be the most popular athlete in Detroit sports history, locals often simply refer to Yzerman as "The Captain
• " Yzerman led the Wings to five first-place regular season finishes and 3 Stanley Cup championships (1997, 1998 and 2002)
• Yzerman won numerous awards during his career, including the Lester B
• Pearson Award (Most outstanding player) in the 1988–89 season, the Conn Smythe Trophy (Most Valuable Player of the Stanley Cup playoffs) in 1998, the Selke Trophy as the League's best defensive forward in 2000 and the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy for perseverance in 2003
• He was a ten-time NHL All-Star, a First Team All-Star in 2000 and a member of the All-Rookie Team in 1984
• On July 3, 2006, Yzerman officially retired from professional hockey, finishing 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