For three decades, Steve Yzerman was the face of the
National Hockey League’s Detroit Red Wings. Yzerman retired after the 2005-06
season and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2009. Steve’s number 19
was retired by the Red Wings in 2007 and is one of just seven numbers retired
by the team. Stevie-Y is now the General Manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Test and expand your knowledge of Steve Yzerman hockey
trivia with the following questions.
Q. In his best offensive year, 1988-89, how many regular season points
did Steve Yzerman have?
A. Yzerman
contributed 155 points for a Detroit Red Wings team that finished the regular
season at exactly .500 and lost out in the first round of the Stanley Cup
playoffs in six games to the Chicago Blackhawks. Yzerman put up career high
numbers for goals (65) and assists (90). Steve finished third in league scoring
behind Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux.
To this day, the numbers Yzerman put up for goals, assists
and points in 1988-89 remain team single season records. The 155 points is
still the 14th highest total in National Hockey League history and
the most by a player whose name is not Wayne Gretzky or Mario Lemieux.
Q. How many teams did Steve Yzerman play for during his NHL career?
A. Despite
several trade rumours throughout his career, Yzerman played for just the
Detroit Red Wings. In 1994, it was thought he was bound for the Montreal
Canadiens and the following year the rumour had him going to the Ottawa
Senators.
Q. How many seasons did Steve Yzerman play in the NHL?
A. Yzerman played
22 seasons in the NHL. He began his career with Detroit in 1983-84 after two
years with the Peterborough
Petes of the Ontario Hockey League. Steve was a fourth overall pick of the
Red Wings in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft, behind Brian Lawton (Minnesota North
Stars), Sylvain Turgeon (Hartford
Whalers) and Pat Lafontaine (New York Islanders). After missing the 2004-05
season, along with the rest of the league due to the lockout, Yzerman returned
for one more season in 2005-06.
Q. How many times during his NHL career did Steve Yzerman surpass the
50 goal plateau?
A. Five times in
his 22 NHL seasons, Steve Yzerman had 50 or more goals in a season. In 1988-89
and 1989-90, Yzerman took it a step further and surpassed the 60 goal plateau. Overall,
Steve scored 692 regular season goals over his NHL career, putting him in the
ninth position all-time. Yzerman scored two less goals that Mark Messier and
two more than Mario Lemieux. Teemu Selanne finished the 2013-14 season with
684.
