Stevie 25 May 2010

Dear fans of the Tampa Bay Lightning,
Today you have received a gift.
His name is Stephen Gregory Yzerman.  He comes with 3 Stanley Cups as a player, 1 more as an executive, 692 career goals, 1063 career assists, an Olympic gold medal as a player and another as the GM of …

 Stevie 25 May 2010

–EDIT 8:52PM MT–
I’ve had some more time to absorb today’s news that Steve Yzerman is the new GM of the Tampa Bay Lightning.  I was stunned this morning when I woke up to find the announcement on Twitter.  Stunned, but honestly, not overly surprised.  I think that we all knew …

 game recap 28 February 2010

First things first, huge congratulations to Team USA for playing strong, tough, and with heart, and for never giving up. A great performance by the Americans to win the Silver medal. We’re proud of you all.
Secondly, congrats to Team Canada, specifically Steve Yzerman and Mike Babcock. (Can someone …

 Uncategorized 24 January 2010

I went to Warren 77, Avery’s bar in NYC, this past Friday (with some of my favorite Twitter people).  I had heard about the picture that he had hanging in the bathroom, so of course I had to see it immediately.
And well… see for yourself:

Yes, that’s Brendan Shanahan as Batman …

 Stevie 9 November 2009

They say why bother trying to rephrase something when someone’s already said it better, or best.  So here are links to some of the superlative blog posts and articles I’ve read the past few days about our beloved #19, The Captain, the incomparable Steve Yzerman.
(In no particular order, other than …

 game recap 8 November 2009

Well that sucked.
Goals were as follows:
Detroit: Dan Cleary (Rafalski, Lidstrom)
Toronto: Wayne Primeau (Orr, Finger); Phil Kessel (White, Blake); Jeff Finger (Stempniak, Stajan); John Mitchell (pp; Kessel, Beauchemin); Alexei Ponikarovsky (Grabovski, White)
Trying a new format here for my game recap, and it’s going to be my plus/minuses of the game.  Yes, …

 Stevie 4 November 2009

Steve Yzerman was on TSN’s “Off the Record” with Michael Landsberg the other day.  He appeared in two segments, Up Front, and Next Question, to talk mostly Olympics.
The OTR twitter account asked fans to tweet their questions to use in Next Question:
@heylandsberg: I need your help – we’re doing Next …

 Stevie 8 October 2009

A few Steve Yzerman related things of note:
Firstly, HBC unveiled the Canadian Olympic clothing line inspired by the Vancouver games.  A dutiful Canadian Olympian, Yzerman participated in the presentation, wearing some of the pieces.  You can view the photo gallery here.
The Captain was also on CBC’s The Hour with George …