1pm FSN. 7/3/2006.

The Captain is expected to announce his retirement any moment.

After 23 years.

Best wishes in life after playing, Stevie Y.

Thanks for all of the great memories, and always playing with class and dedication.

And he steps to the podium...

Man, they're having audio problems...

That sucks.

Classy, classy guy.

They should put a pic of Stevie in the Dictionary next to the definition of "class".

This guy was an amazing player, and an even better person.

Anyone else watching this?

The Captain is expected to announce his retirement any moment.

After 23 years.

Best wishes in life after playing, Stevie Y.

Thanks for all of the great memories, and always playing with class and dedication.

Dang...the guy was a Red Wing for almost half of my life. Class act from start to finish. Definitely brings up strong emotions to think about it.

May life bring you the best of everything, Stevie Y.

I'm watching it on Ch. 68, the score.ca

He HAS played with some great players, if you think of the list...

Chelios
Shanahan
Fedorov
Konstaninov
Fetisov
Larionov
Coffey
Hasek
Murphy
Lidstrom
Hull
Robataille

You could get a whole team of Hall of Famers from the list of guys who have played with Yzerman.

He HAS played with some great players, if you think of the list...

Chelios
Shanahan
Fedorov
Konstaninov
Fetisov
Larionov
Coffey
Hasek
Murphy
Lidstrom
Hull
Robataille

You could get a whole team of Hall of Famers from the list of guys who have played with Yzerman.

And a HOF coach too. Scotty Bowman.

One of their best players at the end of the season, hopefully he comes back at least as a assistant coach to motivate them.

I'm sure the hometown newspapers are going to be all over this tommorrow.

I'll try to keep the board posted on that stuff.

Hail to the Captain!

The Yzerman jersey will never go out of style in MoTown.

Not quite like my Fedorov Jersey.

One of their best players at the end of the season, hopefully he comes back at least as a assistant coach to motivate them.

He's stated for a while now that he has already figured that into his reirement.

Somewhere in the front office first though I think.

Probably just to keep regular hours and spend time with his family like a normal dad and husband.

Catching here in ESPNews in cali. class all the way. Future RedWing coach I hope. I need to get a #19 RW jersey and I am not a big hockey fan......

The longest tenure as an NHL Captain in the history of the NHL. 20 years.

Man, that's impressive.

This team will have a big hole at leadership to fill now.

TSN is all over this.

Here are some links.

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/teams/news_story/?ID=170385&hubname=nhl-red_wings

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/teams/players/bio/?id=1478&hubname=nhl-red_wings

He was a great player, a nine-time NHL All-Star, 6th all time in NHl career points with 692 goals, 1063 assists, and 1755 points. What a career!

He was a great player, a nine-time NHL All-Star, 6th all time in NHl career points with 692 goals, 1063 assists, and 1755 points. What a career!

He's just 60 or so shy of Gordie Howe's point total.

That's impressive, with the way the league went low scoring there in the end of the 90's and early 2000's.

Wings all time leader in post season goals, assists, and games.

Regular season, Wings' 1st on assists, 2nd in goals, 3rd in games.

There is a lot more coverage on FSN here. If you're just reading this thread, it's 1:44pm on Monday the 3rd. And there is more to come from FSN.

I read that the press conference was scheduled, and when I went to my cable guide it said "Darts".

Thanks FSN for scrambling to cover this.

FSN is doing a great job, on cable here is says darts until 2 and then inside poker. They will probably just show those shows tomorrow or a different time. Yzerman is way more important than poker.

Don't forget Dino Cicarrelli, Mike Vernon, Adam Oates, Bob Probert, Gerard Gallant, Ray Sheppard, Joe Murphy, Wendel Clark...

I love darts. They are showing it on TV? I should have Tivo'd that.

I just wished he would go out on a more positive note (winning the stanley cup) then retiring. I'm sure other teams were kicking themselves by not drafting him first, instead of getting drafted 4th.

Here is a site that shows how much you know on him (I don't know to link it, so just copy and paste it) http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz.cfm?qid=138634&origin (http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz.cfm?qid=138634&origin)

If it wasn't about 90 degrees here, I'd have that Yzerman sweater on. Oh hell, I'll put it on anyway.


I love moment No. 3 (see link), when Captain Courageous jumps for joy. Anyone got any video?


http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/columns/story?id=2508178

wow. thanks for the ride steve, we'll never forget it.

Unfortunately, Ben Wallace leaving has taken some of the spotlight off of where it really belongs: On Stevie Y. This guy epitomizes Detroit in much the way Al Kaline did. Yzerman is a hero, plain and simple. I'm not even a huge hockey fan and this guy is my favorite Detroit athlete, and probably always will be. He retired here in Detroit, too, so he has one-upped Ben Wallace in my mind. A good one from Mitch Albom:


http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060704/SPORTS05/607040352/1048/SPORTS

Ben Wallace can't hold a candle to Yzerman.

Ben was in 3rd or 4th grade when Yzerman was drafted by the Wings.

Anyone who has followed Detroit sports at all should be doing what I've been doing:

Pretend like Ben was a spoiled step-brother who acted up and got what he wanted, while Yzerman is the "elder" that you shoud respect.

The difference is that the Wings rarely lost a good player over money. While Bill D. has been for the most part very successful since 1986, The Illitches are the best team owners in Detroit.

First class people who don't have fickle personal demands or loyalties that change faster than the weather.

As Steve said, paraphrased; "They are committed to excellence".

Let Mr OldSkool break Stevie Y down 4 yall younglings!!
....http://www.detroitredwings.com/wings/article.jsp?id=4493
Read that...
then read it to your children.............................
THE GREATEST PLAYERS EVER:
1. Gretzky
2. Orr
3. Lemiuex
4. Howe
5. Hull
6. Yzerman
7. Messier
8. Richard
9. Hasek
10. LaFluer

and lived in the city of 2 of them and was able to watch 9 of them (Richard excluded)...we are a spoiled city and I am a lucky dude!
I will miss u, CAPTAIN 19!

Here is my All-time perfect lineup of the best:

Center: Wayne Gretzky-known as "the great one"
Defensemen- Doug Harvey
Defensemen- Bobby Orr
Left wing -Bobby Hull
Right wing -Gordie Howe
Goaltender-Patrick Roy-Best goalie between the pipes

This lineup would be unstoppable and a force of nature...

Here is Yzerman's number one famous goal of his career on video: :nod:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=UJTAnyLn_RI&search=yzerman

Whoomp, there it is!