ANTICIPATIONYZERMAN NEARS IS ULTIMATE GOAL:A CHAMPIONSHIP FOR TEAM AND TOWN
His wife says he comes home now and looks right through her. Sits at the table. Sits on the couch. Looks right through her. Oh, he’s pleasant enough. He’ll chat about the kid, the house — never hockey — but he’s not really there. His eyes...
FOR YZERMAN, COFFEY, OSGOOD — A DAY TO FORGET
Paul Coffey had the look, and the look said it all about this very strange Sunday afternoon. He had just put the puck in a wide-open net; unfortunately, it was his own net. Coffey had been standing there, trying to protect the goal because his own goalie was taken out...
AFTER GOING ‘ROUND AND ‘ROUND,IT’S FINALLY GOING YZERMAN’S WAY
In the wee, dark hours of the morning, the airplane landed, and Steve Yzerman and his sleepy teammates trudged back to their cars at the Windsor airport. They were going home. Their season was over. They had made some sparks in the playoffs, but then came the reigning...
Ysebaert Rues Pain of Sorry Exhibition
The worst part is, Paul Ysebaert isn’t even rooting for the American Olympic team. “I’m Canadian!” he said, shaking his head. “I could give two hoots if they win.”He glanced at his left knee, which stuck out from his shorts. It...
Yzerman Tells His Side of Demers Story
Now it’s Steve Yzerman’s turn to speak. He has heard all the rumors. He heard them this week and last week and two weeks before that while he was on vacation in Ottawa. Every time the phone rang, it was another voice from Detroit. Boy, they said, are you in hot water. Boy, they said, you better prepare to defend yourself. And his reaction was: “Defend myself from what?”
Zombo Goes Solo, Gets His Wings a Man
Nobody asks about friendship. Players are traded, they come and they go, and who they’ll send postcards to is of no concern to management. Rick Zombo and Adam Oates were inseparable last year. Drove in together. Drove home together. You wanted to reach one and...
STEVIE WONDERFUL HUMBLE YZERMAN FITS NICELY AS A HERO
My biggest fear about Steve Yzerman is that success will one day grab him by the neck and say, “Look, kid, wake up! You’re a star! Stop treating people so nicely!”It could happen. Plenty of athletes begin as humble men and wind up burping champagne....
STEVIE WONDERFUL YZERMAN WON’T LET ACCLAIM GO TO HIS HEAD
You want to know my biggest fear about Steve Yzerman? That success will one day grab him by the neck and say, “Look, kid, wake up. You’re a star. Stop treating people so nicely!” It could happen. Plenty of athletes begin humble and wind up haughty....
Yzerman Gets Tired of Waiting
EDMONTON, Alberta — The man who might make a difference was sitting high above the action Thursday night, in a concrete catwalk that hung over the ice like heaven’s terrace. Steve Yzerman wore no skates. He was dressed, as he has been for the last nine weeks, in street clothes, a blue blazer, powder blue shirt, gray slacks.
“How much do you miss what’s happening down there?” he was asked, as the Red Wings skated against the Edmonton Oilers in Game 2 of this Campbell Conference final.
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