Detroit Free Press interview
Nov. 8, 1983
Steve Yzerman is so young, he remembers scoring his first goal as if he scored it yesterday. Actually, he got it about 13 years ago, while playing his first season of organized hockey in western Canada. It was not a pretty sight.
“I couldn’t even stand up (on skates),” he said. “I had fallen down in front of the net. Their guy banked it off one of their guys’ skates and into the net. I was lying there, and I got credit for it.”
How times have changed. Yzerman (pronounced EYE-zer-man), the Red Wings’ first-round pick (fourth overall) in last summer’s amateur draft, has begun his rookie season in superb fashion. He is quick, smart and sometimes sensational on the ice. With eight goals and eight assists, he ranks first among rookie scorers.
Detroit Free Press interview
November 8, 1983
by Bill McGraw
Steve Yzerman is so young, he remembers scoring his first goal as if he scored it yesterday. Actually, he got it about 13 years ago, while playing his first season of organized hockey in western Canada. It was not a pretty sight.
“I couldn’t even stand up (on skates),” he said. “I had fallen down in front of the net. Their guy banked it off one of their guys’ skates and into the net. I was lying there, and I got credit for it.”
How times have changed. Yzerman (pronounced EYE-zer-man), the Red Wings’ first-round pick (fourth overall) in last summer’s amateur draft, has begun his rookie season in superb fashion. He is quick, smart and sometimes sensational on the ice. With eight goals and eight assists, he ranks first among rookie scorers.
