USA Today article
September 11, 1996
by Kevin Allen

Canada’s hopes of winning the World Cup of Hockey almost went into the waste basket with Steve Yzerman’s team information packet last June.

After being cut from the Canada Cup roster in 1987 and 1991, Yzerman wasn’t sure he wanted to try again. But while on vacation, the Detroit Red Wings captain began to have a change of heart. “I wanted to be part of winning it,” he said. “I turned 31, and I want to experience all that I can before I retire.”

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