London Free Press article
August 3, 2002
by Kathy Rumleski

Steve Yzerman hopes to be back playing hockey in three to six months but he also knows “not to expect the world.”

Most important to the longest-serving captain in NHL history is being able to play with his kids.

World-renowned orthopedic surgeon Dr. Peter Fowler of London performed a 2*-hour osteotomy yesterday on the Detroit Red Wings’ star centre.

Yzerman had the surgery, which corrects the bone alignment of the knee, transferring pressure to the proper area, at the University campus of the London Health Sciences Centre. He is expected to remain there only a day.

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