Aside from Steve Yzerman, there were three other individuals who received a standing ovation upon their entrance or sometime during the ceremony. Scotty Bowman. Vladimir Konstantinov. Bob Probert.

Probie had not stepped out on the JLA ice in 13 years, but he did so two nights ago to a roar from the crowd. Bob Duff of the Windsor Star has a really nice piece about Probie. The article includes Probie’s favorite Yzerman moments as well as why he and Joey Kocur sat behind the penalty box during the game and what he is doing nowadays.

Naturally, Probert maintains numerous fond memories of his days as Yzerman’s teammate. Not surprisingly, many involve fisticuffs.

“One that sticks out and it was a big thing, was when I fought (Belle River’s Tie) Domi, our second fight in New York,” Probert said.

“He had cut me over the eye in the first fight and did this thing with his hands, like he was wearing the heavyweight championship belt.

After the second fight, when I beat Domi, I looked over at our bench and there was Yzerman, standing on the bench, giving the heavyweight belt sign with his hands.

“Another time, Stevie was fighting this guy from Buffalo, (Kevin) Maguire, who was the Sabres’ tough guy and was on top of Stevie, really giving it to him.

“Now this is not something I would normally have done, but no one was going to pick on our captain, so I bent down on one knee and suckered (Maguire).

“I enjoyed my job, especially protecting guys like Stevie. He’s a great person.”

This is the fight with Maguire that Probie was talking about:

What I love about the video is near the very beginning, this girl just screams out. Pretty funny stuff if you ask me.