7 Results for steve yzerman

Shanahan brought it all

Scott Burnside

...on opposing players with his fists. "He would take on the biggest, toughest guy," former teammate Steve Yzerman told ESPN.com on Tuesday. Yzerman recalls Shanahan going to opposing teams and calling players out...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 17, 2009

Canada camp, Day 1: Early line combinations and a new-look defense

Scott Burnside

...there are bound to be some long shots when you gather 46 players as executive director Steve Yzerman has done ... like Francois Beauchemin. Does it bug the Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman that people consider...

Blog Entry | Conversation | August 24, 2009

Smyth looking to play role of veteran; Spezza, Niedermayer look to right wrongs

Scott Burnside

...how he had to get over the shock of being in the same dressing room as Steve Yzerman and Mario Lemieux. Yzerman, of course, is now the executive director of the Canadian Olympic team...

Blog Entry | Conversation | August 24, 2009

Our Stanley Cup player reviews: Crosby, Osgood, Malkin and more

Scott Burnside

...to see whether Osgood receives an invitation from Canadian Olympic team executive director (and former teammate) Steve Yzerman for the country's orientation camp in Calgary, Alberta, in August. • Henrik Zetterberg Zetterberg...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 13, 2009

Second-period report: Canes, RBC Center not showing much life in Game 3

Scott Burnside

...31 shots at Cam Ward, who will be unhappy to learn that Canadian Olympic executive director Steve Yzerman is once again in attendance. Apart from the turnovers, the fact the Canes can't seem...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 23, 2009

Yzerman does a little Team Canada recon work at Eastern Conference finals

Scott Burnside

PITTSBURGH -- We had a chance to chat briefly with Steve Yzerman, executive director of the 2010 Canadian Olympic team, Thursday night at Mellon Arena. He has been...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 21, 2009

Story lines to watch: The rookies, the schedule, the coaches and more

Scott Burnside

...landscape? Last season, the Flyers ruled the roost when it came to violent transgressions, with Jesse Boulerice, Steve Downie and Randy Jones all landing suspensions early in the going. More importantly, will we start to...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 09, 2008