Steve Yzerman

Steve Yzerman will step down as general manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning

In a players only meeting on Tuesday afternoon, Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman told players he would be stepping down and serving in an advisory role in order to spend more time with his family. He is in his last year of his contract with the Lightning.

Julien BriseBois, the general manager of Tampa’s AHL affiliate Syracuse Crunch and assistant under Yzerman, will take over as GM.

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Alex Ovechkin and Steve Yzerman are the only captains in NHL history to win the Presidents’ Trophy three times

Though Justin Williams stole his goal, Alex Ovechkin still achieved a pretty big feat on Wednesday when the Capitals clinched the NHL Presidents’ Trophy for the league’s best regular season team. The 2-0 win gave the Caps their third such trophy since since 2010 and their second in a row.

The captain for all of those trophy wins? Ovechkin. He is just the second NHL captain to win it three times since its inception in 1985. The other captain is Hall-of-Fame center, Steve Yzerman, who did it five times with the Detroit Red Wings from 1994 to 2006.

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By Chris Cerullo On April 6, 2017 0 Comment

5-on-5 with The Production Line, a Detroit Red Wings Blog

You Can’t Win Them All Well the Caps Still Could… » The Production Line TP 60

Oh man. How awesome was Saturday night? Did this actually pan out for anyone?

We pretend to hate everyone who isn’t us, but we’re actually sorta chummy with hockey fans across this great land (not including Canada). Through Puck Buddys, we hooked up with The Production Line, a charming operation out of Detroit that runs an entertaining podcast I cannot recommend enough. We’re trying to get to know each other better, so we’re doing something called 5-on-5— a rapid-fire Q&A designed to reveal dark secrets and rankle egos. Our answers are already up over on their site, so go feast your eyes on that action.

Below, check out how Robert Discher of The Production Line handles questions about the nature of winning, Steve Yzerman’s legacy, Pavel Datsyuk’s reliability, and cavemen.

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By Peter Hassett On October 24, 2011 0 Comment

Old Man Knuble

Photo credit: Chris Gordon

A 24-year-old Mike Knuble, then a promising forward prospect, played nine games for the Detroit Red Wings during the 1996-97 season.

Players who were still playing during Knuble’s first season in the NHL include Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Patrick Roy, Dominik Hasek, Steve Yzerman, Brett Hull, Mark Messier, Dino Ciccarelli, Brian Leetch, Grant Fuhr, and Ron Hextall.

Just days after Knuble’s first game, Phil Collins announced that he was leaving Genesis to focus on his solo career, M.C. Hammer wasn’t yet bankrupt, and it would be months before The Daily Show debuts on Comedy Central.

I guess what I am trying to say is Knuble is ~~old~~ getting up there in years, but don’t tell him that.

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On September 19, 2011 0 Comment

Andrew Gordon Answers Our Readers’ Questions: Part II

In part two of our Q/A with Andrew Gordon (part one can be read here), Gordo discusses his favorite NHL players and teams as a kid, if he reads blogs or newspaper articles about himself and what he did on his day with the Calder Cup this year. Mixed in is also a question submitted from a 9 year old reader, Cody, who asks Gordo what he thinks it would take for him to make it to the NHL someday.

In conclusion, all of us here at RMNB hope that you have enjoyed Andrew’s insightful responses to your questions over the past two days and his blogging throughout the Calder Cup Finals. Please join us in wishing him good luck for the upcoming season and a successful training camp. With that said, let’s get started with our first question.

Bill C. asks, “Andrew, who was your favorite player as a kid growing up and why?”

Thanks for the question, Bill. As a kid growing up I had all kinds of guys I really looked up to. When I became old enough to really follow hockey and understand the game, it was the 1992-93 season and I was 8 years old. This may have been the year that hockey took over my life, as my favorite team (brace yourself people…and I apologize in advance) the Montreal Canadians won the Stanley Cup and Teemu Selanne scored 76 goals on his way to a record-setting rookie season. Seeing as my father grew up in Winnipeg, the Jets were the other team I followed closely. So Teemu became my instant favorite. My father and I actually went to see a game in Winnipeg that season where the Jets faced Wayne Gretzky and the Los Angeles Kings. Although I don’t remember all the details of the game (aside from Seleane getting two goals), I remember being amazed by the stadium and the fact that the guys on the ice were real live NHL players! In the same room as me! It was a day I hope I never forget.

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On September 3, 2010 0 Comment