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The Captain by the Numbers
Compiled by Richard Deitsch
July 13, 2006
How valuable has Stevie Y been to the Red Wings in his 23-year career? Let us count the ways
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July 13, 2006

The Captain By The Numbers

How valuable has Stevie Y been to the Red Wings in his 23-year career? Let us count the ways

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REGULAR SEASON PLAYOFFS
Season GP G A P PM GP G A P PM
1983-84 80 39 48 87 33 4 3 3 6 0
1984-85 80 30 59 89 58 3 2 1 3 2
1985-86 51 14 28 42 16 - - - - -
1986-87 80 31 59 90 43 16 5 13 18 8
1987-88 64 50 52 102 44 3 1 3 4 6
1988-89 80 65 90 155 61 6 5 5 10 2
1989-90 79 62 65 127 79 - - - - -
1990-91 80 51 57 108 34 7 3 3 6 4
1991-92 79 45 58 103 64 11 3 5 8 12
1992-93 84 58 79 137 44 7 4 3 7 4
1993-94 58 24 58 82 36 3 1 3 4 0
1994-95 47 12 26 38 40 15 4 8 12 0
1995-96 80 36 59 95 64 18 8 12 20 4
1996-97 81 22 63 85 78 20 7 6 13 4
1997-98 75 24 45 69 46 22 6 18 24 22
1998-99 80 29 45 74 42 10 9 4 13 0
1999-2000 78 35 44 79 34 8 0 4 4 0
2000-01 54 18 34 52 18 1 0 0 0 0
2001-02 52 13 35 48 18 23 6 17 23 10
2002-03 16 2 6 8 8 4 0 1 1 2
2003-04 75 18 33 51 46 11 3 2 5 0
2005-06 61 14 20 34 18 4 0 4 4 4
TOTALS 1,514 692 1,063 1,755 924 196 70 115 185 84

FIGURES

1,755
Number of regular-season points, tops in franchise history and the sixth-highest total in NHL history.

692
Number of regular-season goals scored, the eighth-best mark alltime and the most by any player with one team.

3
Players who have won an Olympic gold medal and the Stanley Cup in the same season. Yzerman, along with Red Wings teammate Brendan Shanahan (left), won gold for Canada in Salt Lake City and then defeated the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2002 Stanley Cup finals. (Ken Morrow of the U.S. team and the New York Islanders also accomplished this double, in 1980.)

20
Number of seasons as the Red Wings' captain, an NHL record for most seasons as the captain of one team.

170×100
Size, in feet, of an Yzerman mural painted on Detroit's Cadillac Tower in 2003. The artist had to add scars to the player's face after passersby complained the original was "too pretty." The mural was painted over in April 2005.

185
Number of points Yzerman had in the playoffs, a team record.

14
Yzerman's golf handicap, a number he hopes to lower in retirement.

10
Number of NHL All-Star Games to which Yzerman has been selected.

1,063
Yzerman's regular-season assists, which is seventh-best alltime in the NHL.

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