Stephen Gregory "Steve" Yzerman (IPA-en?a?z?rm?npron; born May 9, 1965) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player and current General Manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League. Yzerman played his entire National Hockey League (NHL) career with the Detroit Red Wings and is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Prior to the 1986-87 season (1986-87 NHL season) at the age of 21, Yzerman was named captain (captain (ice hockey)) of the Red Wings and continuously served for the next two decades, retiring as the longest-serving captain of any team in North American major league sports history. Once voted to be the most popular athlete in Detroit (Detroit, Michigan) sports history, locals often simply refer to Yzerman as "The Captain." Yzerman led the Wings to five first-place regular season finishes (Presidents Trophy) and three Stanley Cup championships (1997 (1996-97 NHL season), 1998 (1997-98 NHL season) and 2002 (2001-02 NHL season)).

Yzerman won numerous awards during his career, including the Lester B. Pearson Award in 1989 (1988-89 NHL season), the Conn Smythe Trophy as the Most Valuable Player of the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 1998 (1998 Stanley Cup playoffs), the Selke Trophy (Frank J. Selke Trophy) as the leagues best defensive forward in 2000 (1999-00 NHL season), and the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy for perseverance in 2003 (2002-03 NHL season). He was a ten-time NHL All-Star (NHL All-Star Game), a First Team All-Star (NHL All-Star Team) in 2000, and a member of the All-Rookie Team (NHL All-Rookie Team) in 1984 (1983-84 NHL season).

On July 3, 2006, Yzerman officially retired, finishing his career ranked as the sixth all-time leading scorer in NHL history (List of NHL statistical leaders), having scored a career-high 155 points (65 goals/90 assists) in 1988-89 (1988-89 NHL season) which has been bettered only by Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux. Yzermans jersey #19 (19 (number)), was officially retired on January 2, 2007 during a pre-game ceremony at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit. On November 4, 2008, he was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame. He also became an honoured member of the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2009, his first year of eligibility, inducted alongside 2001-02 Red Wing teammates Brett Hull and Luc Robitaille.

On September 25, 2006, Yzerman was named as a Vice President of the Detroit Red Wings. He won a fourth Stanley Cup as the Vice President of Operations in 2007-08 (2007-08 NHL season). He served as the teams Alternate Governor until he was hired away from the Red Wings to become the general manager for the Tampa Bay Lightning in May 2010.

Yzerman has represented his country in several international tournaments as a member of Canadas national hockey team (Canada mens national ice hockey team) (Team Canada). In 2002 (Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics), Yzerman won an Olympic gold medal, making him one of few players to win an Olympic gold medal and the Stanley Cup in the same year. Yzerman was the general manager of Team Canada for the 2007 IIHF World Championship which they won. Yzerman was appointed Executive Director of Team Canada on October 7, 2008, for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Team Canada went on to win the gold medal by defeating Team USA.