THIS DATE IN HISTORY: July 3
2006: Steve Yzerman, the longest continuously serving captain in the NHL, announces his retirement after 22 seasons with the Detroit Red Wings.
The Red Wings had selected Yzerman with the fourth pick of the 1983 NHL Draft, and named him captain three years later. At 21 he's the youngest player at that time to be named captain, and he filled that role for 19 seasons. He piled up points early in his career but developed into a more effective two-way player and helped the Red Wings win the Stanley Cup in 1997, ending a 42-year drought. They repeated in 1998 and won again in 2002.
Yzerman retires with 692 goals, at the time eighth on the NHL all-time list, and 1,063 assists, which are seventh.
"I've enjoyed every aspect," he says. "My whole career has really been a highlight in that I've really enjoyed playing. At the age of 5 and before that I really wanted to be an NHL player. It's all I ever wanted to do."
MORE MOMENTS
1970: Teemu Selanne is born, in Helsinki, Finland. The Winnipeg Jets make Selanne their first-round choice (No. 10) in the 1988 NHL Draft; he joins the Jets in 1992-93 and sets rookie records with 76 goals and 132 points. Selanne scores at least 50 goals in 1996-97 and 1997-98, and then has 48 goals and 94 points in 2006-07 to help the Anaheim Ducks win the Stanley Cup. He ends his NHL career after the 2013-14 season with 684 goals and 1,457 points, NHL records for Finnish-born players.
1998: One year and one day after signing one future Hockey Hall of Fame member, goaltender Ed Belfour, the Dallas Stars add another when they sign forward Brett Hull. Though Hull isn't the same player as the one who scored 228 goals in a three-season span from 1989-92 with the St. Louis Blues, he scores 32 goals in his first season with the Stars, then gets eight more in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, including the overtime goal in Game 6 of the Final that wins the Stanley Cup for the Stars.
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