A long time ago, I went to one of the Wings charity open practices where your only fee to get in was canned goods. After watching the practice the Wings players started tossing their equipment into the crowd. I caught Cheveldae's trapper, but some slime took it away from me. I was pretty upset by it. I think I was like 15? Well, while the crowd around us was trying to get the guy to give me back the trapper, there was a trapping on the glass. (It was the short glass around where it starts to get tall.) It was Steve Yzerman. He pointed at me, and started to hand his stick over the glass. People around us were starting to grab for it, and he pulled the stick back and said "No, its for that kid right there in the Fedorov jersey" and pointing at me. He started to put the stick over the glass again and people started to reach for the stick again. He points to me and points for me to go over by the bench. I work my way over to the bench and Stevey hands me the stick, and says "Do you have a sharpie so I can sign it?" I didn't, but luckily there was another player close signing cards for fans. Stevey got the sharpie from him for a sec and signed the stick for me.
This is just another of the thousands of reasons why Steve Yzerman was the friggin' MAN.
