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[vladdy16]

Good Lord, did absolutely everyone here grow up in the 80s?

My favorite player growing up? Gordie Howe. Yup. Watched him, met him, kissed him, would have kissed his feet and sacrificed a goat if I had the opportunity. He had god status in our household.

[FinWing]

Raimo Helminen

Definitely Yzerman, nobody even compares.

[xtrememachine1]

Steve Yzerman and Mario Lemieux

Both were very talented and classy. Great role models

[MannyK]

Yzerman, Osgood (for some years), & Shanahan

[sputman]

yzerman 100%

i idolized that man.

[DEVILSWATERBOY]

Mr. Hockey Gordie Howe

[BeeRYCE]

Where's Claude Lemieux??

[LeftWinger]

70's - Reed Larson
80's - Bob Probert
90's - Sergei Fedorov
00's - No favs... (so far)

[Feldmarschall]

Vladdy Konstantinov. No doubt about it.

[BuckeyeWingsfan80]

Hockey: Steve Yzerman
Baseball: Alan Trammell
Football: Barry Sanders
Basketball: Joe Dumars

Obviously, my favorites are the heart and soul players of Detroit sports.

Hockey: Steve Yzerman
Baseball: Cal Ripken Jr
Football: Orlando Pace and/or Eddie George. I always liked Jim Lachey too.
Basketball: I don't really follow basketball.

[mindfly]

Fedorov and Jagr, so much skill.. unbelieveable.

[thegerkin]

Hockey: Steve Yzerman
Baseball: Cal Ripken Jr
Football: Orlando Pace and/or Eddie George. I always liked Jim Lachey too.
Basketball: I don't really follow basketball.

I like your choice of the Iron Man. His streak is one that will absolutely never be broken. He was such a classy and clean player and one of the best at shortstop ever.

[Barrie]

Hockey: Steve Yzerman and Darren McCarty
Baseball: Lou Whitaker and Bobby Higginson
Football: Troy Aikman and Emmitt Smith (Sorry fellow Lions fans, but other than Barry, who was there to cheer for?)
Basketball: Isiah Thomas, Ben Wallace, and Chauncey Billups

Edited by Barrie, 26 October 2009 - 06:03 PM.

[miller76]

Paul Coffey and Jari Kurri were my favourite hockey players when I was a kid.

[wmubronco420]

ozzie

[BuckeyeWingsfan80]

I like your choice of the Iron Man. His streak is one that will absolutely never be broken. He was such a classy and clean player and one of the best at shortstop ever.

I always thought that Yzerman and Ripken were too very similar people and players and they both handled themselves and their careers in much the same way.

It is kind of ironic to note that Ripken was more successful early on (and played better D early on) while Yzerman was better offensively early on and committed himself to defense when Scotty got a hold of him.

But both of them were revered more for how they played the game and how they led their teams and team mates than anything else.

[Hockeymom1960]

Gilles Gilbert

[ToMaToToWnWinGsFaN_24]

I loved Fedorov, Shanahan and Yzerman, of course. Shanahan was the first hockey poster I ever put up on my wall.

I also remember making my mom buy me my first jersey- Fedorov. The only size the store had in his jersey was XL and it was huge on me (still is) but I didn't care and made her purchase it immediately. She tried to convince me to wait and told me we could look somewhere else for a smaller size but I needed it right then. I did not have any patience as an 11 year old (I still don't). It's all old and worn and still huge but I continue to wear it around the house because I have so many memories with it.

This is a really happy topic. I like it.

great post!
and thanks! i wasnt sure if it had been brought up before or not...

[lomekian]

Yzerman and its the reason I'm a Wings fan

This..see my sig!

[oldredbarnman]

Bobby Orr, Mickey Redmond, Ken Dryden and Guy Lafleur.