The Detroit Red Wings have been a classy organization for many years. They reinforced that image Tuesday night with a wonderful jersey retirement ceremony for Steve Yzerman.
It was great to see all the Red Wing greats gathered to honor Yzerman. And Yzerman topped off the night with a terrific and typically humble speech.
Perhaps the only people in the building who weren’t happy were the Anaheim Ducks, who had to wait through the long ceremony for the game to start, then lost 2-1 to the Wings. It was fitting that the winning goal was scored off a perfect pass from Tomas Holmstrom that looked Yzerman-esque.