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==Personal life== Yzerman and his wife Lisa Brennan have three daughters.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Joe |title=Desire for competition drives Lightning's Steve Yzerman |url=https://www.tampabay.com/sports/hockey/lightning/desire-for-competition-drives-lightnings-steve-yzerman/2225665/ |access-date=July 17, 2018 |website=Tampa Bay Times |date=April 15, 2015}}</ref> They reside in [[Bloomfield Hills, Michigan]]. Yzerman resided in [[Hillsborough County, Florida]], during his tenure with the Lightning. Yzerman has acquired [[Naturalization|naturalized United States' citizenship]] as a result of his many years of residence in Michigan.<ref>{{cite web |first=Cam |last=Cole |title=Yzerman calm as storm brews |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/yzerman-calm-as-storm-brews/ |website=Montreal Gazette |date=February 13, 2009 |access-date=May 12, 2020}}</ref> Yzerman was born in Cranbrook, B.C., but raised mainly in Nepean, Ontario. Not far from where Yzerman grew up, the [[Nepean Sportsplex]] named one of its indoor ice surfaces the [[Steve Yzerman Arena]] in 1997 in his honour.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Garrioch |first1=Bruce |title=Due one more shot at glory |url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Columnists/Garrioch/2005/02/27/944318-sun.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718030825/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Columnists/Garrioch/2005/02/27/944318-sun.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 18, 2018 |website=slam.canoe.com |agency=Ottawa Sun |access-date=July 17, 2018 |date=February 27, 2005 |quote=On Aug. 28, 1997, Yzerman brought the Cup to the Nepean Sportsplex -- to the rink named after him.}}</ref> This is the home rink of the [[Central Canada Hockey League|CCHL]]'s [[Nepean Raiders]], the Tier II Junior "A" team Yzerman played on during the 1980β81 season.<ref name=Spotlight/><ref>{{cite web |title=Nepean Sportsplex <nowiki>|</nowiki> Nepean Raiders |url=https://www.nepeanraiders.com/nepean-sportsplex |website=Nepean Raiders |access-date=May 12, 2020}}</ref> The Raiders currently play in the Yzerman Division.<ref name=Divisions>{{cite web |title=CCHL Announces Divisional Realignment |url=https://www.thecchl.ca/cchl-announces-divisional-realignment |website=CCHL |date=July 30, 2017 |access-date=May 12, 2020}}</ref> The CCHL divisions are named the Robinson and Yzerman Divisions after two of its most prominent alumni, Yzerman and [[Larry Robinson]].<ref name=Divisions/>
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