Islanders associate coach Lane Lambert on his long friendship with Detroit Red Wings' Steve Yzerman. Filmed Feb. 21, 2020 in Uniondale, N.Y. Detroit Free Press
UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Lane Lambert saw it right away in his teenage roommate: Steve Yzerman is driven to succeed.
Nearly four decades after they lived together as rookies in a riverfront apartment in downtown Detroit, Lambert and Yzerman may reunite as Detroit Red Wings cohorts. In his first year as general manager of the Wings, Yzerman has backed coach Jeff Blashill even as the team has plummeted to the bottom of the NHL standings, mostly because the descent reflects the lack of marquee players in the lineup.