Nicklas Lidstrom
| Nicklas Lidström | |||
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| Hockey Hall of Fame, 2015 | |||
Lidström at the Svenska idrottsgalan on January 13, 2014
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| Born |
28 April 1970 Krylbo, Sweden |
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| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 192 lb (87 kg; 13 st 10 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Västerås IK (SEL/HA) Detroit Red Wings (NHL) |
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| National team |
 Sweden
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| NHL Draft | 53rd overall, 1989 Detroit Red Wings |
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| Playing career | 1987–2012 | ||
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| Representing Sweden
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| Ice hockey | ||
| Winter Olympics | ||
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2006 Turin | |
| World Championships | ||
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1991 Finland | |
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2004 Czech Republic | |
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1994 Italy | |
Erik Nicklas Lidström (born 28 April 1970) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Detroit Red Wings, which he captained for the final six seasons of his career.
Over his 20 NHL seasons, Lidström won four Stanley Cup championships, seven James Norris Memorial Trophies (awarded to the NHL's top defenceman), one Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoff MVP, was voted into 12 NHL All-Star Games, and his team never missed the postseason. Lidstrom was the second European-born captain of a Stanley Cup winning team (the first being Johnny Gottselig of the 1938 Chicago Blackhawks), as well as the first European player named playoff MVP. Lidström is also the all-time leader in games played with only one NHL team and by a European-born player. Lidström was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on 9 November 2015. On January 27, 2017, in a ceremony during the All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles, Lidstrom was part of the second group of players to be named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history.
Widely considered one of the greatest defencemen of all time, Lidström was awarded the Norris Trophy seven times, a feat matched by only two other players: Doug Harvey and by Bobby Orr (who won the trophy eight times). Lidström was nominated for the award a total of 12 times in his last 14 seasons in the NHL, the first three times finishing as the runner-up, and won it in seven of his last ten (2004–05 had no winner due to the NHL lockout). In 14 consecutive seasons (since 1995–96), he finished no lower than sixth place in Norris Trophy voting.
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