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Nicklas Lidström

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#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Alexander Blank	2	3	1	4
2.	Joakim Kemell	1	2	2	4
3.	Aatu Räty	1	1	3	4
4.	Roni Hirvonen	1	1	2	3
5.	Daniel Torgersson	1	2	0	2

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Date of Birth

Apr 28, 1970

Position

Age

Height

6'1" / 185 cm

Place of Birth

Avesta, SWE

Weight

190 lbs / 86 kg

Nation

Sweden

Shoots

Youth Team

Skogsbo SK

Status

Retired

Drafted

1989 round 3 #53 overall by Detroit Red Wings

Highlights

7-time NHL Best Defenseman (Norris Trophy)

1-time NHL Stanley Cup MVP (Conn Smythe Trophy)

Sons: Kevin Lidström, Adam Lidström, Samuel Lidström
Nephew: Alexander Lundqvist

One of the all-time greats, Lidstrom ranks 6th all-time in defenseman scoring. Over his 20-year career, the Red Wings legend won 7 Norris Trophies, 4 Stanley Cups, a Conn Smythe, and is a member of the Triple Gold Club as well. The 12x All-Star is also the first European to captain a Stanley Cup winning team.

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Player Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-		POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1987-88	Västerås IK J20	Juniorserien	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|
	IK VIK Hockey	Division 1	3	0	0	0	0	-	\|	Qualification	5	0	0	0	6	-
	Sweden U18	EJC-18	6	1	0	1	0	-	\|
	Sweden U18 (all)	International-Jr	13	1	0	1	2	-	\|
1988-89	Västerås IK	Elitserien	20	0	2	2	4	-	\|
	Västerås IK	Allsvenskan	15	1	4	5	0	-	\|
	Sweden U19 (all)	International-Jr	4	0	2	2	2	-	\|
1989-90	Västerås IK	Elitserien	39	8	8	16	14	-	\|	Playoffs	2	0	1	1	2	-
	Sweden U20	WJC-20	7	3	3	6	2	-	\|
	Sweden U20 (all)	International-Jr	10	3	3	6	-	-	\|
	Sweden B (all)	International	13	2	0	2	-	-	\|
1990-91	Västerås IK	Elitserien	38	4	19	23	2	-	\|	Playoffs	4	0	0	0	4	-
	Sweden	WC	10	3	3	6	4	-	\|
	Sweden (all)	International	30	7	10	17	16	-	\|
1991-92	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	80	11	49	60	22	36	\|	Playoffs	11	1	2	3	0	-5
	Sweden	CC	6	1	1	2	4	-2	\|
	Sweden (all)	International	11	2	2	4	4	-	\|
1992-93	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	84	7	34	41	28	7	\|	Playoffs	7	1	0	1	0	-2
1993-94	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	84	10	46	56	26	43	\|	Playoffs	7	3	2	5	0	4
	Sweden	WC	4	1	0	1	2	-3	\|
	Sweden (all)	International	4	1	0	1	2	-	\|
1994-95	Västerås IK	Elitserien	13	2	10	12	4	-	\|
	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	43	10	16	26	6	15	\|	Playoffs	18	4	12	16	8	4
	Sweden (all)	International	6	1	4	5	4	-	\|
1995-96	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	81	17	50	67	20	29	\|	Playoffs	19	5	9	14	10	2
1996-97	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	79	15	42	57	30	11	\|	Playoffs	20	2	6	8	2	12
	Sweden “A”	WCup	4	2	1	3	0	3	\|
	Sweden (all)	International	8	4	2	6	2	-	\|
1997-98	Detroit Red Wings “A”	NHL	80	17	42	59	18	22	\|	Playoffs	22	6	13	19	8	12
	Sweden	OG	4	1	1	2	2	4	\|
	Sweden (all)	International	4	1	1	2	2	-	\|
1998-99	Detroit Red Wings “A”	NHL	81	14	43	57	14	14	\|	Playoffs	10	2	9	11	4	0
1999-00	Detroit Red Wings “A”	NHL	81	20	53	73	18	19	\|	Playoffs	9	2	4	6	4	-6
2000-01	Detroit Red Wings “A”	NHL	82	15	56	71	18	9	\|	Playoffs	6	1	7	8	0	1
2001-02	Detroit Red Wings “A”	NHL	78	9	50	59	20	13	\|	Playoffs	23	5	11	16	2	6
	Sweden “A”	OG	4	1	5	6	0	2	\|
	Sweden (all)	International	4	1	5	6	0	2	\|
2002-03	Detroit Red Wings “A”	NHL	82	18	44	62	38	40	\|	Playoffs	4	0	2	2	0	-1
2003-04	Detroit Red Wings “A”	NHL	81	10	28	38	18	19	\|	Playoffs	12	2	5	7	4	4
	Sweden	WC	2	0	1	1	0	-3	\|
	Sweden (all)	International	9	1	3	4	2	-	\|
2004-05	Sweden “A”	WCup	4	1	0	1	2	-	\|
	Did not play		-	-	-	-	-	-	\|
2005-06	Detroit Red Wings “A”	NHL	80	16	64	80	50	21	\|	Playoffs	6	1	1	2	2	-4
	Sweden “A”	OG	8	2	4	6	2	2	\|
	Sweden (all)	International	8	2	4	6	2	2	\|
2006-07	Detroit Red Wings “C”	NHL	80	13	49	62	46	40	\|	Playoffs	18	4	14	18	6	0
2007-08	Detroit Red Wings “C”	NHL	76	10	60	70	40	40	\|	Playoffs	22	3	10	13	14	8
2008-09	Detroit Red Wings “C”	NHL	78	16	43	59	30	31	\|	Playoffs	21	4	12	16	6	11
2009-10	Detroit Red Wings “C”	NHL	82	9	40	49	24	22	\|	Playoffs	12	4	6	10	2	7
	Sweden “C”	OG	4	0	0	0	2	-1	\|
	Sweden (all)	International	4	0	0	0	2	-1	\|
2010-11	Detroit Red Wings “C”	NHL	82	16	46	62	20	-2	\|	Playoffs	11	4	4	8	4	8
2011-12	Detroit Red Wings “C”	NHL	70	11	23	34	28	21	\|	Playoffs	5	0	0	0	0	0

Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1984-85	Dalarna	TV-Pucken	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|
1985-86	Dalarna	TV-Pucken	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|
1990-91	Sweden	Izvestia Trophy	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|

Team Staff History

S	Team	League	Role on Team	Notes
2012-13	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	Scout
2013-14	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	Scout
2014-15	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	Scout
2016-17	Sweden	WCup	Team Consultant
2021-22	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	VP. of Hockey Operations	Hired Jan 11

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Player Career Totals

League	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	\|	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
Allsvenskan	1	15	1	4	5	0.33	0	-	\|	0
CC	1	6	1	1	2	0.33	4	-2	\|	0
Division 1	1	3	0	0	0	0.00	0	-	\|	1	5	0	0	0	0.00	6	-
EJC-18	1	6	1	0	1	0.17	0	-	\|	0
International	11	101	22	31	53	0.52	36	3	\|	0
International-Jr	3	27	4	5	9	0.33	4	-	\|	0
Izvestia Trophy	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	0
Juniorserien	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	0
NHL	20	1 564	264	878	1 142	0.73	514	450	\|	20	263	54	129	183	0.70	76	61
OG	4	20	4	10	14	0.70	6	7	\|	0
Elitserien (SHL)	4	110	14	39	53	0.48	24	-	\|	2	6	0	1	1	0.17	6	-
TV-Pucken	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	0
WC	3	16	4	4	8	0.50	6	-6	\|	0
WCup	2	8	3	1	4	0.50	2	3	\|	0
WJC-20	1	7	3	3	6	0.86	2	-	\|	0

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Career Highlights

Season

Awards by season

1990-1991
- World Championship Gold Medal
1991-1992
- NHL All-Rookie Team
- NHL Most Assists by Rookie (49)
- NHL Rookie of the Month (December)
- NHL Rookie of the Month (November)
- NHL Rookie of the Year (Calder Trophy) Finalist
1993-1994
- World Championship Bronze Medal
1995-1996
- NHL All-Star Game
- NHL Playoffs Most Goals by Defenseman (5)
1996-1997
- NHL Stanley Cup Champion
1997-1998
1998-1999
1999-2000
2000-2001
2001-2002
2002-2003
2003-2004
- NHL All-Star Game
- NHL Highest ATOI (27:39)
- World Championship Silver Medal
2005-2006
2006-2007
2007-2008
2008-2009
- NHL All-Star Game (Selected, did not play)
- NHL Best Defenseman (Norris Trophy) Finalist
- NHL Playoffs Best Plus/Minus by Defenseman (+11)
- NHL Playoffs Most Assists by Defenseman (12)
- NHL Playoffs Most Goals by Defenseman (4)
- NHL Playoffs Most Points by Defenseman (16)
- NHL Second All-Star Team
2009-2010
- NHL Second All-Star Team
2010-2011
2013-2014
- IIHF Hall of Fame
2015-2016
- Hockey Hall of Fame

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Player Connections

Player	Period	YearsYr	Teams
Tomas Holmström (F)	1994-2012	17	Detroit Red Wings, Sweden, Sweden, Sweden (all)
Kris Draper (F)	1993-2011	17	Detroit Red Wings
Steve Yzerman (F)	1991-2006	14	Detroit Red Wings
Chris Osgood (G)	1993-2011	14	Detroit Red Wings
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DATE	STATUS	FROM	TO	SOURCE
05/31/2012
05/31/2012	Confirmed	Detroit Red Wings	Retired

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Number 5 retired by Detroit Red Wings

Cult/Star player for Detroit Red Wings

Cult/Star player for Sweden

Cult/Star player for Västerås IK

Career transactions
- 2012-05-31 • Announced his retirement
- 2011-06-20 • Re-signed to a one-year contract by the Detroit Red Wings
- 2010-06-01 • Re-signed to a one-year contract by the Detroit Red Wings
- 2007-12-26 • Signed to a two-year contract extension by the Detroit Red Wings
- 2006-06-30 • Re-signed to a two-year contract by the Detroit Red Wings
- 2004-04-03 • Signed to a two-year contract extension by the Detroit Red Wings
- 2001-12-06 • Signed to a two-year contract extension by the Detroit Red Wings
- 1999-08-20 • Re-signed to a three-year contract by the Detroit Red Wings

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