Nick Lidstrom Retires from the Red Wings

Tuesday, 22 May 2012

After 20 season s of playing for the Detroit Red Wings, Nick Lidstrom is planning on announcing his retirement later today. He has been one of the best defensemen in the NHL for over 2 decades.

He joined the Red Wings in 1991. Born in Sweeden he was the 53rd pick in the draft and has played for the Wings his entire career.

After Steve Yzerman retired, Nick became the obvious choice for captain. Now that he's leaving i'm not sure who will take his roll. Maybe Pavel Datsyuk or Zetterberg.

He's racked up tons of awards and all time stats

• 4 time Stanly Cup winner
• 12 time All Star
• 7 time Norris Trophy winner
• Conn Smythe Trophy winner
• Olympic Gold Medalist
• and tons more

Most records are defenseman related but others show just how good of a teammate he was, like Best Detroit Red Wing with regular season plus/minus, career (+450). And the Red Wings did not miss the playoffs once in the 20 years he played on the team.

He reminded me a bit of Barry Sanders, my favorite football player of all time, super talented but not in a flashy way. He didn't make the spectacular play, he stopped the offensive player before the spectacular play even happened.

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Red Wings

Tuesday, 22 February 2011

I got 4 tickets from work to the Red Wings game the other day. So i took Karrie, Jill and her friend Stacey. Jill drove and while backed up at the off ramp to the parking garage, some guy rolled down his window and asked if he gave her $20 could he cut in front of her. That payed for food for the 2nd period.
The game was ok, the Wing's lost and seemed slow. Datsyuk was the only one that i thought was playing great.

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