
Goodbye, Lidstrom, our captain. We’ll miss you. You’ve done so much for Detroit and your banner will forever hang in our rafters.
- Four Stanley Cups (1997, 1998, 2002, 2008)
- Seven Norris Trophies (2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2011)
- One Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP (2002)
- Twelve-time NHL All-Star (1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011).
- Ten-time NHL First All-Star Team member (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011)
- Named to NHL All-Rookie Team (1992)
- Two Viking Awards (2000, 2006)
- One Olympic Gold Medal (2006, Sweden)
- One each of Gold (1991), Silver (2004), and Bronze Medals (1994) from the World Championships
- First Euro-born NHL captain
- First Euro-born captain to lead his team to the Stanley Cup
- 1,142 final regular season points (6th best all-time of defensemen)
- 263 playoff games played (2nd all-time best behind Chris Chelios, who has 266 games)
- 20 straight playoff appearances (tied for the all-time record)
- Most consecutive playoff appearances with a single team
- Never missed playoffs
- 11 game-winning goals in the playoffs (11th best all-time, holds the record among defensemen)
We love you Nick!

