Red Wings’ Lidstrom Retires From NHL After 20 Seasons, 4 Titles
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Nicklas Lidstrom, a seven-time winner of the trophy for the National Hockey League’s best defenseman, retired after 20 years and four Stanley Cup titles with the Detroit Red Wings.
Lidstrom’s seven Norris Trophy awards between 2000-01 and 2010-11 are one shy of the record held by Bobby Orr. The 42-year-old defenseman played on Stanley Cup championship teams in 1997, 1998, 2002 and 2008, and won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player in the playoffs in 2002.