Nicklas Lidstrom
Nicklas Lidstrom
Erik Nicklas Lidströmis a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 20 seasons in the National Hockey Leaguefor the Detroit Red Wings, which he captained for the final six seasons of his career...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth28 April 1970
CityKrylbo, Sweden
With this? I think it's going to be great.
pinpoint tough
Tough to say. It's tough to pinpoint what's different, really.
care chances open ourselves patient stayed took
We stayed patient out there. We didn't really open ourselves up defensively and when we got the chances offensively, we took care of them.
dangerous energy enthusiasm playing teams tough
A lot of these teams are dangerous teams because they have nothing to lose. They're playing with a lot of enthusiasm and energy and it make it tough (for opponents).
couple days games help
At least we get a couple days in between games after tonight. That's going to help us a lot.
bigger chance four olympic stanley title tournament win year
This is bigger than the Stanley Cup. You only get a chance to win the Olympic title every four years. You get a chance every year to win the Stanley Cup. The Olympic tournament is special.
high hit laid perfectly spot tried
After Mats laid it up perfectly for me, I tried to go high to the blocker side. I hit it perfectly, I got everything on the shot. I hit the spot where I was aiming.
score stepped trying
They were going for it, too. They were trying to score a goal. They were all going forward, and I stepped up at the right time.
biggest goal
It could be the biggest goal I ever scored.
plays skate time tougher
I think we can make it tougher on him out there, make him skate a little more. He's going to make plays out there. We can get on him quicker, not give him that time with the puck.
adds attention meant pay special
When they're out there, you have to pay special attention to them. Thornton has meant a lot to their team. He adds a lot of skill.
backing beating chances confident create drawing hanging looks onto players puck teams
He looks real confident out there when he's got the puck. You can tell that the other teams are backing off when he's got it. When he's got the puck he's hanging onto the puck, beating one or two guys. He's drawing two guys, too, to him, so he's just going to create so many chances -- if he's not going to score, other players around him are going to score.
covering good join playing rush worked
He's real good in his own end so it's worked out well playing with him -- he's covering up for me when I join the rush or get up there in the play.
bump bumped crowd felt heard nuts
I felt that I didn't bump into him. I heard the crowd go nuts out there but I didn't feel like I bumped into him.