LOS ANGELES. At night, Swedish time, became Nicklas Lidstrom, 45, immortalized when he was elected into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
And it was his teammate and captain from the early years in Detroit, Steve Yzerman, who introduced him on stage in Toronto.
– I learned so much Yzerman and brought it to me when I succeeded him as captain of the Red Wings, said Lidas.
It was moved but overall Nicklas Lidstrom, who gave his acceptance speech.
He began his speech by mentioning a Swedish spoken language.
– There will never be as expected.
But Lidstrom got there just as he dreamed of.
– I played in the driveway and the street as a kid back home in Sweden dreamed about winning the big matches and championships. I then got to experience everything and now standing here feels almost unreal.
Then he praised the Red Wings owner family Ilitch and coaches Scotty Bowman, Dave Lewis and Barry Smith and his successor Mike Babcock and general manager Ken Holland.
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Did mate Tomas Holmstrom
He told us how he now lacks the Community in the locker room during the years in Detroit .
Of course mentioned Lidas his friend Tomas Holmstrom, who was on hand during the ceremony and also two of today’s players in the team, Henrik Zetterberg and Niklas Kronwall.
He thanked his parents and three sisters. And finished with a big thank you to his wife Annika and her sons, Kevin, Adam, Samuel and Lucas.
Lidas hailed before the ceremony of hockey experts across North America.
– Nicklas Lidstrom is the best hill who played in the NHL, said former NHL goalie and now an expert commentator Kevin Weekes in the television studio of NHL Network in the night’s broadcast before HHOF_galan.
Today, Tuesday, flying Nicklas Lidstrom home to Sweden with his family.
But his name and image are now forever in the Hockey Hall of Fame.
And not only that, Lidas has donated some things from her career to the museum that is in hockey Temple Toronto.
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Portrait of The Great Wall
Here are nowadays his team shirt from Stanley cup win in 2008 when he became the first European captain to lead his team to the championship.
There is also the puck that was used when Nicklas reached the dream threshold of 1000 points in the NHL.
The milestone came after a pass Henrik Zetterberg 15 October 2009 when the Red Wings defeated the Los Angeles Kings 5-2 at home in Joe Louis Arena and Lidas became the eighth hill in NHL history to reach 1,000 points.
And the first from Europe .
As of Tuesday night is his portrait among the other stars in what is called The Great Wall of room for the immortal hockey stars, The Grand Hall.
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