Nick Lidstrom's 1500 NHL career game

[redwingslady87 130]

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Congrats Nick!

Edited October 22, 2011 by redwingslady87

[VM1138 1,921]

Let's honor him with a 1500-0 win!

[Cevari 68]

An amazing number for sure. An interesting fact I read somewhere about this is that Nick will be the third ever player to play over 1500 games and only play for one team in his entire career, and the other two have also been Wings (Delvecchio and Yzerman). Ray Bourque is the only player to have played over 1500 games for a single franchise that isn't the Red Wings, with Howe also joining into that 4 (now 5 with Nick) player group. Pretty impressive in my opinion, and really just says something about this organisation and the respect it has always shown to those who served it well.

Let's have a good one for el Capitan!

[eva unit zero 271]

An amazing number for sure. An interesting fact I read somewhere about this is that Nick will be the third ever player to play over 1500 games and only play for one team in his entire career, and the other two have also been Wings (Delvecchio and Yzerman). Ray Bourque is the only player to have played over 1500 games for a single franchise that isn't the Red Wings, with Howe also joining into that 4 (now 5 with Nick) player group. Pretty impressive in my opinion, and really just says something about this organisation and the respect it has always shown to those who served it well.

Let's have a good one for el Capitan!

Of the 15 players who have played 1499 games, nine were Wings at some point. Three (Delvecchio, Yzerman, Lidstrom) spent their entire career as Wings. None of the other 12 stayed with a single team; only Howe and Bourque add to the list of players ahead of Lidstrom in games played for a single team.

[tdinc 45]

Well done Sir!!

[Electrophile 3,554]

Nick's the man, was the man, is the man. We're all better for having watched him play for our team all these years. I look forward to seeing #5 in the rafters, though I hope it's still a few seasons away.

FTLA:

It's fun -- as long as he's not beating you at the time. The Pittsburgh Penguins apparently weren't happy with Lidstrom somehow touching the puck while he was still in the penalty box during a pre-season game, but their pleas fell on deaf ears.

"The referee came by and said, ‘What's the difference? He's won seven Norris Trophies,'" Babcock recalled. "He said, ‘He can do whatever he wants. That's the 'Seven Norris Trophy Rule.'"

LOL.

Edited October 22, 2011 by Electrophile

[Scott Stevens 44]

I don't think there's one red wings fan out there that would shake his/her head at a 7 year, 35 million dollar deal signed after this year to get Nick to 2000 games.

I've been wanting Holland to lock this guy up for multiple seasons for the past 4 seasons. Electrophile just said it best = Nick's the man.

[Gordie Howe hat trick 110]

Congrats Nick! Lets get a W in celebration!

[bigbear150otd 7]

Congrats!

[Red Wings Addict 787]

1500 games

255 goals

857 assists

1112 ponts

+431

488 penalty minutes

129 power play goals

10 short handed goals

35 game winning goals

3743 shots

0.74 point per game pace

Oh and he can probably kegel 89 pounds.

Edited October 24, 2011 by Red Wings Addict

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congrats nick

wish the game had a different outcome and instead come out with a W...