Nicklas Lidstrom News

He is on pace for just about 40 home runs, just about 100 RBI, just about what was accomplished individually last season.

On Friday night, he was out on the town, taking in bits of the Tigers game before heading over to Joe Louis Arena for the Red Hot Chili Peppers concert.

On Thursday, Hockeytown lost a sporting legend when Nicklas Lidstrom, an all-star defenseman for the Detroit Red Wings, announced his retirement after 20 years.

As just about every Toronto Maple Leafs fan who hasn't been living under a rock knows by now, the Leafs were chosen to participate in the 2013 Winter Classic against their original-six rival Detroit Red Wings .

If the City of Detroit and State of Michigan want to cheat death, they would do well to heed the... 4. Scores goal from center ice to take 2-1 lead late in second period over Vancouver in Game 3 of the 2002 Western Conference quarterfinals, when Wings were down, 2-0, in series.

Jiri Hudler might be too pricey for the Red Wings to keep after scoring 25 goals last season.

Detroit Red Wings center Darren Helm is pleased with the progress he has made following surgery to repair lacerated tendons in his right forearm.

That was Red Wings ' GM Ken Holland, summing up his thoughts during Nicklas Lidstrom 's retirement press conference.

Wings star forward Henrik Zetterberg appears to be the front-runner to replace retiring Nicklas Lidstrom as team captain.

With the retirement of Nicklas Lidstrom on Thursday , Detroit Red Wings general manager Ken Holland knows he has some work to do this offseason.

In our sports-obsessed culture, big-time athletes inevitably become role models, whether they like it or not -- and for better or worse.

Patrick Sharp has been a man on the move during a whirlwind offseason. The Blackhawks forward recently returned from the World Championships in Finland and is settling into a new home in Chicago.

Now that Nicklas Lidstrom has made a decision about his future , Tomas Holmstrom is next on the Detroit Red Wings' offseason agenda.

"Bob has won at every level he has coached, from the QMJHL to the AHL to the NHL to Switzerland, and we are confident he is going to continue his winning ways in Calgary," Flames general manager Jay Feaster said in a statement.

There are many who think Devils' rookie Adam Larsson wears No. 5 because he idolizes Swedish defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom.

He has been slowing down for the last four years, the four worst of his career .

I hate to say it, but we have seen the last of Nicklas Lidstrom in a Detroit Red Wings jersey.

An Airdrie dad found dead in a Saskatchewan ditch with his wife and young son was depressed and due for a followup meeting with a counsellor the same day the bodies were discovered.

April 7, 2012; Detroit, MI, USA; Detroit Red Wings forward Nicklas Lidstrom during the first period against the Chicago Blackhawks at Joe Louis Arena.

Nicklas Lidstrom's first defence partner in Detroit was Paul Coffey, a Hall of Fame manoeuvre by Red Wings coach Bryan Murray, who was looking for a mentor for the young Swede.