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Erik Nicklas Lidstrm is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman who playedseasons in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings, which he captained for the final six seasons of his career.

Entering the playoffs as Presidents Trophy winners for the highest team point total during the regular season, the Red Wings met the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2008 Stanley Cup Finals. Despite a Game 5, tripleovertime victory by the Penguins to stave off elimination, Lidstrm and the Red Wings defeated Pittsburgh in Gameto capture the Stanley Cup. In doing so, Lidstrm became the first Europeanbornandtrained captain to win the Stanley Cup. In 1934, Charlie Gardiner, a goaltender born in Scotland, had captained the Chicago Black Hawks to win the Stanley Cup and in 1938, Johnny Gottselig, a left winger born in Russia, also captained Chicago to a championship, but both players were trained in Canada.

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