Congrats to Lidstrom!Nick Lidstrom picked up his 5th Norris Trophy as a mainstay on defense this season for the World Renowned Detroit Red Wings. A little SNAFU in picking traveling to Toronto to pick up the trophy provided an opening for some ribbing from Ex Red Wings Gordie Howe and Larry Murphy reports Helene St. James:
Nicklas Lidstrom almost didn't make it to Toronto to pick up his fifth Norris Trophy.
He, his wife and their two oldest sons arrived Thursday morning at Metro Airport only to end up being delayed for four hours by mechanical problems. The flight eventually was canceled and it took two more hours to unload luggage. As an eleventh-hour solution, the Lidstroms ended up leaving just before 5 p.m. on Mike Ilitch's private jet, accompanied by Gordie Howe and Larry Murphy, both of whom also originally were on the same scheduled 10:26 a.m. flight as Lidstrom.Good thing everyone made it, too: Howe presented the Hart Trophy to Sidney Crosby, and Murphy presented the Norris Trophy -- a fact that, while the two waited at Metro, prompted Murphy to joke he knew the results and that Lidstrom shouldn't bother to go.
He, his wife and their two oldest sons arrived Thursday morning at Metro Airport only to end up being delayed for four hours by mechanical problems. The flight eventually was canceled and it took two more hours to unload luggage. As an eleventh-hour solution, the Lidstroms ended up leaving just before 5 p.m. on Mike Ilitch's private jet, accompanied by Gordie Howe and Larry Murphy, both of whom also originally were on the same scheduled 10:26 a.m. flight as Lidstrom.Good thing everyone made it, too: Howe presented the Hart Trophy to Sidney Crosby, and Murphy presented the Norris Trophy -- a fact that, while the two waited at Metro, prompted Murphy to joke he knew the results and that Lidstrom shouldn't bother to go.
Jolly jokers!
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