Swedish professional hockey player Andreas Lilja currently plays for the Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League. Lilja had the honor of winning the Stanley Cup with the Red Wings in 2008 after the team defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Stanley Cup Finals.

Prior to his NHL career, Lilja played several seasons with the Malmo IF of the Elitserien, or Swedish Elite League, starting in 1994. He was drafted 54th overall in the 2000 NHL Draft by the Los Angeles Kings. He spent the majority of the 2000-01 season with the Lowell Lock Monsters, a Kings American Hockey League affiliate, playing in just two regular season NHL games that year. He was then traded to the Florida Panthers on November 26, 2002, where he played 136 games over two seasons.

Lilja returned to Sweden during the 2004-05 NHL Lockout before signing with the Detroit Red Wings on August 24, 2005. Lilja earned a full roster spot with the Wings the following season. He also represented Sweden in the 2006 Winter Olympics, winning the gold medal.

In 2005, Lilja was involved in a sex scandal after a woman accused him and two others of rape. While he was suspended from his Swedish hockey team in response to the accusations, he was cleared of all charges and suspicion when investigators proved there was no evidence to back up the woman's claims.

After being sidelined with a concussion late in the 2008-09 season, Lilja missed 12 months of action, joining the Red Wings for only 20 games in the 2009-10 campaign. In those 20 games, the defenseman notched one goal and one assist, plus four penalty minutes and 19 shots on goal.http://redwings.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8468534