Frans Nielsen

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Frans Nielsen
Date of birth April 24, 1984
place of birth Herning , Denmark
size 184 cm
Weight 80 kg
position center
number # 81
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2002 , 3rd round, 87th position
New York Islanders
Career stations
2000-2001 Herning Blue Fox
2001-2005 Malmo Redhawks
2005-2006 Timrå IK
2006-2016 New York Islanders
since 2016 Detroit Red Wings

Frans Nielsen (born April 24, 1984 in Herning ) is a Danish ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League since July 2016 . Before that, he spent ten years with the New York Islanders .

Career

Nielsen in Lukko's jersey

Frans Nielsen began his career as an ice hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of the Herning Blue Fox , with whom he was Danish champion straight away in his first professional game in the 2000/01 season . The attacker made a significant contribution to winning the title with 37 scorer points, including 18 goals, in 38 games and was named Rookie of the Year at AL-Bank Ligaen . Then Nielsen signed a contract with the Malmö Redhawks in the summer of 2001 , for which he played the following four years in the Swedish Elitserien . During this time he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2002 in the third round as a total of 87th player by the New York Islanders . First, however, he continued to play in Sweden for the Redhawks and in the 2005/06 season for Timrå IK .

In the 2006/07 season Nielsen made his debut in the National Hockey League for the Islanders, but played most of the season for their farm team from the American Hockey League , the Bridgeport Sound Tigers . While he also played mainly for Bridgeport in the AHL in his second year in North America, he has been exclusively for the New York Islanders in the NHL since the 2008/09 season and was one of the team's top scorers. In the 2010/11 season he was assistant captain with the Islanders for the first time. He spent the lockout with Rauman Lukko in Finland.

After ten years with the Islanders, he did not get a new contract in New York after the 2015/16 season. As a result, he signed a six-year contract as a free agent with the Detroit Red Wings in July 2016 , which should bring him an annual salary of 5.25 million US dollars.

International

For Denmark , Nielsen took part in the junior division in the U18 Junior B World Championships in 2000 , 2001 and 2002 as well as the U20 Junior C World Championships in 2001 and 2002 and the U20 Junior B World Championships in 2003 and 2004 . In the senior sector, he was in his country's squad at the B World Cup in 2002 and the A World Cup in 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2010 , 2012 and 2018 . At the 2007, 2010, 2012 and 2018 World Championships, he was the assistant captain of his team.

He also represented the Europe team at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey , where he finished second with the team.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2000/01 Herning Blue Fox Codan Ligaen 38 18th 19th 37 6th - - - - - -
2001/02 MIF Redhawks J20 J20 SuperElit 29 15th 27 42 8th 7th 3 7th 10 2
2001/02 MIF Redhawks Elitserien 20th 0 1 1 +3 0 - - - - - -
2002/03 MIF Redhawks J20 J20 SuperElit 2 1 3 4th 0 6th 5 4th 9 6th
2002/03 MIF Redhawks Elitserien 47 3 6th 9 –6 10 - - - - - -
2003/04 Malmo Redhawks Elitserien 50 9 7th 16 –7 28 10 3 5 8th +8 2
2004/05 Malmo Redhawks Elitserien 49 8th 7th 15th -3 6th 10 7th 2 9 +4 0
2005/06 Timrå IK Elitserien 50 5 13 18th -18 22nd - - - - - -
2006/07 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 54 20th 24 44 +7 10 - - - - - -
2006/07 New York Islanders NHL 15th 1 1 2 -2 0 - - - - - -
2007/08 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 48 10 28 38 +6 18th - - - - - -
2007/08 New York Islanders NHL 16 2 1 3 +1 0 - - - - - -
2008/09 New York Islanders NHL 59 9 24 33 -4 18th - - - - - -
2009/10 New York Islanders NHL 76 12 26th 38 +4 6th - - - - - -
2010/11 New York Islanders NHL 71 13 31 44 +13 38 - - - - - -
2011/12 New York Islanders NHL 82 17th 30th 47 -3 6th - - - - - -
2012/13 Rauman Lukko SM-liiga 27 4th 20th 24 +9 10 - - - - - -
2012/13 New York Islanders NHL 48 6th 23 29 -3 12 6th 0 2 2 -2 0
2013/14 New York Islanders NHL 80 25th 33 58 –11 8th - - - - - -
2014/15 New York Islanders NHL 78 14th 29 43 +8 12 7th 1 1 2 -1 0
2015/16 New York Islanders NHL 81 20th 32 52 +1 12 11 3 2 5 -3 2
2016/17 Detroit Red Wings NHL 79 17th 24 41 -19 18th - - - - - -
2017/18 Detroit Red Wings NHL 79 16 17th 33 +1 14th - - - - - -
2018/19 Detroit Red Wings NHL 72 10 25th 35 –7 14th - - - - - -
2019/20 Detroit Red Wings NHL 60 4th 5 9 -13 8th - - - - - -
J20 SuperElit overall 31 16 30th 46 8th 13 8th 11 19th 8th
Elitserien total 216 25th 34 59 -31 66 20th 10 7th 17th +12 2
AHL total 102 30th 52 82 +13 28 - - - - - -
NHL overall 896 166 301 467 -34 166 24 4th 5 9 –6 2

International

Represented Denmark at:

 

Represented Team Europe at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2000 Denmark U18-B-WM 5th place 5 3 4th 7th -1 0
2001 Denmark U18 World Championship Div. I. 7th place 3 2 1 3 +1 0
2001 Denmark U20 World Cup Div. II 4th Place 4th 2 2 4th +4 2
2002 Denmark U18 World Championship Div. I. 6th place 3 1 2 3 +1 0
2002 Denmark U20 World Cup Div. II 2nd place 4th 4th 10 14th +9 0
2002 Denmark WM Div. I. 1st place 5 1 1 2 +1 0
2003 Denmark U20 World Cup Div. I. 5th place 5 3 7th 10 +2 0
2003 Denmark WM 11th place 6th 0 0 0 -5 4th
2004 Denmark U20 World Cup Div. I. 2nd place 5 8th 3 11 +8 4th
2004 Denmark WM 12th place 6th 0 3 3 -10 0
2005 Denmark Olympic qualification 3rd place 3 2 3 5 +2 0
2005 Denmark WM 14th place 6th 3 0 3 -3 0
2006 Denmark WM 13th place 6th 3 0 3 -2 4th
2007 Denmark WM 10th place 6th 0 3 3 +1 6th
2010 Denmark WM 8th place 7th 2 3 5 +2 6th
2012 Denmark WM 13th place 7th 0 3 3 -4 8th
2016 Denmark Olympic qualification 3rd place 3 0 3 3 -3 0
2016 Team Europe World cup 2nd place 6th 0 2 2 -1 0
2018 Denmark WM 10th place 7th 3 3 6th -1 0
Juniors overall 29 23 29 52 +24 6th
Men overall 68 14th 24 38 -23 8th

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

family

His brother Simon Nielsen is also a professional ice hockey player. His father Frits Nielsen was a professional ice hockey player and then worked as an ice hockey coach.

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Nielsen, Frans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH April 24, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Herning , Denmark