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Post by kbarbdamnit on Jan 5, 2007 16:41:27 GMT -5
www.newyorkislanders.com/pressbox/archive.asp?id=1290FRANS NIELSEN RECALLEDSet to become first Danish-born player to appear in an NHL gameThe New York Islanders have recalled center Frans Nielsen from the Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the American Hockey League. Nielsen, a 2002 third round draft pick of the Islanders, is poised to become the first Danish-born player to ever appear in an NHL game. In 33 games with Bridgeport this season, Nielsen has scored 10 goals with 13 assists for 23 points and 4 penalty minutes. He also had a +3 plus/minus rating. Nielsen was signed by the Islanders to a two-year contract on May 15, 2006. The 6-0, 195-pound Nielsen was born in Denmark on April 24, 1984. Quickly out-growing the competition in his native country by the age of 17, Nielsen transferred to the Swedish Elite League. He spent his first four SEL seasons in the Malmo IF Redhawks organization before joining Timra IF for the 2005-06 season. In his 216-game SEL career, Nielsen recorded 25 goals and 34 assists for 59 points and 66 penalty minutes. Nielsen was recalled because forward Shawn Bates is out day-to-day after suffering a hand injury during Thursday night's game in New Jersey. In other news, the Islanders announced that defenseman Freddy Meyer (back) has been cleared to play. As a result, the team reassigned defenseman Allan Rourke to Bridgeport today. Rourke appeared in the Islanders' last four games and was scoreless with two penalty minutes.
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Post by enforcer05 on Jan 5, 2007 18:51:00 GMT -5
Beat me to it!
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Post by Rayven on Jan 5, 2007 18:51:47 GMT -5
Strange....why no Tambellini??
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Post by kbarbdamnit on Jan 5, 2007 19:08:52 GMT -5
Strange....why no Tambellini?? Maybe Nolan thinks Nielsen works harder on the ice? I know he's big on rewarding hard workers with more ice time so maybe Nielsen worked harder the Tambellini the games that Nolan saw so he wanted to bring him up to see how he does. I guess we'll have to wait and see how he does. It'll also be interesting to see how Meyer does also.
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Post by enforcer05 on Jan 7, 2007 13:07:37 GMT -5
Missed the game, howd did he look?? Im sure he got almost no ice-time, but did he look ok??
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Post by kbarbdamnit on Jan 7, 2007 19:16:08 GMT -5
He didn't get a huge amount of ice time but when he was on the ice, he definitely made himself known. I'm kinda hoping Bates stays out for a while just to see how he does.
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Post by Rayven on Jan 7, 2007 21:57:05 GMT -5
I heard Bates will be back for the Ranger game.
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