Frans Nielsen

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• Islanders' turnaround a team effort

  room, you get a different answer as to how the Islanders turned around what seemed to be another disappointing season. Frans Nielsen pinpointed one shift: The opening shift of the second period at Madison Square Garden on Valentine's Day. The Isles trailed   Read more »

• Islanders' end of season awards

  last season, when it didn't mean much. This season he's again finishing strong, and it matters a whole lot more. Runner-up: Frans Nielsen BEST NEWCOMER: LUBOMIR VISNOVSKY After the trials and tribulations involved in convincing Visnovsky to overcome his distaste   Read more »

• John Tavares leads Islanders over Maple Leafs, 5-3

  went in for the kill. Evgeni Nabokov (18 saves) made a good save on Phil Kessel and the Isles went the other way, with Frans Nielsen firing Kyle Okposo 's pass behind James Reimer at 10:22 for a three-goal edge.The Isles' poise during the last solid month   Read more »

• Nielsen, Bailey, Okposo a line that matters for Islanders

  good chemistry between Frans Nielsen , Kyle Okposo and Josh Bailey over the final 11 games of the 2011-12 season was a nice thing for all three relatively young players, but nothing more. Their hot streak to close last season didn't keep the Islanders from   Read more »

• Frans Nielsen enjoying his new role

  Nielsen didn't hesitate when asked about his more focused role during the past few weeks."I love it," Nielsen said of being in more of a defensive center spot, assigned to counter the opposing teams' top lines. "I just love knowing who I'm going up against."Nielsen   Read more »

Around the web

• Series not Nabokov’s finest work

  and a Game 7 in Pittsburgh, but he was beaten by a Paul Martin shot that seemed to change direction after bouncing off Frans Nielsen. In overtime, Brooks Oprik beat him with a long slap shot on which he was screened. “I never want to use an excuse — no, I   from New York Post Read more »

• Nielsen rating for finale

  Nielsen played coy in the afternoon, but come game time, he knew exactly what was going to happen. “There was no way I wasn’t going to play,” Nielsen said, distraught after the Islanders’ 4-3 overtime loss the Penguins at the Coliseum that ended their season   from New York Post Read more »

• Brooks Orpik scores OT winner as Penguins finish off Islanders in six (Video)

  New York led for much of the third period, but with five minutes remaining in regulation, a Paul Martin slapshot ramped off Frans Nielsen's stick and past Evgeni Nabokov to tie the game and send it into overtime. Then, seven minutes into the extra frame, Brooks   from Yahoo! Sports  Read more »

• Isles face elimination vs. the Penguins

  credited with hit on Paul Martin in neutral zone 1st Period 0:25 -1 Jarome Iginla credited with hit on Brian Strait in offensive zone 1st Period 0:00 -1 Sidney Crosby won faceoff against Frans Nielsen in neutral zone 1st Period 0:00 -1 Start of 1st period   from ESPN Read more »

• Isles' Nielsen (Lower Body) On Ice For Warmups

  Frans Nielsen (lower body) will play in Saturday's Game 6 against the Penguins, Newsday's Arthur Staple reports. (Updated 5/11/13) No setbacks occurred during warmups, so Frans Nielsen will play Saturday and try to do what he can to keep his team alive. (Updated   from CBS Sports Read more »