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Johan Franzén (; born December 23, 1979) is a Swedish professional ice hockey winger currently playing for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is often referred to by Red Wings fans as Mule, a nickname given by Steve Yzerman. He is a Stanley Cup champion with the Red Wings in 2008. Franzén was originally drafted by the Red Wings in the third round, 97th overall, of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. == Playing career == Franzén began playing ice hockey in Boro/Vetlanda HC, Landsbro near Vetlanda in Sweden. He was suspended for a full year after knocking down a referee, but was then moved to play with the Tranås AIF in the Swedish Allsvenskan in 1999. After one season with the club, he moved to Linköpings HC, where he stayed for five seasons, helping the club win the promotion for play in the Swedish top-level Elitserien in 2001. Recommended by European scout Håkan Andersson,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=Detroit Free Press ) 〕 Franzén was drafted by the Red Wings in 2004 in the third round, 97th overall. For the 2005–06 season, Franzén played in the NHL with Detroit, totaling 80 games for 16 points (12 goals and four assists) in his rookie season.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=Elite Prospects )〕 His workmanlike service was lauded by former teammate and captain Steve Yzerman, who gave him the nickname "The Mule" because "he carries the load." In August 2006, Franzén re-signed with Detroit on a three-year, $2.825 million contract. On April 21, 2007, during a Stanley Cup playoff game against the Calgary Flames, Flames goaltender Jamie McLennan slashed Franzén twice in the leg. McLennan was due to be assessed a minor penalty. However, after play was stopped, McLennan again violently slashed Franzén in the stomach, resulting in a game misconduct for McLennan. In the following game, Game 6, Franzén scored the winning goal in double-overtime to advance the Red Wings past the Flames. On March 30, 2008, Franzén scored his sixth game-winning goal for the month of March, against the Nashville Predators. This goal broke the Red Wings team record for most game-winning goals in one month (5) set by Gordie Howe in February 1952, and duplicated in January 1956. (Howe's feat was matched by Franzén's teammate Henrik Zetterberg in January 2007.) Coincidentally, Franzén broke Howe's record while Howe was attending the game and celebrating his 80th birthday. Franzén scored his first career NHL hat-trick against the Colorado Avalanche in Game 2 of the Western Conference Semifinals of the 2008 playoffs. It was the Reds Wings' first playoff hat-trick since Darren McCarty scored three goals six years prior on May 18, 2002, also against the Avalanche, in 2002. During Game 4, on May 1, 2008, Franzén had another hat-trick, scoring his ninth goal of the series, breaking the Detroit Red Wings franchise record for most goals in a playoff series: Gordie Howe had scored eight goals in a seven-game series in 1949.〔(Game Recap ) of Game 4 of the Detroit-Colorado Western Conference Semifinals.〕 Franzén currently holds the franchise record (tied with Henrik Zetterberg) for most goals in a playoff year with 13, a record previously held at ten by Petr Klíma, Sergei Fedorov and Brett Hull. Zetterberg tied his mark of 13 goals after scoring the Cup winning goal in Game 6 of the 2008 Stanley Cup Finals. On May 24, 2009, in a Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals against the Chicago Blackhawks, Franzén was involved in a minor scrum behind the net after the whistle. Franzén was exchanging words with Patrick Kane when Kane began chewing on his mouth guard. Franzén reached down and ripped the mouth guard out of Kane's mouth and threw it down to the ice. On April 11, 2009, Franzén signed a contract extension with the Red Wings for 11 years. The contract runs through the 2019–20 season, worth a total of $43.5 million. The contract has an annual cap hit of $3,954,545, although it is front loaded. The contract by year pays as follows: 2009–10, $5.5 million; 2010–11, $5 million; 2011–13, $5.25 million; 2013–16, $5 million; 2016–17, $3.5 million; 2017–18, $2 million; and finally from 2018–20, $1 million.〔 〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Johan Franzen )〕 On October 8, 2009, Franzén suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), forcing him to miss 55 games before he was able to return to Detroit's lineup in a game against the St. Louis Blues, where he recorded an assist. Following Detroit's next game, he recorded his first goal since returning from injury. On May 6, 2010, Franzén scored three goals in a span of 3:26 (two seconds shy of the NHL record for fastest playoff hat-trick) in the first period of Detroit's Western Conference Semifinal game against the San Jose Sharks. He had been initially credited with another goal, scored moments before the first of his three that he did score, which would have given him the record for fastest hat-trick when he scored what was actually his second of the game. He did, however, score a fourth goal later on in the game. On February 2, 2011, Franzén became only the second player in 14 years, joining Marián Gáborík, to score five goals in one game. He tallied two even strength goals, two power play goals and added an empty net goal in a 7–5 victory over the Ottawa Senators.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Red Wings at Senators - 02/02/2011 - NHL.com - Recap )〕 He joins Sergei Fedorov and Syd Howe as the only Red Wings to do so. On March 3, 2014, Franzén was named NHL's First Star of the Week. He recorded three goals and two assists in two games to help lead the Red Wings to consecutive road victories.〔(Franzen named NHL First Star of the week ) NHL.com, March 3, 2014〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Johan Franzén」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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