http://www.yardbarker.com/rss/player/4991 Recent articles about Johan Franzen en-us Sporting News staff reports The suddenly goal-challenged Detroit Red Wings suffered another blow Saturday night when forward Jason Williams fractured his fibula in a 5-1 loss to Toronto—an  injury that could keep him out of action for two months. Williams joins star forward Johan Franzen, who scored 34 goals last season, and center Valtteri Filppula on the injury list and adds to the goal-scoring void created by the departures of Marian Hossa (40), Jiri Hudler (23) and M... Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:10:12 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Red_Wings_lose_Jason_Williams_for_two_months/1528226 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Red_Wings_lose_Jason_Williams_for_two_months/1528226 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Red_Wings_lose_Jason_Williams_for_two_months/1528226 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/7/9/79cb2592d4e591db6dcd7f9aedc4cdbefe56415c/small/Boston_Bruins_v_01e9.jpg by Adam GretzFiled under: Red Wings, NHL Injuries, NHL VideosNot only did the Detroit Red Wings suffer a 5-1 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night, ending a three-game winning streak, they also lost yet another forward when offseason acquisition Jason Williams slid awkwardly into the end boards and fractured his right fibula. According to head coach Mike Babcock, he could be out for as long as eight weeks, joining forwards Johan Franzen and Valtteri Filppula who are also out of th... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:20:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Jason_Williams_Suffers_Broken_Leg_In_Loss_to_Toronto/1523525 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Jason_Williams_Suffers_Broken_Leg_In_Loss_to_Toronto/1523525 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Jason_Williams_Suffers_Broken_Leg_In_Loss_to_Toronto/1523525 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/a/4/a43f69e7fa81857363c49d3d177bb2c7ff1be73e/small/GettyImageProxy.ashx_requestUrl_http_3a_2f_2fcache.gettyimages.com_2fxc_2f57534078.jpg_3fv_3d1_26c_3dEWSAsset_26k_3d2_26d_3d17A4AD9FDB9CF193268B03E3DD5E0E09953AB746074E6D27.jpg Red Wings forward Johan Franzen has undergone successful surgery to repair a ligament in his left knee. Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:57:51 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Wings_Franzen_to_miss_at_least_four_months/1382251 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Wings_Franzen_to_miss_at_least_four_months/1382251 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Wings_Franzen_to_miss_at_least_four_months/1382251 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/4/7/47538b6f8cc1e06993e49af84b782261c4ec65ea/small/Stanley_Cup_Finals_7d52.jpg Red Wings forward Johan Franzen has undergone successful surgery to repair a ligament in his left knee. Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:50:07 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Red_Wings_Franzen_to_miss_at_least_four_months/1382225 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Red_Wings_Franzen_to_miss_at_least_four_months/1382225 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Red_Wings_Franzen_to_miss_at_least_four_months/1382225 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/1/d/1d5e56571a6dd9a2759c2e23e1506d2d54991d72/small/Stanley_Cup_Finals_bb84.jpg Red Wings forward Johan Franzen has undergone successful surgery to repair a ligament in his left knee. Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:50:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Detroit_Red_Wings_Johan_Franzen_has_surgery_on_left_knee_ligament/1382291 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Detroit_Red_Wings_Johan_Franzen_has_surgery_on_left_knee_ligament/1382291 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Detroit_Red_Wings_Johan_Franzen_has_surgery_on_left_knee_ligament/1382291 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/0/b/0b5dad64d852a3908d2ee74ae5ff38034a6225c3/small/Stanley_Cup_Finals_f24a.jpg Red Wings forward Johan Franzen has undergone successful surgery to repair a ligament in his left knee. The team said Franzen is expected to miss at least four months because of the injury sustained Oct. 8 during Detroit's 3-2 victory over Chicago, in which he scored the game-winning goal. Red Wings coach Mike Babcock also said Pavel Datsyuk will sit out Saturday's game against Colorado with an upper-body injury sustained Tuesday night against Buffalo. Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:43:14 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Wings_star_Franzen_has_successful_knee_surgery/1382284 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Wings_star_Franzen_has_successful_knee_surgery/1382284 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Wings_star_Franzen_has_successful_knee_surgery/1382284 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/4/7/47538b6f8cc1e06993e49af84b782261c4ec65ea/small/Stanley_Cup_Finals_7d52.jpg It was a bittersweet Saturday night: the Capitals offered a much-improved effort at the Joe, getting superb goaltending from JT and competing for pucks in a much more impressive fashion, but ultimately were undone by costly and senseless penalties. They took five, the more disciplined Wings took just three, and Detroit converted the differential into a 3-2, hard-fought triumph.The Wings still possess a roster well stocked with elite talent, but do they appear scary-good to you as they have fo... Sun, 11 Oct 2009 09:55:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Heartache_in_Hockeytown_and_the_Return_of_a_Great_Quebecois_Rivalry/1347962 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Heartache_in_Hockeytown_and_the_Return_of_a_Great_Quebecois_Rivalry/1347962 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Heartache_in_Hockeytown_and_the_Return_of_a_Great_Quebecois_Rivalry/1347962 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/1/c/1ca610ba87cc58f9c781cbe1ce6b395f58015eb8/small/Stanley_Cup_Finals_57ad.jpg Detroit Red Wings forward Johan Franzen is out for at least four months with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, the club announced Friday. Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:14:22 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Red_Wings_Franzen_out_at_least_four_months/1339832 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Red_Wings_Franzen_out_at_least_four_months/1339832 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Red_Wings_Franzen_out_at_least_four_months/1339832 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/4/5/45dcbf0fd99f59e567b160e2a8aae263a2e8e973/small/Stanley_Cup_Finals_05d6.jpg Detroit Red Wings forward Johan Franzen is out for at least four months with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, the club announced Friday. Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:07:55 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Wings_Franzen_out_four_plus_months_with_torn_ACL/1339801 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Wings_Franzen_out_four_plus_months_with_torn_ACL/1339801 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Wings_Franzen_out_four_plus_months_with_torn_ACL/1339801 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/4/7/47538b6f8cc1e06993e49af84b782261c4ec65ea/small/Stanley_Cup_Finals_7d52.jpg Detroit Red Wings forward Johan Franzen is out for at least four months with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. The club announced the injury Friday. The team says Franzen was injured in Thursday night's 3-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks. Franzen scored the game-winning goal in the second period of Detroit's home opener. The Red Wings drafted the 29-year-old native of Vetlanda, Sweden, in the third round of the 2004 draft as the 97th overall pick. Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:43:30 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Franzen_out_at_least_4_months_with_torn_ACL/1339862 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Franzen_out_at_least_4_months_with_torn_ACL/1339862 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Franzen_out_at_least_4_months_with_torn_ACL/1339862 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/1/d/1d5e56571a6dd9a2759c2e23e1506d2d54991d72/small/Stanley_Cup_Finals_bb84.jpg Vomit. Khan(!) Bad news on the Johan Franzen injury front: The Red Wings just announced that the big forward will be out a minimum of four months after sustaining a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during Thursday’s 3-2 win over Chicago.General manager Ken Holland said the team has recalled Justin Abdelkader from Grand Rapids (AHL). Holland said he doesn’t know how or when Franzen was injured. “I’m a little surprised because he finished the game,’... Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:40:11 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Out_On_A_Limb_HereBut_This_Sucks_Hard/1339645 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Out_On_A_Limb_HereBut_This_Sucks_Hard/1339645 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Out_On_A_Limb_HereBut_This_Sucks_Hard/1339645 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/a/5/a5c9b12499ae29bf661e9ce9692e2ede460b10e0/small/Stanley_Cup_Finals_612c.jpg by Adam GretzFiled under: Red Wings, NHL Fans, NHL VideosFanHouse's Adam Gretz takes a look at his top 50 players in the NHL. No. 39 is Detroit Red Wings forward Johan Franzen.Including a player in the top-40 that has never tallied 60 points in a single season is likely to cause some confusion -- and angry fist shaking -- among fans outside the Motor City. But over the past two seasons there haven't been many goal-scorers better than the man known as "The Mule." The NHL&#39... Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:00:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/NHLs_Top_50_Johan_Franzen_No_39/861495 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/NHLs_Top_50_Johan_Franzen_No_39/861495 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/NHLs_Top_50_Johan_Franzen_No_39/861495 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/a/2/a2426af3bfc70c4959364124941389d4da1493b8/small/Stanley_Cup_Finals_7ed1.jpg I realize Gary is a bit old but I'm pretty sure they still had Human Anatomy classes back in the 60s. And I'm also pretty sure that wasn't his shoulder that hit Johan Franzen.... Wed, 28 May 2008 07:17:35 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Gary_Roberts_Must_Have_Missed_That_Class_in_School/271639 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Gary_Roberts_Must_Have_Missed_That_Class_in_School/271639 The Doctors have cleared resident Mule, Johan Franzen to begin workouts off the ice. He has been given the ok to ride the bike but is being monitored closely due to his concussion like symptoms that have kept him out of play. It doesn't seem like the Red Wings even missed a beat without him after they crushed the Dallas Stars 5-2 in game 3. But they will need him when they go up against an equally impressive Penguin force in the Stanley Cup Finals. Wed, 14 May 2008 14:03:46 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Franzen_Cleared_for_Workouts/266893 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Franzen_Cleared_for_Workouts/266893 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Franzen_Cleared_for_Workouts/266893 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/9/6/96cfc7fcf5d2d6ab18211d9b2daf6af3447d2df6/small/s001-franzenlocker-1105y_11-01-2005_4N9ERD3.jpg Johan Franzen scores in overtime to lift the Wings to a 3-2 series lead over the Predators... Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:33:06 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/JOHAN_FRANZENS_OVERTIME_GOAL/243417 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/JOHAN_FRANZENS_OVERTIME_GOAL/243417