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- Height:
- 6-4
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- Weight:
- 225
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- Year:
- Sr.
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- Hometown:
- Amherst, Ohio
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- Position:
- D
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- Previous Experience:
- Mahoning Valley (NAHL)
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- gp
- 37
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- p
- 5
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- g
- 1
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- a
- 4
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- pim
- 18
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- +/-
- -5
Bio
Junior Season: Named assistant captain...Earned WCHA All-Academic Team honors...Recorded seven points (one goal, six assists) in 36 games...Owned a plus-minus of +3...Had a season-high two points with two assists in Tech's 3-3 tie vs. Nebraska Omaha during Winter Carnival.
Sophomore Season: Earned the Gitzen-Loutit Memorial Award as the team's most outstanding defensive player ... Tallied five points (one goal, four assists) in 32 games ... Recorded assists in back-to-back games against Minnesota State (Oct. 16th) and Wisconsin (Oct. 29th) ... Scored a goal against North Dakota on March 5th.
Freshman Season: Named the Elov Seger Memorial Award as the team's most improved player ... Appeared in 34 of 36 games ... Recorded his first career point, an assist, against Minnesota on Dec. 12th ... Also recorded an assist at St. Cloud State on Jan. 8th ... Scored first career goal in WCHA playoff game at Denver on March 12th.
Prior to Michigan Tech: Spent the previous two
seasons before arriving at Michigan Tech with the Mohoning Valley
Phantoms of the North American Hockey League ... Scored five goals,
including four on the power play, and added 14 assists for 19
points in 48 games during the 2008-09 season ... Finished with a
plus/minus rating of +17 and 142 penalty minutes ... Also tallied
six points (two goals, four assists) in 25 games for the Phantoms
during the 2007-08 season ... Played in 46 games for the Alpena Ice
Diggers for two seasons before joining the Phantoms ... Finished
with nine goals and eight assists for 17 points for the Ice
Diggers.
Personal: Enjoys lifting weights … Has one younger
brother … Son of Carl and Wendy Nielsen … Born
Carl G Nielsen on July 3, 1988 in Lorain, Ohio … Only second
player from Ohio to play for the Huskies (Tony DeLorenzo) ...
Shoots right ... Turned down a chance to play football at
Bowling Green ... A 2006 graduate of Avon Lake High School ...
Partcipated in football, track and hockey for the Shoremen.
Nielsen's Individual Statistics |
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Year | GP |
G |
A |
PTS |
PEN/MIN |
PP |
SH |
GW |
GT |
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2009-10 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17/37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010-11 | 32 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
16/54 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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2011-12 | 37 |
1 |
6 | 7 | 19/46 | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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2012-13 | 37 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
9/18 | 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Total |
140 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 61/155 | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Player Profile
  | Overall | Conf | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Games | 37 | 28 | ||
Points | 5 | 4 | ||
Goals | 1 | 0 | ||
Assists | 4 | 4 | ||
PIM | 18 | 12 | ||
+/- | -5 | -8 | ||
Power-play goals | 1 | 0 | ||
Short-handed goals | 0 | 0 | ||
Empty net goals | 0 | 0 | ||
Games started | 16 | 12 | ||
Game-winning goals | 0 | 0 | ||
Game-tying goals | 0 | 0 | ||
Hat tricks | 0 | 0 | ||
Shots | 35 | 30 |
Date | Opponent | Score | gs | g | a | pts | pim | +/- | ppg | shg | eng | gwg | gtg | s |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 6 | Brock (St. Catharines, Ont.) | W, 6-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Oct 11 | at Lake Superior State | L, 4-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Oct 13 | Lake Superior State | W, 8-4 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Oct 19 | Minnesota | W, 5-3 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Oct 20 | Minnesota | L, 3-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Oct 26 | at Denver | L, 5-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Oct 27 | at Denver | L, 5-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Nov 2 | Omaha | L, 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Nov 3 | Omaha | L, 5-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nov 16 | at Bemidji State | W, 5-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Nov 17 | at Bemidji State | W, 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Nov 30 | Minnesota Duluth | L, 7-3 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dec 1 | Minnesota Duluth | T, 4-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dec 4 | at Northern Michigan | L, 2-1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dec 7 | at Wisconsin | T, 1-1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Dec 8 | at Wisconsin | T, 3-3 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Dec 14 | North Dakota | L, 6-1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dec 15 | North Dakota | L, 4-1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Dec 29 | vs. Michigan | W, 4-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dec 30 | vs. Western Mich. | W, 4-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jan 11 | at Minnesota Duluth | L, 1-0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Jan 12 | at Minnesota Duluth | L, 5-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jan 18 | Bemidji State | W, 4-0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jan 19 | Bemidji State | T, 2-2 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Feb 1 | at Omaha | L, 4-3 | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Feb 2 | at Omaha | W, 2-1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Feb 8 | Alaska Anchorage | L, 5-4 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Feb 9 | Alaska Anchorage | W, 6-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Feb 12 | Northern Michigan | W, 8-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Feb 15 | at Minnesota State | L, 4-2 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Feb 16 | at Minnesota State | L, 6-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mar 1 | at St. Cloud State | L, 5-3 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Mar 2 | at St. Cloud State | W, 5-1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mar 8 | Colorado College | W, 2-0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Mar 9 | Colorado College | L, 4-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Mar 15 | at North Dakota | L, 5-3 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mar 16 | at North Dakota | W, 2-1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mar 17 | at North Dakota | L, 6-0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
gp | g | a | pts | pim | +/- | ppg | shg | eng | gwg | gtg | hat | s | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2012-13 | 37 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 18 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
Total | 37 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 18 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
gp | g | a | pts | pim | +/- | ppg | shg | eng | gwg | gtg | hat | s | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Event | Total | 37 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 18 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
Conference | 28 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |
Exhibition | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
Location | Home | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | +3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
Away | 19 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
Neutral | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Result | Wins | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | +6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
Losses | 20 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | |
Ties | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
Month | October | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
November | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
December | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
January | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
February | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
March | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |