Chris Nielsen
Chris Nielsen (born February 16, 1980) is a Tanzanian-born Canadian former professional ice hockey centre.His family moved back to Canada when he was three, and he grew up on a farm near the small town of Goodlands, Manitoba.He won the Doug Wickenheiser Memorial Trophy in 1999–2000 as the WHL's Humanitarian of the Year.Nielsen turned pro in 2000, playing three seasons with the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League, earning two callups to the Blue Jackets during that time.He then bounced around between the Chicago Wolves, Manitoba Moose and San Antonio Rampage of the AHL and the Laredo Bucks of the Central Hockey League before heading to Europe to play in Germany in 2005–06.