Friday morning, Swedish super-Red Wings fan and “The Swedish Winger” podcaster Lars Thorsell Tweeted the following…
How cool is it that @DetroitRedWings legendary scorer Johan "The Mule" Franzén's son Eddie is moving to Detroit to play for @HockeyCaesars ?
— Lars Thorsell (@LarsThorsell) August 14, 2026
The 15yo will be living with the Osgood family.
All luck to him!#LGRWhttps://t.co/cal2eIHNhk
This evening, Detroit Hockey Now’s Max Smith confirmed the news:
While he may not actually share a nickname with his father, Eddie-Bo Franzen, son of Johan ‘the Mule’ Franzen looks to be making a name for himself with an American audience a little faster than the former Red Wings power forward.
The younger Franzen is joining Detroit’s Little Caesar’s 15U AAA team for the upcoming season, making the jump across the pond much sooner in his career than Johan, and breaking ground as the team’s first Swedish player.
Eddie-Bo Franzen comes to America after a strong season with Linkoping HC’s U16 team in their top junior division. In 15 games, the 15 year old, 6-foot and 180lb Franzen had 14 goals and 5 assists. While the games aren’t easy to watch (or find) in America, it’s pretty easy to see that Eddie-Bo has more than a little of Johan’s strong net front presence and physicality even at his young age.
Continued; the Osgoods have become a billet family over the last couple of seasons, so it’s not that surprising to hear that the goalie-turned-broadcaster is lending a hand to an old friend.
The Little Caesars program plays out of the BELFOR Training Center underneath Little Caesars Arena.
