Top Blackhawks prospect Anton Frondell making debut at Islanders

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NEW YORK -- Anton Frondell was playing in the Swedish hockey league playoffs on Saturday and got the call shortly after his team was eliminated that the Chicago Blackhawks want their top prospect to come to North America.

Not eventually. Now.

"I was shocked," the 18-year-old Frondell said. "Everything has been going really fast."

That includes being thrust into the action, making his NHL debut on Tuesday at the New York Islanders on Chicago's top line alongside Connor Bedard and as part of the first power play unit. Nine months after he was taken with the third pick in the draft, Frondell is getting a big role right away.

"It's great," said Bedard,…