Antero Niittymaki
Antero Niittymaki
Antero Pertti Elias Niittymäkiis a Finnish former professional ice hockey goaltender who last played for TPS of the SM-liiga. He additionally played in the National Hockey Leaguewith the Philadelphia Flyers, Tampa Bay Lightning and San Jose Sharks. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, while playing for Team Finland, he was voted the Most Valuable Playerof the entire ice hockey tournament...
aggressive decided felt relaxed
I felt more relaxed than at Nashville. I decided to be more aggressive this time.
final fun lose team watch
When you lose the final game, it's not fun to watch another team celebrate.
good spent time together
We spent a lot of time together and it was good. That's about the only good thing about being away for so long.
protect soccer trying
It was like I was trying to protect a soccer net.
final game good tournament
It's a long way to the final and we have to play game by game. In this tournament there are a lot of good teams, so anything can happen.
against best both fun games good played sign teams
It's always fun to play against Ottawa, the two best teams in the league. I think it's a good sign when you play good against good teams. Both games (this year) we played really well against them.
best canada gives good team win
It's good to see where we are. Canada is the best team on paper, so it's a really important win for us. It gives a lot of confidence.
couple low momentum piece shots tried
It was 4-1 at that time, and they had a couple of shots at that time. I tried to get the momentum and I tried to go low blocker and I got a piece of it.
cup finals stanley
They went to the Stanley Cup Finals two years ago, and I think they are better now. They are very talented.
against classic great sweden
It's a classic rivalry, Sweden against Finland. So it's going to be a great game.
classic feeling game
It's a classic rivalry, it's a game we may get up a little more for. I really don't know what I'm feeling right now.
good struggled
We've struggled at home, so this was really good for our confidence.
couple days gets helps tapes
You play so many games, it gets into a routine. You get a couple days off, you get to think about what you're doing right and what you're doing wrong. You kind of think clearly. You get to see the tapes and what really happened. So it kind of helps a lot to see what's going on.
couple easy good great saves scoring third
They didn't have a whole lot of great scoring chances. It's kind of an easy game. There were a couple of good saves in the third period, but other than that, it was pretty quiet.