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.
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 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.
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.
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.
stop
I have to take the blame, too. I have to be able to stop some of them.
feeling great
I don't really know what I am feeling right now, but we have to play great defense. That's the key.
easy game
If its a one-goal game or a tie, you can't let in easy goals.
hardest work
Those aren't the hardest saves. We work on breakaways every day in practice.
good struggled
We've struggled at home, so this was really good for our confidence.
hope someday watching
I was watching on TV. You hope that someday you're there.
game mentally physically problems
Physically and mentally I feel fine. I had no problems before the game or during the game.