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...
feels few games good mind wins
Feels good to get 20 wins the first year. We still have games left, and I wouldn't mind having a few more.
defense good played tonight
We have a very good defense and tonight we played very strong.
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.
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.
good struggled
We've struggled at home, so this was really good for our 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.
good hoping last low saw second
I was kind of hoping he was going to make a move. At the last second I saw he was going low blocker. I don't know. It was a pretty good shot.
good help knows mean needed stuff willing
He was really good with Joni and still is. Me too. I mean he?s been (in the U.S.) for 10 years or something. He knows a lot of stuff and he was always willing to help us if we needed anything. It?s really good.
everybody felt knows won
Everybody knows he's been a little sore. It happens, it's not a big deal. We've won without him before so we felt pretty confident.
hard stay work
There?s nothing you can really do, just work hard and stay ready.
beginning nervous players supportive
I was not nervous at the beginning of this tournament. I didn't know what to expect, but my players have been so supportive of me.
chance playing time worry
Whoever's playing has to play good, I guess. Every time I get a chance to play I have to do my best. That's the only thing I can do and worry about.