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...
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.
against classic great sweden
It's a classic rivalry, Sweden against Finland. So it's going to be a great game.
feeling great
I don't really know what I am feeling right now, but we have to play great defense. That's the key.
against best fun great honor players
If I am, it's a great honor and it's going to be a fun tournament. It's going to be great and it's going to be fun to play against the best players in the world.
five goals power score six teams
It's not all about the goalie this year. There are going to be more goals this year, more power plays. It's not all about the goalie when teams score five or six goals a game.
bench easy fun game hour sitting
It's never fun to come out of a game and it's never fun to go in, to tell you the truth. I was sitting on the bench for an hour and a half, so it wasn't easy for me, either.
protect soccer trying
It was like I was trying to protect a soccer net.
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.
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.
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.
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.