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 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.
final fun lose team watch
When you lose the final game, it's not fun to watch another team celebrate.
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.
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.
deserve final fun happy lose team watch
I didn't really want to watch while they were celebrating. When you lose the final game, it doesn't mater what tournament; it's not fun to watch the other team celebrate. You're happy for them, they deserve that but, you know, the only thing I could think about was it could be you, too.
affect best lose maybe played player surprised
Maybe when you lose the best player in the world it does affect you. I was a little surprised at the way they played after that.
faced shots stopped
Burke faced more shots than I did. He stopped them.
good struggled
We've struggled at home, so this was really good for our confidence.
couple feels games mind
It feels good, 20 wins, still some games left. I wouldn't mind a couple more. I really didn't think about it (20 wins). I didn't know how many games I was going to play. Didn't know what to expect.
couple easy guys held knew running shoot stayed
I think he was running out of speed. He knew a couple of our guys were coming, and he had to shoot the puck. I read that, stayed there and held my crease. It was actually a pretty easy save.
move tried trying watching worked
I think he was trying to make a move and he was watching the puck. I tried something new and it worked well.
game mentally physically problems
Physically and mentally I feel fine. I had no problems before the game or during the game.
hope someday watching
I was watching on TV. You hope that someday you're there.
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.