Scott Niedermayer
Scott Niedermayer
Scott Niedermayeris a Canadian former ice hockey defenceman and current Special Assignment Coach of the Anaheim Ducks. He played 18 seasons and over 1,000 games in the National Hockey Leaguefor the New Jersey Devils and Anaheim Ducks. Niedermayer is a four-time Stanley Cup champion and played in five NHL All-Star Games. He won the James Norris Memorial Trophy in 2003–04 as the NHL's top defenceman and the Conn Smythe Trophy in 2007 as the most valuable player of the playoffs...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth31 August 1973
CityEdmonton, Canada
We should have known that (after) a long layoff, you want to keep things simple and build from there. It took us awhile to figure that out.
I just think he's playing well. With the puck, he's making some nice plays. Sometimes they're simple plays, but a lot of times they're the right thing to do and the best play.
The playoffs are tough. Nothing is going to be given to you. Tonight, we played like we expected that something would be given to us.
Those two guys know each other quite well. They've probably done that hundreds of times before.
Everybody is cranked up and that's why it's so intense and so much fun to be out there.
When the game's going to be a lot of special teams, you have to be strong on both of them. Tonight, we scored on our player play, but we allowed them (to score). It's a balance. You have to be good on both of them.
We weren't ready to go and they were. And that was the difference.
We felt good coming into the third period just down by one; you're still there, you're one shot from tying the game up.
We fell on the wrong end of the stick on a lot of the calls.
Maybe we were a bit lucky, we were able to turn the game around, you're not always going to be able to do that.
Since I was 16 and he was 15, we've been apart, but now we can be together again. The family can all come down. I've been in New Jersey for a long time, a lot of memories, and to make a decision like this is difficult to do.
Obviously, on the ice I feel very comfortable with him. I didn't know we'd complement each other when he got here, but after playing with him for a while I think we fit together pretty well.
Nothing comes easy in this game, but he just makes it look like it's easy and effortless. He's that good. I wish I could be like that.
It feels fine. I'm just happy to get back on the ice. We were off in the first period. To give up a two-goal lead like that, it's hard to come back.