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...
hard stay work
There?s nothing you can really do, just work hard and stay ready.
couple days gets helps tapes
You play so many games, it gets into a routine. You get a couple days off, you get to think about what you're doing right and what you're doing wrong. You kind of think clearly. You get to see the tapes and what really happened. So it kind of helps a lot to see what's going on.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
hope someday watching
I was watching on TV. You hope that someday you're there.
aggressive decided felt relaxed
I felt more relaxed than at Nashville. I decided to be more aggressive this time.
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.
bad goes player rebound step stop team
You just want to play well and rebound well after a bad game. Sometimes a team doesn't play that well and a goalie has to step up. If a player makes a mistake, the goalie has to stop (the shot). And it goes the other way around.
final fun lose team watch
When you lose the final game, it's not fun to watch another team celebrate.
good struggled
We've struggled at home, so this was really good for our confidence.