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...
classic feeling game
It's a classic rivalry, it's a game we may get up a little more for. I really don't know what I'm feeling right now.
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.
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.
stop
I have to take the blame, too. I have to be able to stop some of them.
feeling great
I don't really know what I am feeling right now, but we have to play great defense. That's the key.
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.
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.
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.
hardest work
Those aren't the hardest saves. We work on breakaways every day in practice.