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
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.
If this will put a smile for a minute that will be good. That's tough work they're doing, long days. So we owe them a lot of thanks for the work that they 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.
It'll be interesting to see how it is (today). It's tight already.
He's ready to shoot, he knows what Thornton is out there to do and he knows what to do.
(There's) nothing better than playing in a rink where the fans are loud and making a bunch of noise. It makes it a more exciting, more intense game, one you like to be part of. How do we know until we get there (how things will be)? I'm optimistic that hopefully (the fans) will be able to forget about the dark days we put them through for a whole year and come back and enjoy it.
That doesn't mean much now. We've got a tough opponent in the playoffs and we want to go out there and concentrate on beating those guys and perform as well as we can. We have to keep our focus and play our game. They're going to make it tough, so we're going to have to pay a bit of price in front of the net ù get into the corners and work hard.
I'm surprised. I thought it would be just us out there ... but I underestimated Canadians a bit, I guess.
I was trying to get it up in the corner. How it traveled into the net, I can't tell you.
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.
There were a few things, obviously the big one was 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.
Whoever is the team that gets things going the quickest and playing together and plays the right way, is going to have success. I don't think it really matters what you did in the regular season.
We just didn't play well enough to win. They came out and battled hard the whole game. They got what they deserved and we got what we deserved.