Posts Tagged Antti

  • Antti Niemi and the 10 Top Performers with New Teams This Year

    Despite a somewhat uneventful offseason that lacked blockbuster moves, a handful of guys have made a difference for new organizations this season.With the 2011 NHL Playoffs right around the corner, it's time for these newcomers to start earning their pay checks.The playoff picture is as murky as it ...

  • San Jose Sharks Re-Up the Antti: Niemi Signed to Four-Year Extension

    The San Jose Sharks have found the heir apparent to the departed Evgeni Nabokov in a most surprising fashion. The Sharks announced Tuesday they had signed goaltender Antti Niemi to a four-year contract extension worth $15.2 million. Just 10 months ago, Niemi baffled the Sharks in a hard-fought but ...

  • San Jose Sharks: Antti Niemi Caps Off Big Day with Win over Colorado Avalanche

    San Jose Sharks goalie Antti Niemi had a big day Tuesday. It started with him being named the NHL's second star of the month of February. He was 10-2 with a .940 save percentage and 1.88 goals against average with three shutouts despite 10 of the 13 games being played on the road. To reward him, the...

  • San Jose Sharks’ Antti Niemi Getting His Season Turned Around?

    Apparently San Jose Sharks' goaltender Antti Niemi missed the Chicago Blackhawks more than anyone understood. After beating them in OT 2-1 last Saturday, his second victorious effort against his former team in as many weeks, Niemi has started each of the next two games for the Sharks—posting ...

  • San Jose Sharks: Why Antti Niemi’s Next Start Could Be Make or Break

    The San Jose Sharks faced a critical test in the young 2010-2011 season Wednesday night, and to the joy—and perhaps shock—of many fans, they passed with great aplomb. The opening game of the 2010-2011 season series with the defending champion Chicago Blackhawks was already huge for the ...

  • Sharks Goaltending- Why Antero Niittymaki’s Been So Hot, and Antti Niemi Has Not

    In the offseason, Sharks GM Doug Wilson made a few transactions to replace long-time netminder Evgeni Nabokov.  These moves included signing 30-year-old Fin Antero Niittymaki, and eventually Stanley-Cup-winning goaltender Antti Niemi.  Many Sharks fans got really excited with the addition ...

  • Corey Crawford Quickly Erasing Antti Niemi from Chicago Blackhawks’ Memory

    Make no mistake about it, there is no goalie controversy in Chicago.  Marty Turco is the starter and pending some type of Cristobal Huet-type meltdown, he will remain the starter until his one-year deal is up.  However, the play of Corey Crawford in the early going has to have Blackhawks f...

  • Niemi’s Poor Play Could Force San Jose Sharks to “Antti” Up Sooner Than Expected

    In the poker game that is the 2010-2011 NHL season, the San Jose Sharks find themselves as the short stack at the Pacific Division table. The Sharks took a gamble in the off-season that has yet to pay off—going with home-grown youth on defense and a pair of largely unproven veterans in net. W...

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