Antti Niemi

BIOGRAPHY

BORN: Vantaa, Finland, August 29, 1983.

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HEIGHT: 6'2".

WEIGHT: 200 lbs.

UNIFORM #: 31 (Rockford, Chicago).

CATCHES: Left

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WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING:

TRANSACTIONS:

• Signed as unrestricted free agent by Chicago Blackhawks, May 5, 2008.
• Resigned by Chicago, June 30, 2009.

ACCOLADES:

• Member, Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks, June 9, 2010.

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PENALTY SHOTS:

• Stopped penalty shot (Matthew Lombardi), March 20, 2010.
• Allowed penalty shot goal (Brad Boyes), April 7, 2010.
• Allowed penalty shot goal (Martin Erat), April 20, 2010 [postseason].

NHL SHOOTOUTS:

• November 6, 2009 - lost to Colorado, 1-2 (Wojtek Wolski save, Milan Hejduk save, Marek Svatos goal, Matt Duchene save, David Jones miss, Paul Stastny save, Ryan O'Reilly save, Chris Stewart goal).
• December 18, 2009 - defeated Boston, 2-0 (Patrice Bergeron save, Blake Wheeler miss).
• January 17, 2010 - defeated Detroit, 3-2 (Pavel Datsyuk goal, Henrik Zetterberg miss, Todd Bertuzzi goal, Daniel Cleary save).
• February 9, 2010 - defeated Dallas, 1-0 (Brad Richards miss, Loui Eriksson save, Mike Ribeiro miss, Matt Niskanen save, James Neal miss).
• February 13, 2010 - defeated Atlanta, 1-0 (Bryan Little save, Nik Antropov save, Niclas Bergfors save).
• February 14, 2010 - defeated Columbus, 2-1 (Jakub Voracek save, Rick Nash miss, Kristian Huselius goal, Antoine Vermette save).
• March 20, 2010 - lost to Phoenix, 0-1 (Wojtek Wolski save, Lauri Korpikoski save, Radim Vrbata goal).
• April 2, 2010 - defeated New Jersey, 1-0 (Jamie Langenbrunner save, Zach Parise save, Ilya Kovalchuk miss).
• 2009-10 season to date: 6 wins, 2 losses, 26 saves on 32 chances.

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SEASON RECORDS:

REGULAR SEASON
Year  Team                            GP    Min   W   L   T    GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS

POST-SEASON
Year  Team                            GP    Min   W   L    GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS

NHL GAME DIRECTORY:

• Signed as free agent by Chicago Blackhawks, May 5, 2008.
• 02/27/09: OTL (21m36s, 5/6) 4-5 OT defeat vs. Pittsburgh (Fleury) [Replaced Huet].
• 03/01/09: W (60m, 22/24) 4-2 victory vs. Los Angeles (Quick).
• 03/08/09: L (59m43s, 24/29) 1-5 defeat vs. Colorado (Budaj).
• 10/03/09: W (59m58s, 23/23) 4-0 victory [in Helsinki] vs. Florida (Vokoun).
• 10/12/09: OTW (53m14s, 13/15) 6-5 OT victory vs. Calgary (Kiprusoff) [Replaced Huet].
• 10/21/09: L (59m00s, 28/31) 2-3 defeat vs. Vancouver (Luongo).
• 11/06/09: SOL (65m, 19/22) 3-4 SO defeat (6/8) at Colorado (Anderson).
• 11/22/09: W (60m, 30/30) 1-0 victory at Vancouver (Luongo).
• 12/05/09: OTW (62m38s, 32/33) 2-1 OT victory at Pittsburgh (Fleury).
• 12/13/09: W (59m49s, 18/18) 4-0 victory vs. Tampa Bay (Niittymaki).
• 12/18/09: SOW (65m, 25/29) 5-4 SO victory (2/2) vs. Boston (Thomas).
• 12/23/09: W (60m, 33/33) 3-0 victory at Detroit (Howard).
• 12/27/09: W (59m35s, 16/20) 5-4 victory vs. Nashville (Ellis).
• 12/29/09: L (37m37s, 13/14) 4-5 defeat at Dallas (Turco) [Replaced Huet].
• 01/03/10: W (59m49s, 22/24) 5-2 victory vs. Anaheim (Giguere).
• 01/07/10: W (60m,19/21) 5-2 victory at Boston (Thomas, Rask).
• 01/10/10: L (59m06s, 9/11) 1-3 defeat vs. Anaheim (Hiller).
• 01/17/10: SOW (65m, 35/38) 4-3 SO victory (2/4) at Detroit (Howard).
• 01/21/10: W (59m53s, 19/20) 3-1 victory at Calgary (Kiprusoff).
• 01/23/10: L (20m, 9/12) 1-5 defeat at Vancouver (Luongo) [Replaced by Huet].
• 02/06/10: W (60m, 34/35) 2-1 victory at St. Louis (Mason).
• 02/09/10: SOW (64m50s, 24/27) 4-3 SO victory (5/5) vs. Dallas (Turco).
• 02/13/10: SOW (63m44s, 23/27) 5-4 SO victory (3/3) vs. Atlanta (Pavelec).
• 02/14/10: SOW (64m22s, 24/28) 5-4 SO victory (3/4) at Columbus (Garon).
• 03/02/10: - (22m52s, 9/12) 3-5 defeat at NY Islanders (Roloson) [Replaced by Huet].
• 03/07/10: L (28m31s, 7/8) 4-5 defeat vs. Detroit (Howard) [Replaced Huet].
• 03/10/10: OTW (62m08s, 28/30) 3-2 OT victory vs. Los Angeles (Quick).
• 03/14/10: OTL (63m10s, 26/30) 3-4 OT defeat vs. Washington (Theodore).
• 03/18/10: W (59m44s, 17/17) 3-0 victory at Los Angeles (Quick).
• 03/20/10: SOL (65m, 31/35) 4-5 SO defeat (2/3) at Phoenix (Bryzgalov).
• 03/23/10: W (59m55s, 28/28) 2-0 victory vs. Phoenix (Bryzgalov).
• 03/25/10: - (5m43s, 4/5) 3-8 defeat at Columbus (Mason) [Replaced Huet, replaced by Huet].
• 03/28/10: L (58m56s, 16/19) 2-4 defeat vs. Columbus (Mason).
• 03/30/10: L (58m18s, 26/30) 2-4 defeat at St. Louis (Mason).
• 03/31/10: W (60m, 21/21) 4-0 victory at Minnesota (Backstrom).
• 04/02/10: SOW (64m17s, 32/33) 2-1 SO victory (3/3) at New Jersey (Brodeur).
• 04/04/10: W (60m, 25/26) 4-1 victory vs. Calgary (Kiprusoff).
• 04/06/10: W (60m, 26/28) 5-2 victory at Dallas (Climie).
• 04/07/10: W (59m53s, 26/31) 6-5 victory vs. St. Louis (Mason, Conklin).
• 04/09/10: W (60m, 30/32) 5-2 victory at Colorado (Budaj).
• 04/11/10: OTL (62m37s, 18/21) 2-3 OT defeat vs. Detroit (Howard).
• 04/16/10: L (59m07s, 22/24) 1-4 defeat vs. Nashville (Rinne).
• 04/18/10: W (59m55s, 23/23) 2-0 victory vs. Nashville (Rinne).
• 04/20/10: L (60m, 31/35) 1-4 defeat at Nashville (Rinne).
• 04/22/10: W (60m, 33/33) 3-0 defeat at Nashville (Rinne).
• 04/24/10: OTW (63m19s, 17/21) 5-4 OT victory vs. Nashville (Rinne).
• 04/26/10: W (59m55s, 25/28) 5-3 victory at Nashville (Rinne).
• 05/01/10: L (40m, 20/25) 1-5 defeat vs. Vancouver (Luongo) [Replaced by Huet].
• 05/03/10: W (59m49s, 24/26) 4-2 victory vs. Vancouver (Luongo).
• 05/05/10: W (60m, 31/33) 5-2 victory at Vancouver (Luongo).
• 05/07/10: W (59m58s, 26/30) 7-4 victory at Vancouver (Luongo).
• 05/09/10: L (58m27s, 20/23) 1-4 defeat vs. Vancouver (Luongo).
• 05/11/10: W (60m, 29/30) 5-1 victory at Vancouver (Luongo).
• 05/16/10: W (60m, 44/45) 2-1 victory at San Jose (Nabokov).
• 05/18/10: W (60m, 25/27) 4-2 victory at San Jose (Nabokov).
• 05/21/10: OTW (72m17s, 44/46) 3-2 victory vs. San Jose (Nabokov).
• 05/23/10: W (59m52s, 16/18) 4-2 victory vs. San Jose (Nabokov).
• 05/29/10: W (60m, 27/32) 6-5 victory vs. Philadelphia (Leighton, Boucher).
• 05/31/10: W (60m, 32/33) 2-1 victory vs. Philadelphia (Leighton).
• 06/02/10: OTL (65m59s, 28/32) 3-4 OT defeat at Philadelphia (Leighton).
• 06/04/10: L (59m13s, 26/30) 3-5 defeat at Philadelphia (Leighton).
• 06/06/10: W (59m55s, 23/27) 7-4 victory vs. Philadelphia (Leighton, Boucher).
• 06/09/10: OTW (64m05s, 21/24) 4-3 OT victory at Philadelphia (Leighton).

AHL GAME DIRECTORY:

• Assigned to Rockford IceHogs, October 7, 2008.
• 10/11/08: L (59m32s, 34/36) 1-3 defeat at Quad City (Keetley).
• 10/12/08: W (59m51s, 27/28) 2-1 victory vs. Iowa (LeNeveu).
• 10/18/08: SOW (63m47s, 34/37) 4-3 SO victory (4/5) at Milwaukee (MacIntyre).
• 10/25/08: W (59m58s, 26/26) 4-0 victory vs. Norfolk (McKenna).
• 10/26/08: SOW (64m55s, 34/36) 3-2 SO victory (6/7) at Chicago (Pavelec).
• 11/01/08: L (59m05s, 24/27) 2-3 defeat vs. Syracuse (Mason).
• 11/08/08: L (59m41s, 16/18) 1-3 defeat at Norfolk (Ramo).
• 11/12/08: SOL (65m, 24/25) 1-2 SO defeat (2/4) vs. Milwaukee (MacIntyre).
• 11/16/08: W (59m58s, 27/28) 4-1 victory vs. Peoria (Bishop).
• 11/21/08: L (58m42s, 16/18) 1-3 defeat vs. Peoria (Bishop).
• 11/28/08: SOL (64m52s, 24/28) 4-5 SO defeat (3/6) at Peoria (Bishop).
• 11/29/08: W (59m28s, 23/25) 5-2 victory vs. Peoria (Bishop, Schwarz).
• 12/05/08: W (59m52s, 25/27) 3-2 victory at Quad City (Irving).
• 12/06/08: L (24m17s, 12/17) 1-6 defeat at Chicago (Gherson) [Replaced by Fallon].
• 12/12/08: L (58m47s, 25/28) 2-4 defeat at Milwaukee (Dekanich).
• 12/20/08: L (59m15s, 23/25) 1-2 defeat vs. Houston (Brust).
• 12/21/08: L (60m, 29/33) 1-4 defeat at Chicago (Pavelec).
• 12/27/08: L (59m26s, 21/27) 5-6 defeat at Iowa (LeNeveu).
• 12/29/08: - (26m21s, 9/9) 3-6 defeat vs. Iowa (Levasseur) [Replaced Crawford].
• 12/31/08: SOW (64m51s, 28/30) 3-2 SO victory (4/5) vs. Quad City (Irving).
• 01/03/09: W (20m, 11/11) 6-4 victory vs. Chicago (Krahn, Turple) [Replaced Crawford].
• 01/07/09: - (10m11s, 4/8) 5-6 SO defeat at Grand Rapids (Larsson) [Replaced by Crawford].
• 01/16/09: L (59m10s, 30/33) 2-3 defeat vs. Chicago (Gherson).
• 01/19/09: OTW (61m42s, 23/24) 2-1 OT victory vs. Grand Rapids (Larsson).
• 01/20/09: L (39m50s, 17/21) 3-4 defeat at Iowa (LeNeveu) [Replaced by Crawford].
• 01/29/09: SOW (65m, 24/25) 2-1 SO victory (3/5) at Manitoba (Sanford).
• 01/30/09: W (60m, 28/29) 4-1 victory at Manitoba (Schneider, Sanford).
• 02/06/09: L (56m56s, 18/22) 1-4 defeat at Milwaukee (MacIntyre).
• 02/11/09: W (60m, 21/21) 1-0 victory at Peoria (Legace).
• 02/25/09: SOL (65m, 22/23) 1-2 SO defeat (3/6) at Peoria (Legace).
• 03/21/09: SOW (64m56s, 25/27) 3-2 SO victory (3/3) vs. Manitoba (Sanford).
• 03/23/09: W (59m53s, 23/24) 2-1 victory vs. Milwaukee (MacIntyre).
• 03/25/09: - (20m, 11/14) 4-5 defeat vs. Iowa (LeNeveu) [Replaced by Crawford].
• 03/27/09: SOW (64m53s, 24/26) 3-2 SO victory (11/13) at Houston (Khudobin).
• 03/29/09: W (60m, 29/30) 2-1 victory vs. Houston (Schaefer).
• 04/01/09: W (60m, 29/31) 5-2 victory at Lake Erie (Bacashihua).
• 04/08/09: L (59m30s, 29/32) 2-5 defeat at Quad City (Irving).
• 04/11/09: L (60m, 41/46) 2-5 defeat at Chicago (Krahn).
• 04/19/09: L (57m30s, 27/30) 1-3 defeat vs. Milwaukee (MacIntyre).
• 04/21/09: L (57m38s, 34/38) 1-4 defeat vs. Milwaukee (MacIntyre).