Antero Niittymaki

(Photo courtesy Mike Ashmore. Thanks, Mike!)

BIOGRAPHY

BORN: June 18, 1980.
HOME:
HEIGHT: 6'0".
WEIGHT: 176 lbs.
UNIFORM #: 30 (Philadelphia), 1 (Philadelphia AHL), 31 (Finland).
CATCHES: Left
STYLE:
STRENGTHS:
WEAKNESSES:

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING:

"Yes, believe it, another top goaltending prospect for the Flyers. Known for his quick glove hand, Nittymaki had a superb rookie season with TPS Turku's senior club, winning the Finnish championship. The Flyers think he is ready for the AHL now and expect him to be the Phantoms' backup this season." (The Sports Forecaster 2000-01, p. 104)

"Much of this year for the 20-year-old goalie was spent completing his Finnish Army stint, so Nittymaki's numbers are for last year. Even so, "we still think of him as a real good prospect," Holmgren said. "We have to make a decision at some point whether to bring him over this summer." The Flyers like his quick reflexes, although they would like to see him play further out of net." (Wayne Fish, The Hockey News Future Watch 2001)

"The young netminder's second season in the Finnish elite league wasn't as smooth as the first. However, the Flyers are still very high on Nittymaki, yet another outstanding netminding prospect in the organization. He has played well at the international level. His best assets in goal are unbelievable reflexes and athleticism." (The Sports Forecaster 2001-02, p. 106)

"Completed his military service and can now focus on hockey." (Wayne Fish, The Hockey News Future Watch 2002)

"The 22-year-old Nittymaki finally made it over from Finland, but found he needed a period of adjustment. He had a tendency to stay too far back in the net, a common European trait, and he's being instructed to challenge the shooter more now. "He's learning to recognize that shots are coming from all (angles) in North America," [Philadelphia assistant HM Paul] Holmgren said. Nittymaki has great flexibility - he can stretch from outside one post to outside the other." (Wayne Fish, The Hockey News Future Watch 2003, p. 31)

"Nittymaki had an outstanding season with TPS Turku, finishing with a goals-against average of 1.84 and a save percentage of .937. The Flyers showed some faith in his when they dealt their other top prospect in goal, Maxime Ouellet, for Adam Oates and then dealt young Brian Boucher in the Michal Handzus trade. Nittymaki has been highly thought of for years now and rebounded nicely from an average season the previous year." (The Sports Forecaster 2002-03, p. 104)

"Now 25, Niittymaki is ready for the NHL game. During the lockout, he performed spectacularly well once again with the AHL's Phantoms (59 GP, 2.07 GAA, .924 Sv%). He's the Flyers' goaltender of the future, but the future may be now. Should start at backup but will compete with Robert Esche throughout 2005-06." (The Sports Forecaster 2005-06, p. 103)

TRANSACTIONS:

Selected by Philadelphia Flyers in sixth round (168th overall) of National Hockey League entry draft, 1998.
Re-signed to two-year contract by Philadelphia, August 2, 2004.
Re-signed as restricted free agent to one-year contract by Philadelphia, July 5, 2006.
Signed as unrestricted free agent by Tampa Bay Lightning, July 10, 2009.

ACCOLADES:

Named American Hockey League Player of the Week, November 17, 2003.
Member of Calder Cup winner Philadelphia Phantoms, 2004-05.
Winner, Jack Butterfield Trophy (AHL - Calder Cup playoffs most valuable player), 2004-05.
Member of silver medal-winning Finland Olympic Team, February 26, 2006.
Named Most Valuable Player, 2006 Winter Olympics, February 26, 2006.
Member of bronze medal-winning Finland, 2006 IIHF World Championships, May 21, 2006.

CALDER TROPHY BALLOTING:

2005-06: 15th place, 1 point (0-0-0-0-1)

INJURIES:

Suffered torn labrum in left hip during morning practice session, September 26, 2006.

FIRSTS:

Antero made his National Hockey League debut, and earned his first National Hockey League victory, on February 4, 2004. With Philadelphia's top two goaltenders, Jeff Hackett and Robert Esche, sidelined with injuries, Niittymaki was recalled by the Flyers. Antero stopped nineteen of twenty shots in the 5-1 victory. "I felt better than I thought I would in my first NHL game," Niittymaki said. "It was a pretty easy night. I only faced 15 shots or so in the first two periods and they were pretty easy shots. The guys played well in front of me, especially against the power play." Said Keith Primeau: "[Niittymaki] was the boss out there tonight. If he didn't feel comfortable with the play, we told him just to swallow the puck up and stop play."

PENALTY SHOTS:

Stopped penalty shot (Robert Nilsson), March 4, 2006.
Stopped penalty shot (Radek Dvorak), December 30, 2007.
Stopped penalty shot (Martin St. Louis), January 30, 2009.
Stopped penalty shot (Jamie Langenbrunner), October 31, 2009.

NHL SHOOTOUTS:

December 3, 2005 - lost to Nashville, 0-2 (Steve Sullivan goal, Paul Kariya goal).
December 6, 2005 - defeated Calgary, 1-0 (Kristian Huselius save, Jarome Iginla save, Tony Amonte save).
December 19, 2005 - lost to Buffalo, 1-2 (Ales Kotalik save, Thomas Vanek save, Tim Connolly goal, Maxim Afinogenov goal).
December 26, 2005 - defeated Florida, 1-0 (Joe Nieuwendyk save, Nathan Horton save, Olli Jokinen save, Jozef Stumpel save).
December 31, 2005 - lost to Washington, 1-2 (Matt Pettinger goal, Alexander Ovechkin save, Brian Willsie goal).
January 17, 2006 - lost to Carolina, 2-3 (Ray Whitney goal, Matt Cullen goal, Eric Staal save, Rod Brind'Amour goal).
March 8, 2006 - defeated Carolina, 2-1 (Ray Whitney goal, Matt Cullen save, Justin Williams save, Eric Staal save).
2005-06 season to date: 3 wins, 4 losses, 14 saves on 24 chances.
October 7, 2006 - lost to NY Rangers, 0-1 (Jaromir Jagr save, Michael Nylander save, Peter Prucha save, Brendan Shanahan save, Matt Cullen save, Adam Hall save, Martin Straka save, Nigel Dawes save, Blair Betts save, Michal Rozsival save, Ryan Hollweg save, Jason Ward save, Marcel Hossa goal).
October 26, 2006 - defeated Atlanta, 2-1 (Vyacheslav Kozlov goal, Marian Hossa save, Ilya Kovalchuk save).
December 2, 2006 - lost to New Jersey, 0-2 (Zach Parise goal, Brian Gionta goal).
January 20, 2007 - lost to New Jersey, 0-1 (Brian Gionta goal, Patrik Elias save).
February 8, 2007 - lost to Pittsburgh, 0-1 (Erik Christensen save, Evgeni Malkin save, Sidney Crosby goal).
2006-07 season to date: 1 win, 4 losses, 17 saves on 23 chances.
March 29, 2008 - defeated NY Islanders, 1-0 (Frans Nielsen save, Kyle Okposo save, Richard Park save).
2007-08 season to date: 1 win, 0 losses, 3 saves on 3 chances.
December 11, 2008 - defeated Carolina, 2-0 (Tuomo Ruutu save, Rod Brind'amour save).
December 21, 2008 - lost to New Jersey, 1-2 (Zach Parise miss, Patrik Elias miss, Jamie Langenbrunner goal, Brian Gionta save, Travis Zajac goal).
January 3, 2009 - lost to Los Angeles, 0-2 (Patrick O'Sullivan goal, Anze Kopitar save, Dustin Brown goal).
January 16, 2009 - defeated Florida, 1-0 (Ville Peltonen miss, Michael Frolik save, Nathan Horton save).
April 4, 2009 - lost to Ottawa, 1-2 (Mike Comrie save, Daniel Alfredsson goal, Jason Spezza save, Nick Foligno miss, Mike Fisher goal).
2008-09 season to date: 2 wins, 3 losses, 12 saves on 18 chances.
October 31, 2009 - lost to New Jersey, 0-1 (Zach Parise save, Jamie Langenbrunner save, Travis Zajac miss, David Clarkson goal).
November 12, 2009 - defeated Minnesota, 2-0 (Mikku Koivu save, Martin Havlat save).
2009-10 season to date: 1 win, 1 loss, 5 saves on 6 chances.

DID YOU KNOW?

On April 11, 2004, Antero became the first goaltender in the history of North American professional hockey to be credited with an overtime goal (shorthanded, no less!). On the last day of the regular season, the Hershey Bears needed a victory to qualify for the Calder Cup playoffs. Midway through overtime, with the game between Hershey and Niittymaki's Philadelphia Phantoms tied at two apiece, Hershey coach Paul Fixter gambled and pulled goaltender Philippe Sauve during a power play to give the Bears a five-on-three man advantage. During the ensuing attack, Shane Willis' wild pass left the Phantom zone, rebounded off the side boards at center ice and entered the vacated Hershey net. Niittymaki was the last Philadelphia player to play the puck, and he was credited with the tally.

SEASON RECORDS:

REGULAR SEASON
Year  Team                        GP    Min   W   L   T  OL     GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS
98-99 TPS Turku FINLAND            7                                                             0   0     0
99-00 TPS Turku FINLAND           49                                                             0   0     2
00-01 TPS Turku FINLAND           21   1113  10   5   1              2.48           .907     0   0   0     0
01-02 TPS Turku FINLAND           27   1498  16   8   1         46   1.84     734   .937     3   0   0     2
02-03 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL   40   2283  14  21   2         98   2.58    1011   .903     0   0   0     0
03-04 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL   49   2728  24  13   6         92   2.02    1205   .924     7   1   0     0
      Philadelphia Flyers NHL      3    180   3   0   0          3   1.00      77   .961     0   0   0     0
04-05 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL   58   3452  33  21   4        119   2.07    1573   .924     6   0   0     2
05-06 Philadelphia Flyers NHL     46   2690  23  15       6    133   2.97    1266   .895     2   0   1     0
06-07 Philadelphia Flyers NHL     52   2942   9  29       9    166   3.38    1567   .894     0   0   0     2
THREE (3) NHL SEASONS            101   5812  35  44   0  15    302   3.12    2910  0.896     2   0   1     2

POST-SEASON
Year  Team                        GP    Min   W   L   GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS
99-00 TPS Turku FINLAND           11                                                   0   0     0
01-02 TPS Turku FINLAND            8                                                   0   0     2
03-04 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL   12    796   6   6   24   1.81     325   .926     0   0   1    17
04-05 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL   21   1269  15   5   37   1.75     648   .943     3   0   0     2
05-06 Philadelphia Flyers NHL      2     73   0   0    5   4.10      29   .828     0   0   0     0
ONE (1) NHL POSTSEASON             2     73   0   0    5   4.10      29  0.828     0   0   0     0

NHL GAME DIRECTORY:

Selected by Philadelphia Flyers in 1998 National Hockey League entry draft.
02/04/04: W (60m, 19/20) 5-1 victory vs. Washington (Kolzig).
02/05/04: W (59m57s, 20/21) 5-1 victory at Atlanta (Nurminen).
02/10/04: W (59m58s, 35/36) 4-1 victory vs. New Jersey (Brodeur).
10/07/05: W (59m41s, 26/28) 5-2 victory vs. New Jersey (Brodeur).
10/14/05: W (63m15s, 15/20) 6-5 OT victory vs. Pittsburgh (Fleury, Caron).
10/28/05: L (59m43s, 29/36) 6-8 defeat at Carolina (Ward).
11/10/05: W (60m, 38/40) 3-2 victory vs. NY Islanders (DiPietro).
11/16/05: OTL (64m02s, 26/29) 2-3 OT defeat vs. Pittsburgh (Fleury).
11/19/05: W (59m38s, 27/30) 6-3 victory at Pittsburgh (Thibault).
11/25/05: W (59m54s, 25/28) 5-3 victory at Boston (Raycroft).
11/26/05: L (59m30s, 17/20) 2-4 defeat vs. NY Islanders (Snow).
12/03/05: SOL (65m, 29/32) 3-4 SO defeat (0/2) at Nashville (Vokoun).
12/06/05: W (65m, 28/28) 1-0 SO victory (3/3) vs. Calgary (Kiprusoff).
12/08/05: L (59m05s, 25/28) 2-3 defeat vs. Edmonton (Morrison).
12/10/05: W (59m35s, 23/25) 3-2 victory vs. Minnesota (Fernandez).
12/15/05: L (10m41s, 5/6) 4-5 defeat vs. Vancouver (Auld) [Replaced Esche].
12/17/05: W (60m, 29/31) 5-2 victory at St. Louis (Bacashihua).
12/19/05: SOL (65m, 27/28) 1-2 SO defeat (2/4) vs. Buffalo (Miller).
12/22/05: W (60m, 25/28) 4-3 victory vs. Ottawa (Hasek).
12/23/05: W (60m, 22/26) 5-4 victory at Pittsburgh (Fleury).
12/26/05: W (64m48s, 34/36) 3-2 SO victory (4/4) at Florida (Luongo).
12/28/05: W (60m13s, 28/31) 4-3 OT victory at Atlanta (Garnett).
12/29/05: W (61m26s, 25/28) 4-3 OT victory at Carolina (Ward).
12/31/05: SOL (65m, 43/46) 3-4 SO defeat (1/3) at Washington (Kolzig).
01/02/06: W (59m53s, 27/27) 1-0 victory at Boston (Toivonen).
01/05/06: W (60m07s, 31/34) 4-3 OT victory at NY Rangers (Weekes).
01/06/06: W (59m38s, 23/24) 3-1 victory at Washington (Kolzig).
01/09/06: L (60m, 13/16) 0-3 defeat at New Jersey (Brodeur).
01/11/06: W (59m54s, 12/14) 5-2 victory at Chicago (Anderson).
01/12/06: L (59m56s, 35/41) 3-6 defeat at Detroit (Legace).
01/14/06: OTL (63m34s, 30/34) 3-4 OT defeat vs. Colorado (Aebischer).
01/17/06: SOL (65m, 19/22) 3-4 SO defeat (1/4) vs. Carolina (Gerber).
01/19/06: L (59m45s, 13/18) 2-5 defeat vs. Boston (Thomas).
01/23/06: W (59m54s, 24/26) 4-2 victory vs. Pittsburgh (Fleury).
01/28/06: L (59m58s, 24/30) 0-6 defeat vs. Tampa Bay (Burke).
02/05/06: L (60m, 31/36) 0-5 defeat at Montreal (Huet).
02/11/06: L (45m09s, 21/22) 2-3 defeat at Ottawa (Hasek) [Replaced Esche].
03/02/06: - (35m21s, 16/19) 1-6 defeat vs. NY Rangers (Weekes) [Replaced Esche].
03/04/06: L (59m17s, 22/25) 2-4 defeat at NY Islanders (DiPietro).
03/07/06: W (64m36s, 29/31) 3-2 SO victory (3/4) vs. Carolina (Gerber).
03/18/06: W (59m56s, 25/27) 4-2 victory at Atlanta (Lehtonen).
03/21/06: W (59m55s, 21/22) 2-1 victory vs. New Jersey (Brodeur).
03/25/06: W (60m, 33/36) 6-3 victory vs. Ottawa (Emery, Morrison).
03/28/06: L (59m17s, 23/26) 2-3 defeat vs. Toronto (Aubin).
04/01/06: L (60m, 27/31) 1-4 defeat vs. New Jersey (Brodeur).
04/08/06: L (59m48s, 24/28) 2-5 defeat vs. Toronto (Aubin).
04/15/06: W (60m, 25/26) 4-1 victory vs. NY Rangers (Weekes).
04/16/06: - (37m36s, 6/8) 1-5 defeat at New Jersey (Brodeur) [Replaced Esche].
04/24/06: - (40m, 15/18) 2-8 defeat at Buffalo (Miller) [Replaced Esche].
05/02/06: - (32m41s, 9/11) 1-7 defeat vs. Buffalo (Miller) [Replaced Esche].
10/07/06: SOL (64m50s, 26/30) 4-5 SO defeat (12/13) vs. NY Rangers (Lundqvist).
10/10/06: W (60m, 25/27) 4-2 victory at NY Rangers (Lundqvist).
10/11/06: L (58m14s, 20/22) 1-3 defeat vs. Montreal (Aebischer).
10/14/06: L (59m13s, 29/32) 2-3 defeat at New Jersey (Brodeur).
10/19/06: L (59m37s, 32/36) 1-4 defeat at Tampa Bay (Denis).
10/20/06: L (58m59s, 23/26) 2-3 defeat at Florida (Belfour).
10/26/06: W (65m, 28/30) 3-2 SO victory (2/3) vs. Atlanta (Hedberg, Lehtonen).
10/28/06: L (22m41s, 5/9) 2-8 defeat vs. Pittsburgh (Fleury) [Replaced by Esche].
11/02/06: L (59m02s, 24/27) 2-5 defeat vs. Tampa Bay (Holmqvist).
11/04/06: - (38m24s, 10/11) 3-5 defeat vs. Washington (Johnson) [Replaced Esche].
11/06/06: L (59m15s, 28/31) 1-4 defeat at Toronto (Raycroft).
11/09/06: L (58m20s, 17/20) 1-3 defeat vs. NY Islanders (DiPietro).
11/11/06: OTL (60m21s, 32/37) 4-5 OT defeat vs. Buffalo (Biron).
11/13/06: L (59m24s, 36/39) 2-3 defeat at Pittsburgh (Fleury).
11/16/06: W (59m40s, 23/26) 4-3 victory at Los Angeles (Cloutier).
11/18/06: - (27m35s, 7/7) 1-6 defeat at San Jose (Toskala) [Replaced Esche].
11/20/06: L (59m49s, 29/34) 3-5 defeat vs. Pittsburgh (Fleury).
11/22/06: OTL (64m39s, 32/35) 2-3 OT defeat vs. Ottawa (Emery).
11/24/06: W (59m45s, 39/41) 3-2 victory vs. Columbus (Leclaire).
11/25/06: W (59m41s, 29/31) 4-2 victory at Montreal (Aebischer).
11/29/06: L (58m47s, 26/29) 2-3 defeat vs. Nashville (Mason).
11/30/06: W (59m57s, 39/41) 3-2 victory at NY Islanders (Dunham).
12/02/06: SOL (64m57s, 29/32) 3-4 SO defeat (0/2) vs. New Jersey (Brodeur).
12/08/06: L (58m34s, 22/24) 0-2 defeat at New Jersey (Brodeur).
12/09/06: L (59m13s, 27/32) 3-5 defeat vs. Washington (Johnson).
12/12/06: L (59m35s, 31/34) 1-3 defeat vs. NY Rangers (Weekes).
12/13/06: L (57m48s. 19/26) 4-8 defeat at Pittsburgh (Fleury, Thibault, Fleury) [Replaced by Houle, replaced Houle].
12/16/06: L (60m, 27/31) 1-4 defeat at Washington (Kolzig).
12/19/06: L (59m06s, 40/42) 1-2 defeat vs. Carolina (Ward).
12/21/06: L (58m26s, 33/37) 2-4 defeat at Montreal (Aebischer).
12/23/06: L (59m33s, 36/41) 3-6 defeat vs. Ottawa (Gerber).
12/27/06: L (40m, 22/24) 1-3 defeat at Florida (Belfour) [Replaced by Esche].
01/07/07: L (59m54s, 37/43) 1-6 defeat at Ottawa (Gerber).
01/11/07: L (58m05s, 22/26) 2-4 defeat vs. Montreal (Aebischer).
01/13/07: L (59m36s, 34/38) 3-5 defeat vs. Pittsburgh (Fleury).
01/18/07: L (58m45s, 32/36) 2-4 defeat vs. NY Islanders (DiPietro).
01/20/07: SOL (64m50s, 35/38) 3-4 SO defeat (1/2) at New Jersey (Brodeur).
01/28/07: W (59m53s, 37/38) 2-1 victory at Atlanta (Lehtonen).
02/01/07: OTL (64m03s, 29/35) 5-6 OT defeat vs. New Jersey (Brodeur).
02/03/07: W (53m01s, 32/33) 5-2 victory at Atlanta (Lehtonen) [Replaced Esche].
02/07/07: L (58m15s, 35/37) 0-2 defeat at NY Islanders (DiPietro).
02/08/07: SOL (64m30s, 28/32) 4-5 SO defeat (2/3) vs. Pittsburgh (Fleury).
02/15/07: - (42m57s, 19/20) 2-4 defeat vs. Toronto (Raycroft) [Replaced Leighton].
02/17/07: W (60m, 40/43) 5-3 victory at NY Rangers (Lundqvist, Valiquette).
02/19/07: L (59m08s, 12/17) 3-6 defeat vs. Boston (Thomas).
02/20/07: - (37m35s, 6/8) 3-6 defeat at Buffalo (Miller) [Replaced Esche].
02/22/07: OTL (60m11s, 27/30) 2-3 OT defeat at Carolina (Grahame).
02/27/07: OTL (64m29s, 33/39) 5-6 OT defeat at NY Islanders (DiPietro).
03/13/07: L (58m09s, 30/33) 2-3 defeat at Dallas (Smith).
03/21/07: L (60m, 29/34) 0-5 defeat at NY Rangers (Lundqvist).
03/31/07: - (30m34s, 11/12) 4-6 defeat vs. NY Rangers (Lundqvist) [Replaced Biron].
04/07/07: L (58m30s, 28/31) 2-4 defeat vs. NY Islanders (Dubielewicz).
10/25/07: L (59m31s, 21/25) 2-5 defeat at Tampa Bay (Holmqvist).
11/02/07: W (59m21s, 24/26) 3-2 victory at Washington (Kolzig).
11/08/07: - (37m12s, 24/24) 1-4 defeat at New Jersey (Brodeur) [Replaced Biron].
11/17/07: - (20m, 0/2) 2-6 defeat vs. New Jersey (Brodeur) [Replaced Biron].
11/26/07: L (34m45s, 15/17) 3-6 defeat vs. Boston (Rask) [Replaced Biron].
12/05/07: W (60m, 28/29) 3-1 victory at Minnesota (Backstrom).
12/13/07: L (60m, 19/23) 1-4 defeat vs. Montreal (Price).
12/16/07: L (59m08s, 34/37) 2-4 defeat at New Jersey (Brodeur).
12/30/07: W (59m55s, 38/38) 1-0 victory at Florida (Vokoun).
01/05/08: W (60m, 54/56) 3-2 victory at Toronto (Raycroft).
01/08/08: W (60m, 27/28) 4-1 victory at Atlanta (Lehtonen).
01/10/08: W (60m, 39/41) 6-2 victory at NY Rangers (Lundqvist).
01/12/08: OTL (60m42s, 28/32) 3-4 OT defeat vs. Boston (Auld).
01/16/08: W (60m, 28/31) 5-3 victory vs. Florida (Vokoun).
01/20/08: W (59m51s, 25/26) 6-1 victory vs. Ottawa (Gerber, Emery).
01/22/08: L (34m33s, 15/20) 3-7 defeat vs. New Jersey (Brodeur) [Replaced by Biron].
01/31/08: L (21m41s, 8/12) 0-4 defeat vs. NY Rangers (Valiquette) [Replaced by Biron].
02/05/08: W (59m26s, 23/25) 3-2 victory at Atlanta (Lehtonen).
02/12/08: L (59m10s, 43/47) 3-4 defeat at NY Islanders (DiPietro).
02/16/08: L (58m38s, 19/20) 0-1 defeat at Montreal (Price).
02/17/08: L (59m53s, 28/32) 3-5 defeat vs. Montreal (Price).
02/23/08: OTL (63m37s, 23/25) 1-2 OT defeat vs. Florida (Anderson).
03/02/08: - (21m51s, 10/14) 4-5 SO defeat at NY Rangers (Lundqvist, Valiquette) [Replaced by Biron].
03/04/08: - (14m03s, 3/3) 2-5 defeat vs. Buffalo (Miller) [Replaced Biron].
03/16/08: - (35m45s, 24/28) 1-7 defeat at Pittsburgh (Fleury) [Replaced Biron].
03/18/08: W (59m59s, 17/19) 3-2 victory vs. Atlanta (Lehtonen, Hedberg, Lehtonen).
03/29/08: SOW (65m, 27/30) 4-3 SO victory (3/3) at NY Islanders (Dubielewicz).
10/11/08: - (43m10s, 13/13) 3-4 defeat vs. NY Rangers (Valiquette) [Replaced Biron].
10/14/08: OTL (64m42s, 25/28) 2-3 OT defeat at Pittsburgh (Fleury).
10/18/08: OTL (61m25s, 40/45) 4-5 OT defeat at San Jose (Nabokov).
10/22/08: - (20m, 11/15) 6-7 SO defeat vs. San Jose (Nabokov) [Replaced by Biron].
10/28/08: W (60m, 24/24) 7-0 victory at Atlanta (Lehtonen).
11/06/08: L (58m35s, 21/24) 1-4 defeat at Ottawa (Auld).
11/16/08: W (60m, 29/32) 4-3 victory vs. Atlanta (Hedberg).
11/26/08: W (59m57s, 27/28) 3-1 victory at Carolina (Ward).
12/06/08: OTW (63m34s, 35/36) 2-1 OT victory at Carolina (Leighton).
12/11/08: SOW (64m51s, 26/31) 6-5 SO victory (2/2) vs. Carolina (Leighton).
12/16/08: W (59m58s, 29/31) 5-2 victory vs. Colorado (Budaj).
12/18/08: L (59m21s, 26/31) 2-5 defeat at Montreal (Halak).
12/20/08: W (59m58s, 47/48) 7-1 victory vs. Washington (Johnson, Theodore).
12/21/08: SOL (64m37s, 24/26) 2-3 SO defeat (3/5) at New Jersey (Clemmensen).
12/23/08: W (60m, 17/21) 6-4 victory vs. Ottawa (Auld).
12/27/08: L (60m, 30/33) 0-3 defeat at Columbus (Mason).
12/30/08: W (60m, 29/31) 3-2 victory at Vancouver (Sanford, Schneider).
01/03/09: SOL (65m, 30/31) 1-2 SO defeat (1/3) at Los Angeles (Quick).
01/16/09: SOW (65m, 32/34) 3-2 SO victory (3/3) at Florida (Vokoun).
01/21/09: W (59m56s, 28/31) 5-3 victory vs. Atlanta (Lehtonen).
01/30/09: W (60m, 41/42) 6-1 victory at Tampa Bay (Smith, Helenius).
01/31/09: L (59m29s, 31/35) 0-4 defeat at St. Louis (Mason).
02/07/09: OTW (43m00s, 22/22) 4-3 OT victory at Boston (Fernandez) [Replaced Biron].
02/08/09: W (59m57s, 29/31) 3-2 victory at Atlanta (Hedberg).
02/12/09: L (60m, 18/23) 2-5 defeat vs. Ottawa (Elliott).
02/24/09: W (60m, 33/35) 4-2 victory at Washington (Theodore).
02/27/09: OTL (63m21s, 32/36) 3-4 OT defeat vs. Montreal (Halak).
03/03/09: W (60m, 22/24) 4-2 victory at Boston (Fernandez).
03/05/09: L (20m, 15/19) 1-5 defeat vs. Calgary (Kiprusoff) [Replaced by Biron].
03/15/09: L (59m48s, 35/39) 1-4 defeat at NY Rangers (Lundqvist).
03/29/09: L (58m45s, 27/31) 3-4 defeat vs. Boston (Thomas).
04/01/09: - (25m28s, 10/10) 2-3 defeat at Toronto (Joseph) [Replaced Biron].
04/04/09: SOL (65m, 35/38) 3-4 SO defeat (3/5) at Ottawa (Auld).
Signed as free agent by Tampa Bay Lightning, July 2009.
10/10/09: W (59m55s, 24/26) 5-2 victory vs. Carolina (Ward).
10/12/09: W (60m, 31/33) 3-2 victory vs. Florida (Vokoun).
10/17/09: L (57m47s, 29/33) 1-4 defeat at Pittsburgh (Fleury).
10/31/09: SOL (65m, 37/38) 1-2 SO defeat (3/4) vs. New Jersey (Brodeur).
11/02/09: - (33m01s, 12/13) 2-6 defeat at Philadelphia (Emery) [Replaced Smith].
11/03/09: OTW (62m21s, 40/41) 2-1 OT victory at Toronto (Gustavsson).
11/05/09: OTL (64m17s, 26/29) 2-3 OT defeat at Ottawa (Leclaire).
11/07/09: W (60m, 36/37) 3-1 victory at Montreal (Price).
11/12/09: SOW (63m57s, 31/34) 4-3 SO victory (2/2) vs. Minnesota (Backstrom).

AHL GAME DIRECTORY:

Started 2003-04 season with Philadelphia Phantoms.
10/17/03: T (65m, 26/27) 1-1 OT tie at Bridgeport (Kochan).
10/19/03: L (61m35s, 14/16) 1-2 OT defeat vs. Syracuse (Goehring).
10/24/03: L (59m40s, 30/33) 1-3 defeat at Wilkes-Barre (Chiodo).
11/01/03: L (58m56s, 17/21) 3-4 defeat at Albany (Clemmensen).
11/02/03: W (60m, 28/30) 6-2 victory at Hershey (Budaj, Lawson).
11/07/03: W (60m, 27/28) 5-1 victory vs. Hershey (Lawson).
11/09/03: L (60m, 25/31) 2-6 defeat vs. Bridgeport (Dubielewicz).
11/12/03: - (19m36s, 4/4) 3-5 defeat vs. Cincinnati (Ferhi) [Replaced Little].
11/14/03: T (65m, 33/34) 1-1 OT tie vs. Cincinnati (Bryzgalov).
11/16/03: W (60m, 24/24) 1-0 victory vs. Providence (Toivonen).
11/21/03: W (60m, 24/26) 6-2 victory vs. Lowell (Sabourin).
11/22/03: - (9m47s, 4/7) 5-4 victory at Wilkes-Barre (Aubin) [Replaced by Little].
11/26/03: T (65m, 35/39) 4-4 OT tie vs. Norfolk (Munro).
11/29/03: W (60m, 24/24) 4-0 victory at Albany (Ahonen).
12/03/03: W (60m, 31/32) 4-1 victory at Hershey (Budaj, Lawson).
12/05/03: L (58m52s, 27/29) 0-2 defeat vs. Norfolk (Passmore).
12/14/03: W (60m, 31/33) 3-2 victory vs. Hershey (Budaj).
12/19/03: T (65m, 34/38) 4-4 OT tie at Syracuse (Leclaire).
12/27/03: L (59m21s, 30/33) 2-3 defeat at Norfolk (Anderson).
12/28/03: - (3m50s, 1/2) 1-5 defeat vs. Binghamton (Emery, Thompson, Emery) [Replaced Little].
01/02/04: L (59m10s, 25/27) 1-3 defeat vs. Worcester (Sanford).
01/04/04: W (60m, 22/24) 3-2 victory vs. Wilkes-Barre (Chiodo, Brochu).
01/07/04: W (60m, 20/22) 3-2 victory vs. Hamilton (Michaud).
01/09/04: W (62m30s, 27/29) 3-2 OT victory at Springfield (Pelletier).
01/16/04: W (60m, 19/19) 4-0 victory vs. Hershey (Budaj).
01/18/04: W (60m, 32/33) 4-1 victory vs. Norfolk (Leighton).
01/23/04: W (60m, 16/16) 2-0 victory vs. Bridgeport (Kochan).
01/30/04: T (65m, 26/29) 3-3 OT tie vs. Hartford (LaBarbera).
01/31/04: W (61m23s, 23/26) 4-3 OT victory vs. Milwaukee (Flaherty).
02/07/04: - (36m00s, 6/11) 5-6 defeat at Binghamton (Emery) [Replaced by Houle].
02/18/04: L (59m09s, 20/22) 0-2 defeat vs. Wilkes-Barre (Caron).
02/27/04: T (65m, 19/21) 2-2 OT tie at Cincinnati (Bryzgalov).
02/29/04: W (60m, 25/28) 5-3 victory at Grand Rapids (MacDonald).
03/03/04: L (59m45s, 19/22) 2-4 defeat at Norfolk (Anderson).
03/06/04: - (23m15s, 4/4) 0-4 defeat at Wilkes-Barre (Caron) [Replaced Little].
03/07/04: W (60m, 25/28) 5-3 victory vs. Albany (Ahonen).
03/08/04: W (60m, 26/27) 6-1 victory vs. Albany (Ahonen).
03/12/04: W (60m, 31/31) 4-0 victory at Providence (Thomas).
03/13/04: L (59m29s, 25/27) 1-3 defeat at Manchester (Chouinard).
03/16/04: L (58m53s, 20/21) 0-1 defeat vs. Wilkes-Barre (Chiodo).
03/19/04: W (61m24s, 21/23) 3-2 OT victory vs. Wilkes-Barre (Chiodo).
03/21/04: - (19m25s, 3/3) 2-3 defeat vs. Grand Rapids (Lamothe) [Replaced Little].
03/26/04: W (60m, 23/24) 2-1 victory vs. Bridgeport (Kochan).
03/27/04: W (60m23s, 23/23) 1-0 OT victory at Binghamton (Emery).
03/31/04: W (60m, 26/26) 3-0 victory vs. Norfolk (Anderson).
04/02/04: W (60m, 35/36) 4-1 victory vs. Hershey (Sauve).
04/04/04: L (63m51s, 24/27) 2-3 OT defeat vs. Binghamton (Emery).
04/09/04: L (59m24s, 27/31) 3-5 defeat at Albany (Kostur).
04/11/04: W (62m32s, 32/34) 3-2 OT victory at Hershey (Sauve).
04/21/04: W (60m, 30/31) 2-1 victory vs. Norfolk (Leighton).
04/23/04: L (69m51s, 14/16) 1-2 OT defeat vs. Norfolk (Anderson).
04/27/04: W (60m, 17/18) 3-1 victory at Norfolk (Anderson, Leighton).
04/28/04: W (113m02s, 49/50) 2-1 3OT victory at Norfolk (Anderson).
04/30/04: L (59m38s, 23/25) 1-2 defeat at Norfolk (Anderson).
05/01/04: W (60m, 27/29) 3-2 victory vs. Norfolk (Anderson).
05/05/04: L (59m14s, 24/29) 4-5 defeat vs. Wilkes-Barre (Chiodo, Caron).
05/07/04: W (75m20s, 28/30) 3-2 OT victory vs. Wilkes-Barre (Caron).
05/08/04: L (60m, 24/27) 0-3 defeat at Wilkes-Barre (Chiodo).
05/10/04: L (59m07s, 15/16) 0-2 defeat at Wilkes-Barre (Chiodo).
05/12/04: W (60m, 31/33) 4-2 victory vs. Wilkes-Barre (Chiodo).
05/14/04: L (59m41s, 19/21) 1-3 defeat at Wilkes-Barre (Chiodo).
10/16/04: L (59m52s, 26/28) 1-2 defeat at Hartford (LaBarbera).
10/17/04: L (59m36s, 21/24) 2-4 defeat at Bridgeport (Kochan).
10/22/04: W (60m, 19/22) 5-3 victory vs. Hamilton (Ellis).
10/27/04: W (59m53s, 22/22) 5-0 victory vs. Bridgeport (Dubielewicz).
10/29/04: W (60m, 29/30) 4-1 victory at Hamilton (Ellis).
11/03/04: W (59m52s, 18/20) 4-2 victory vs. Cincinnati (Cassivi).
11/05/04: W (59m57s, 23/24) 4-1 victory vs. Hershey (Lawson).
11/12/04: W (64m46s, 23/25) 3-2 SO victory (3/5) vs. Wilkes-Barre (Fleury).
11/14/04: W (62m41s, 22/24) 3-2 OT victory vs. Norfolk (Anderson).
11/17/04: W (65m, 20/21) 2-1 SO victory (6/6) vs. Binghamton (Emery).
11/19/04: W (60m, 26/27) 3-1 victory vs. Bridgeport (Kochan).
11/21/04: W (61m14s, 28/31) 4-3 OT victory at Providence (Toivonen).
11/24/04: W (60m, 20/21) 4-1 victory vs. Providence (Allen).
11/26/04: W (60m, 19/21) 4-2 victory vs. Hershey (Lawson).
11/28/04: L (59m16s, 29/31) 1-2 defeat at Syracuse (Goehring).
12/01/04: W (65m, 25/27) 3-2 SO victory (4/7) vs. Wilkes-Barre (Fleury).
12/04/04: L (64m18s, 24/26) 1-2 OT defeat vs. Norfolk (Leighton).
12/10/04: L (58m57s, 31/35) 3-4 defeat vs. Hershey (Budaj).
12/17/04: W (60m, 24/24) 1-0 victory vs. Manchester (Garon).
12/19/04: SOL (64m33s, 26/28) 2-3 SO defeat (3/5) vs. Binghamton (Thompson).
12/22/04: SOL (65m, 26/28) 2-3 SO defeat (1/4) at Bridgeport (Kochan).
12/26/04: L (59m13s, 19/23) 3-5 defeat at Wilkes-Barre (Fleury).
12/31/04: SOL (65m, 28/31) 3-4 SO defeat (1/3) at Hershey (Budaj).
01/02/05: L (59m25s, 22/25) 2-4 defeat vs. Rochester (Miller).
01/07/05: L (59m03s, 29/31) 1-2 defeat vs. Syracuse (Goehring).
01/16/05: SOL (64m58s, 22/24) 2-3 SO defeat (2/5) vs. Norfolk (Leighton).
01/21/05: L (58m49s, 25/27) 1-2 defeat at Rochester (Miller) [Replaced by Little].
01/24/05: W (60m, 27/29) 3-2 victory vs. Albany (Clemmensen).
01/28/05: W (60m, 28/29) 5-1 victory vs. Hartford (Valiquette).
01/29/05: L (59m20s, 18/20) 1-2 defeat at Bridgeport (Dubielewicz).
02/02/05: L (58m37s, 23/26) 1-4 defeat at Hershey (Budaj).
02/04/05: L (59m46s, 24/27) 1-4 defeat vs. Grand Rapids (MacDonald).
02/05/05: L (33m39s, 12/15) 1-4 defeat at Wilkes-Barre (Fleury) [Replaced by Little].
02/09/05: W (60m, 25/26) 3-1 victory at Norfolk (Leighton).
02/11/05: L (59m30s, 22/23) 0-1 defeat vs. Lowell (Ward).
02/12/05: W (60m, 34/35) 2-1 victory at Norfolk (Leighton).
02/14/05: - (20m, 6/6) 5-4 SO victory [in Manchester] vs. Canadian All-Stars (LaBarbera, MacDonald, Garon) [Replaced Lehtonen, replaced by Miller].
02/18/05: W (60m, 36/36) 3-0 victory at Cincinnati (Bryzgalov).
02/19/05: W (60m, 28/28) 2-0 victory at Milwaukee (Finley).
02/23/05: L (34m07s, 20/24) 0-5 defeat at Cincinnati (Cassivi) [Replaced by Little].
02/25/05: W (60m, 34/35) 4-1 victory vs. Hershey (Budaj).
02/27/05: L (58m59s, 25/28) 2-3 defeat vs. Wilkes-Barre (Fleury).
03/02/05: W (61m45s, 13/16) 4-3 OT victory vs. Bridgeport (Kochan).
03/05/05: L (59m10s, 16/20) 3-4 defeat at Wilkes-Barre (Sabourin).
03/09/05: W (60m, 31/31) 2-0 victory at Lowell (Krahn).
03/11/05: W (60m, 25/27) 4-2 victory at Manchester (Hauser).
03/13/05: W (60m, 32/33) 4-1 victory at Worcester (Sanford).
03/18/05: W (60m, 23/25) 4-2 victory vs. Worcester (Sanford).
03/19/05: L (63m56s, 39/43) 3-4 OT defeat at Binghamton (Emery).
03/25/05: W (60m, 19/20) 5-1 victory vs. Springfield (Pelletier).
03/26/05: W (60m, 26/28) 4-2 victory at Hershey (Budaj).
03/30/05: L (49m32s, 37/43) 4-7 defeat at Binghamton (Emery) [Replaced by Little].
04/01/05: W (59m50s, 22/25) 4-3 victory vs. Hershey (Lawson, Budaj).
04/03/05: W (60m, 30/32) 4-2 victory vs. Wilkes-Barre (Fleury).
04/06/05: L (59m03s, 31/35) 3-4 defeat at Norfolk (Anderson).
04/08/05: L (58m34s, 20/23) 1-3 defeat vs. Bridgeport (Dubielewicz).
04/10/05: W (60m41s, 31/33) 3-2 OT victory vs. Albany (Clemmensen).
04/15/05: W (59m47s, 21/22) 4-1 victory vs. Hershey (Budaj).
04/16/05: W (60m, 36/36) 4-0 victory at Albany (Ahonen).
04/22/05: W (59m48s, 29/30) 3-1 victory vs. Norfolk (Anderson).
04/23/05: W (59m55s, 32/32) 3-0 victory vs. Norfolk (Anderson).
04/25/05: L (57m37s, 31/34) 1-3 defeat at Norfolk (Anderson).
04/27/05: W (60m, 40/41) 4-1 victory at Norfolk (Anderson).
04/29/05: L (59m54s, 41/45) 1-4 defeat at Norfolk (Anderson).
05/01/05: W (60m, 28/30) 4-2 victory vs. Norfolk (Anderson).
05/04/05: W (59m55s, 17/18) 4-1 victory vs. Wilkes-Barre (Chiodo, Fleury).
05/06/05: W (60m, 30/31) 4-1 victory vs. Wilkes-Barre (Fleury).
05/07/05: L (59m31s, 22/24) 1-3 defeat at Wilkes-Barre (Chiodo).
05/10/05: W (60m, 26/29) 5-3 victory at Wilkes-Barre (Chiodo).
05/13/05: - (46m31s, 20/24) 7-4 victory vs. Wilkes-Barre (Chiodo, Fleury) [Replaced by Little].
05/20/05: W (60m, 22/24) 4-2 victory vs. Providence (Toivonen).
05/21/05: W (60m, 33/33) 3-0 victory vs. Providence (Toivonen).
05/23/05: L (74m08s, 36/38) 1-2 OT defeat at Providence (Toivonen).
05/25/05: W (59m54s, 34/35) 2-1 victory at Providence (Toivonen).
05/27/05: L (48m43s, 19/24) 4-6 defeat at Providence (Toivonen, Madden) [Replaced by Little, replaced Little].
05/29/05: W (60m, 19/20) 4-1 victory vs. Providence (Toivonen).
06/02/05: W (59m41s, 27/27) 1-0 victory at Chicago (Lehtonen).
06/04/05: W (83m50s, 48/49) 2-1 2OT victory at Chicago (Lehtonen).
06/08/05: W (60m, 29/30) 2-1 victory vs. Chicago (Lehtonen).
06/10/05: W (60m, 28/30) 5-2 victory vs. Chicago (Lehtonen).

INTERNATIONAL GAME DIRECTORY:

Played for Finland in 2006 Winter Olympics (Turin, Italy).
02/15/06: W (60m, 24/24) 5-0 victory vs. Switzerland (Gerber, Aebischer).
02/18/06: W (60m, 37/39) 4-2 victory vs. Czech Republic (Vokoun).
02/19/06: W (60m, 24/24) 2-0 victory vs. Canada (Luongo).
02/22/06: W (60m, 25/28) 4-3 victory vs. United States (DiPietro) [Quarterfinals].
02/24/06: W (60m, 21/21) 4-0 victory vs. Russia (Nabokov) [Semifinals].
02/26/06: L (58m51s, 25/28) 2-3 defeat vs. Sweden (Lundqvist) [Gold Medal Game].
Played for Finland in 2006 IIHF World Championships (Latvia).
05/07/06: W (60m, 18/18) 5-0 victory at Latvia (Naumovs).
05/09/06: T (60m, 24/27) 3-3 tie vs. Czech Republic (Hnilicka).
05/12/06: W (60m, 23/23) 4-0 victory vs. United States (Anderson).
05/15/06: L (31m51s, 11/14) 2-4 defeat vs. Canada (Denis) [Replaced by Norrena].

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