Whatever Happened To...Antti Niemi? 

My favorite stat about Niemi is that, while wearing the number 31 and as 31 years old, he got his 31st career shutout, saving 31 shots on January 31st

Take a shot everytime you hear "howevuhhhh" or "the undrafted goaltenduhhh"

Niemi is a great character, having heard some of his english but mostly his finnish interviews. Definitely an epitome of a guy who has had to fight against odds for most of his career. Thumbs up for Niemi and thank you for a great video! 👍

Whatever happened to my dad?

Pasi Nurminen made Antti Niemi a NHL Level goalie during Niemi's Pelicans years.

Nemo will always be loved by Sharks fans, he did everything he could for us

DO PASCAL LECLAIRE, drafted 9th overall, and done playing by 27, seemingly dropped off the face of the earth.

It's the only goalie that The Flyer's never tried out , lol !!!!!!

Make Whatever happened to Steve Mason

All I can say is in 2010 my family and I were very happy that Niemi was with the Blackhawks for the SC!! Very happy for him the rest of the team and a long wait for that championship! Thanks again Niemi for being in between the posts that year!

To answer every query about any player in the comments: He's in the KHL!

What ever happened to Victor Fasht

Antti niemi collided with regular niemi annihilating each other releasing large amounts of gamma rays and other high energy particles. Bet you never expected particle physics jokes.

If it's not already done you should do a video on Christobal Huet

Met the guy last year. Very nice man!

He’s still richer than all of us

Still amazed he didn’t get a call up to the Scotland side

Totally forgot him playing for the Penguins. LOL

He was an underrated backup for the Habs. Unique style and personality. I like him and hope he finds success in his new life after the game.

Love the channel man! Should do one on Marian Gaborik! Or Sean Avery!

What ever happened to Robert Esche? Love the videos .

Whatever happened to Milan and Zbynek Michalek?

good video!!!

San Jose always deals with the goalie dilemma; they’re good until they’re not

Wow what a ride. Like a supernova he burned bright, and quick, then disappeared. Bummer too, I loved watching him play in his prime. I hope he finds his stride still in the KHL.

I remember toskola, nabby, niemi, and Jones. Nabby and niemi are still favs

I saw him play live frequently when he was in Dallas. He was fun to watch with his unique style. He could look like the best goalie in the league and the worst goalie in the league within the same week.

Funny that the first pic of him is of him playing against Jokerit where he plays now, He’s starting today and I’m going to go watch him play

I have his rookie Rockford Icehogs card always just thought it was neat

I would like to know was he drafted or not..... otherwise fun video

The funniest thing is that when he won the cup, he just stood there not even smiling or anything, when he lost in the finals he just drank water with a normal face xD

West is the best... Niemi should have stayed on his side

Anyone know if this guy was drafted?

I'm a Pens fan that usually remembers every player that has recently played for the team, but I completely forgot that Niemi ever played for the team lol. Now that I think about it, I was slightly excited to have him as a backup.

Do you play NHL 94 theres no British person on the Speedrun 10 goals in the 1st period in game clock

He was a solid and entertaining, often unintentionally, goalie for the Sharks after a decade of Nabokov.

He is in Jokerit Helsinki, saw him at one of the last games between pipes.

What Happened to Alexei Ponikaravski he was good on the Leafs way back then vanished

Crazy to think tim thomas had one of the best seasons a goalie has ever had and was a year older tham niemi was when he was done in the NHL

Can someone tell me if he was drafted? Didn’t catch that on the video

Nemo is still one of my favorite SJ 🦈 tendies.. behind Nabby

Damn, he really hit a wall

Whatever happened to jonas gustavsson?

Can’t even blame the sharks on him that team didn’t help him in the playoffs at allll

Can you do whatever happened to Kari Lehtonen?

What happened to David Desharnais?

So the sharks happened to him.

The dirty little secret to all of this was that just after the 2010 Cup win by the Blackhawks, the team had to jettison salary almost immediately. Knowing the Hawks were in a tough position, San Jose GM Doug Wilson shrewdly forced the Blackhawks hand by tendering an offer sheet to Niklas Hjalmarsson for 4-million a season. If the Blackhawks chose to re-sign Hjalmarsson, Niemi would then be available because the Blackhawks had cap problems going into 2010-11 and couldn't afford them both. Had the Blackhawks not had a stud goaltender in their system playing in AHL-Rockford in Corey Crawford who ended up coming up to the Hawks in 2010-11 as the backup to Marty Turco, the team may have lost Hjalmarsson. So they opted to allow Niemi to skip off to San Jose and kept Hjalmarsson, then promoted Corey Crawford. Together, Crawford and Hjalmarsson were integral parts of the 2013 and 2015 Stanley Cup Championship teams, while Niemi never made the Cup Final again.

My cousin was always his own worse enemy and his own biggest critic. Was always in his own head. Will always be my favorite

"Whatever happened to" the Icing on the skate podcast? 😕

Whatever happened to PK Subban?

Johnathan Cheecho could make an nhl comeback too he is still in game shape

Ty Conklin

What ever happened to Dan Ellis

Whatever happened to every 1st Rd pick of the CBJ besides Rick Nash?

You should make a video about Leipsic in the KHL

What happened to Janne Niinimaa?

The "Antii-Tank" actually winning in Montreal kept the Habs from a great draft pick was wonderful. Too bad he isn't finding success in Europe.

He was an undrafted goaltender??

what happened to jarkko ruutu

Theres tons of old school guys id like to see on this

Whatever happened to Todd Bertuzzi

What happened to Alexei Emelin

Whatever happened to Emerson Etem.

He is playing in the KHL LEAGUE

Ladies and Gentlemen: The day has come. Antti Niemi kept his net empty today against HC Dynamo Moscow. Yes, you read that 100% correct! Antti Niemi WON a game for Jokerit. Well, that was what 3rd or 4th win for him this season, but it's still CLEAN NET! IMPOSSIBRU?!

Cant remember if you mentioned it in the vid, but did you know he was unsigned....

Where is grabovski?

Fernando Pisani!!!

Whatever happened to Michael Leighton

The way he says Pittsburgh haha *Pitts-Bahurg* lol 13:27 13:27

I remember watching the game he played for Pittsburgh against the Chicago Blackhawks within the first 2 weeks of the the season starting. The Penguins lost... 10 - 1.

He did everything that was asked of him to do with the San Jose Sharks. We just couldn’t bring a cup home.

What happened to dedimenico, tommy wingels?

You know who I mean

Whatever happened to Brian Boucher?

Whatever happened to Tie Domi, is he still fighting fans?

Whatever happened to Loui Erikson? As a Stars fan I was glad to see Seguin instead of Loui 😂😂

Wow he went to Dallas Texas. I wonder if he has any exes there

I think Dallas should of kicked Lehtonen to the curb and had Niemi as backup for Bish.

Whatever happened to Michal Handzus

what ever happened to kibbles and bits?

Did you guys know this guy was undrafted?

Theme of these videos: age is scary

Whatever happened to calvin pickard

Pierre Turgeon or Peter Budaj

Niemi had quite a decent debut game in Dallas.

What about Niemi's backup, Niittymaki!

He plays in the KHL.

It's time... whatever happened to Sean avery

Whatever happened to Ondrej pavelec

Same thing that happens to all players: age, injury, mediocrity, retirement or permanent free agency from nhl.

What happened to jarsolav halak

What happened to Andrew ladd

Whatever happened to Dany Heatley, Martin Havlat, Jonathan Cheechoo...

as a hawks fan, i wish he woulda stuck around longer than 1 full year. crawfords way too inconsistent and injury-prone, and gave up too many soft goals in the playoffs, and i wonder if we kept niemi if we wouldn't have crashed the way we did. to go from cup contenders every year to bottom-feeders with more or less the same core, albeit a bit older, is cringey at best

Whatever happened to Wayne Gretzky? That kid had so much promise.

Had the OG black sharks jersey someone stole it from my closet

Do a video on Huet

What ever happened to vesa toskala