Anti Niemi Days Until Hawks Hawkey: a Look at His Best Highlights With The Blackhawks
We are officially 31 days away from September 28th, which marks the Blackhawks first day back on the ice, in a official NHL pre-season game The game will give Blackhawks fans a opportunity to see entirely new faces.
Today, we honor the best #31 as we are 31 days away from Hawkey season!! Did you guess correctly who the #32 was in the photo? It was a hard one!! The career summary below is brought to you by NBC Sports Chicago!
No. 31: Antti Niemi (G, 2009-10)
Niemi started only 37 regular-season games for the Blackhawks, but he gets the nod for his major contributions in a short time frame. After supplanting Cristobal Huet as the starter late in the 2009-10 season, Niemi started all 22 postseason games in 2010, and posted a 2.62 goals-against average and .910 save percentage to backstop the Blackhawks to their first championship in 49 years.
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Where Does Anti Niemi rank in Hawks all-time goalies list? | ||
| Top 10 | 43 | 26.5 % |
| Top 5 | 42 | 25.9 % |
| Top 20 | 35 | 21.6 % |
| Top 30 | 42 | 25.9 % |
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