Found February 25, 2009 on The Hockey Herald:
If there wasn?t a goaltending controversy before? there may be one now.? Antero Niittymaki made 35 saves, many of them high quality, in backstopping the Flyers to an impressive road win.? Niittymaki did, tonight, what Marty Biron has seemed unable to do for weeks now.? He made big saves in key ...
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