Miikka Kiprusoff had to pull out due to injuries. Despite being a relative unknown with little top-level experience, he put in a stellar performance and was named the MVP of the tournament after posting 3 shutouts in 6 games, leading Finland to the silver medal. Niittymäki played for Finland in the 2006 IIHF World Championships until the last game of the qualifying round against Canada, in which he got injured and was replaced by the team's reserve goalie Fredrik Norrena. In the 2010 Winter Olympics Niittymäki was selected to the team as Finland's third goalie, behind Miikka Kiprusoff and Niklas Bäckström. However he did not see any action during the tournament. Awards 2000: Jarmo Wasama Memorial Trophy Kanada-malja championship: TPS, 2000 and 2001 Sher-Wood AHL Player of the Week – week ending on 16 November 2003 Philadelphia Phantoms Toyota Player of the Month for January, March, November 2004 2005: Played in AHL All-Star Game Calder Cup championship: Philadelphia Phantoms, 2005 2005: Jack A. Butterfield Trophy 2005: Phantoms All Decade Second Team NHL Defensive Player of the Week – week ending on 8 January 2006 - shared with David Aebischer 2006 Winter Olympics men's ice hockey Most Valuable Player and member of the media All-Star team San Jose Sharks Player of the Month for October 2010 Records Transactions Career statistics Regular season and playoffs International Statistics source: References External links Interviews E-mail the Phantoms: Phun Phacts: Statistics SM-liiga official website; including official statistics 1980 births Finnish ice hockey goaltenders HC TPS players Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics Living people Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Olympic ice hockey players of Finland Olympic medalists in ice hockey Olympic silver medalists for Finland Sportspeople from Turku Philadelphia Flyers draft picks Philadelphia Flyers players Philadelphia Flyers scouts Philadelphia Phantoms players San Jose Sharks players Syracuse Crunch players Tampa Bay Lightning players Worcester Sharks players