Antti-Jussi Niemi

Infobox Ice Hockey Player
position = Defence
shoots = Left
height_ft = 6
height_in = 0.5
weight_lb = 189
team = Lada Togliatti
league = KHL
nationality = Finland
birth_date = Birth date and age|1977|9|22|mf=y
birth_place = Vantaa, FIN
career_start = 1995
draft = 81st overall
draft_year = 1996
draft_team = Ottawa Senators

Antti-Jussi Jormanpojka Niemi (born September 22, 1977 in Vantaa, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman playing for Lada Togliatti of the Kontinental Hockey League. He was drafted by the Ottawa Senators in the fourth round of the 1996 NHL Entry Draft, 81st overall.

Niemi, a defensive-minded rearguard who plays with a mean streak, has won two SM-liiga gold medals with Jokerit, the Elitserien championship with Frölunda HC in 2005, and has represented Finland at several World Championships, as well as the 2006 Winter Olympics. In the NHL, he registered 29 games with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.

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External links

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* [http://www.nhlfinns.com/players.aspx?pid=61 Antti-Jussi Niemi] on nhlfinns.com