Per the information available, Janne Niinimaa has resigned from his Hockey career. During the world’s longest hockey game, Niinimaa is having a blast.
In addition, Niinimaa has told his teammates a few hockey tales, one of which concerns the late Glen Sather, the general manager of the Edmonton Oilers.
Sports reporter Jouni Nieminen, a fellow countryman of Niinimaa, assisted with translating the account of their goose-hunting excursion.
After being selected by the Flyers, Niinimaa spent three seasons with Jokerit in the SM-Liga before joining the NHL squad to begin the 1996–1997 campaign.
In 77 games that season, Niinimaa recorded four goals and 40 assists, good for seventh-best team scoring and selection to the NHL All-Rookie Team.
Even though the 96-97 Flyers also featured Eric Lindros, John LeClair, Rod Brind’Amour, Eric Desjardins, Paul Coffey, and Dale Hawerchuk, the seventh place seems pretty decent.
