Is His Stock Rising or What??
Posted by bcbenzel on January 20, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Another busy day here for me, unfortunately, but I figured I’d make time for this right here.
I’m going to go ahead and admit that, prior to the WJC, I’d never even heard of Nino Niedereiter. I’d imagine that there are more than a handful of hockey fans that are with me on that.
But a strong WJC for the Swiss brought him on just about every single fan’s radar. His three goals and six points in six games helped the Swiss to a shocking 4th place finish and his play with the WHL’s Portland Winterhawks this season (26 goals and 44 points in 41 games) helped him make the CHL All-Star game, where he unleashed this beauty in the skills competition:
I’m going to go ahead and say right now that he’d look great in a Minnesota Wild sweater.
Just sayin’…
