![]() "Probably the best compliment I ever had was he said it looked like I could play, worst come to worst," Niedert said. Sudarshan Maharaj, the New York Islanders' goaltending consultant, was in town. "Is it (worth) living out of a suitcase, not knowing day to day what's going on? After some of the experiences I've had, the guys I've played with, and played for, it's worth it."Ī highlight was his first Bridgeport stint, a practice Dec. "I've met so many great people over the season," said Niedert, who's from Hudson, Iowa. He has played five ECHL games this season, including three with Elmira for former Sound Tigers coach Pat Bingham. But then-Elmira general manager Robbie Nichols called him right after Thanksgiving and asked Niedert to come upstate and see what he could do in the ECHL. Niedert figured he had a home in Danbury, where he played 38 Federal Hockey League games last season. His nine-year pro career had been spent mostly in the low minors, with some teams that no longer exist in leagues that no longer exist. He has been on seven teams' rosters this year in four different leagues, and even if he doesn't get into a game with Bridgeport, he wouldn't trade it - well, he might get rid of a couple of weeks in Tennessee, but we'll get back to that.Īt 29, Niedert has a entry that reads like a Johnny Cash song: He's been to Asheville, Knoxville, Huntsville, Danbury, Dayton, Trenton, Macon, Indiana. If I see the inside of my car again, I'm going to drive it off a building." "I wasn't excited not to get another night's sleep. "I was excited to come here," Niedert said. He backed up Kevin Poulin on Friday at Albany, then posted on Twitter that night that he was headed back to Wheeling (ECHL). bedtime, before finishing the drive and joining the Bridgeport Sound Tigers for the second time this year at the Wonderland of Ice. ![]() He got a brief rest Thursday morning, his second straight 3 a.m. "All I know is I need an oil change every month," Niedert said.
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