“I was kind of focused on different things,” Niederreiter said during the NHL European Player Media Tour last week. “Then I remembered, oh yeah, that’s right. They’re playing in Bern. So that was kind of the icing on the cake.”
“We’ve definitely talked a lot,” Niederreiter said of his new teammate Roman Josi. “Obviously it’s going to be very stressful for him because it is his city. I live like four hours away from there roughly, but still, I’ve got a lot of people coming from my city to come watch that game. It’s exciting. I never had a chance to open up with a game in Europe, so it’s cool.