Antti Niemi gives us a late entry for fail of the year!

It was not a good night for Dallas Stars goaltender Antti Niemi.

Not only did Niemi and his Dallas Stars lose to the lowly Columbus Blue Jackets, the National Hockey League's biggest gong show, but they did so by allowing the Jackets to put up six goals.

One goal stood out in particular primarily because it was a huge fail from Niemi, the end result of which was him effectively gift wrapping a goal for veteran forward Scott Hartnell. In defense of Niemi, it was a good heads up play from Hartnell, albeit an easy one.

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