Figured I'd check in to talk about Andreas Athanasiou's 5 goal, 7 point night.
AA hit both the 100 career goal mark and 200 career point mark tonight in his 237th game. In his last 28 games, AA has 31 goals and 52 points.
Tonight everything was clicking for him. Here's a breakdown of his scoring plays:
1st goal - Picked up the puck along the wall in full stride, blew past the defender, went in alone and buried a backhand shot.
2nd goal - Picked up a drop pass from Hall at the top of the circle, held it for a bit then fired a shot, beating the goaltender.
1st assist - Tail end of a dominant shift on the powerplay. Took a shot and the rebound came out to Theoret, who scored.
2nd assist - Brilliant pass through the crease to Theoret who buried the easy goal.
3rd goal - Embarrassed the defender with a quick, yet spectacular deke, then went in all alone and proceeded to embarrass the goaltender with nice moves and good shot.
4th goal - Drove the net hard and Theoret's pass landed right on his stick, where Athanasiou simply redirected it into the back of the net.
5th goal - Theoret got crushed behind the play, Athanasiou picked up the puck in the neutral zone where he dangled around the defender and went backhand on yet another breakaway.
AA is awesome.
That is all.
