Andreas Athanasiou

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CanadaCanada  Andreas Athanasiou Ice hockey player
Date of birth August 6, 1994
place of birth London , Ontario , Canada
Nickname Double-A
size 188 cm
Weight 87 kg
position Left wing
number # 72
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2012 , 4th round, 110th position
Detroit Red Wings
Career stations
2010–2012 London Knights
2012-2014 Barrie Colts
2014-2016 Grand Rapids Griffins
2015-2020 Detroit Red Wings
since 2020 Edmonton Oilers

Andreas Athanasiou (born August 6, 1994 in London , Ontario ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Edmonton Oilers in the National Hockey League since February 2020 . The winger previously spent six years in the Detroit Red Wings organization .

Career

youth

Andreas Athanasiou, who has Greek roots, was born in London and grew up in Woodbridge , Ontario. In his youth, the attacker played for the Toronto Titans , among others , until he was selected in the Priority Selection 2010 of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) in 81st position by the London Knights . Thus Athanasiou was active in the OHL from the beginning of the 2010/11 season, where he scored eleven goals and assists in his rookie season and took part in the World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2011 over the turn of the year , where he and the team Canada Ontario won the gold medal. He was also elected to the Second All-Rookie Team of the OHL and took part in the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament 2011 in August 2011 , where he also won the gold medal with the team. In 2012 Athanasiou took part in the CHL Top Prospects Game and won the OHL championship, the J. Ross Robertson Cup , with the Knights . This was synonymous with participation in the 2012 Memorial Cup , in which the team failed in the final due to the hosts from Shawinigan .

After the season, the attacker was selected in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft in 110th position by the Detroit Red Wings . In the following off-season , the London Knights gave him to the Barrie Colts and received three voting rights for the OHL Priority Selection in return . In the following season, the attacker with the Colts again reached the final of the J. Ross Robertson Cup, but lost to his old team, the London Knights. In his fourth and final year at the OHL, Athanasiou got 95 points in 66 games, making him the best scorer of his team and fifth on the OHL scorer list .

Detroit Red Wings

Andreas Athanasiou (center) in the jersey of the Detroit Red Wings

After the end of the 2013/14 OHL season, Athanasiou moved to the Detroit Red Wings organization, which had already provided him with an entry-level contract in November 2013 . As expected , the Red Wings sent him to their farm team , the Grand Rapids Griffins , in the American Hockey League (AHL), where the attacker completed his first eight professional appearances by the end of the season. After he had spent the entire 2014/15 season in the AHL, he was appointed to the Red Wings squad for the first time in November 2015 and subsequently made his debut in the National Hockey League (NHL). Subsequently, the attacker was mainly used with the Red Wings and ended the season with 37 NHL and 26 AHL games.

After the end of the 2016/17 season, Athanasiou could not agree on a new contract with the Red Wings for the time being, so he was considered a restricted free agent and rumors about an imminent move to Europe or the Continental Hockey League were loud. Ultimately, however, both parties agreed on a new one-year contract in October 2017, which was then extended for another two seasons.

Edmonton Oilers

After six years in the organization of the Red Wings, Athanasiou was handed over to the Edmonton Oilers with Ryan Kuffner at the trade deadline in February 2020 . In return, Detroit received Sam Gagner and a second-round vote for the 2020 and 2021 NHL Entry Drafts .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2010/11 London Knights OHL 57 11 11 22nd –11 21st 6th 0 0 0 -1 0
2011/12 London Knights OHL 63 22nd 15th 37 +22 22nd 11 1 4th 5 +7 0
2012 London Knights Memorial Cup 3 1 1 2 +1 0
2012/13 Barrie Colts OHL 66 29 38 67 +13 30th 22nd 12 13 25th +6 11
2013/14 Barrie Colts OHL 66 49 46 95 +25 52 11 3 9 12 +1 2
2013/14 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 2 1 2 3 ± 0 0 6th 0 1 1 +2 6th
2014/15 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 55 16 16 32 +17 25th 16 5 4th 9 +5 6th
2015/16 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 26th 8th 8th 16 –6 9 6th 2 3 5 +2 2
2015/16 Detroit Red Wings NHL 37 9 5 14th +1 5 5 1 0 1 +1 0
2016/17 Detroit Red Wings NHL 64 18th 11 29 –7 28 - - - - - -
2017/18 Detroit Red Wings NHL 71 16 17th 33 -15 16 - - - - - -
2018/19 Detroit Red Wings NHL 76 30th 24 54 –9 38 - - - - - -
2019/20 Detroit Red Wings NHL 46 10 14th 24 -45 26th - - - - - -
2019/20 Edmonton Oilers NHL 9 1 1 2 -1 4th 4th 0 0 0 -2 2
OHL total 252 111 110 221 +49 125 50 16 26th 42 +13 13
AHL total 83 25th 26th 51 +11 34 28 7th 8th 15th +9 14th
NHL overall 303 84 72 156 -76 117 9 1 0 1 -1 2

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2011 Canada Ontario WHC gold medal 5 2 3 5 2
2012 Canada Hlinka Memorial gold medal 5 3 1 4th +1 0
Juniors overall 10 5 4th 9 2

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Carl Maloney: Andreas Athanasiou - The Next Ones: 2012 NHL Draft Prospect Profile - Beware the Greek. thehockeywriters.com, June 7, 2012, accessed July 13, 2016 .
  2. ↑ KNIGHTS TRADE ATHANASIOU. londonknights.com, August 24, 2012, accessed July 13, 2016 .
  3. ^ Kyle Kujawa: Wings sign Athanasiou to entry-level deal. redwings.nhl.com, November 20, 2013, accessed on July 13, 2016 (English).
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Squad of the Edmonton Oilers in the season 2019/20
personal data
SURNAME Athanasiou, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH London , Ontario , Canada