Andreas Athanasiou scored what could be the Goal of the Year in the NHL after undressing defenseman Matt Dumba and roofing a backhander past Marc-Andre Fleury.
Athanasiou's teammates and coaches were in awe on the bench.
"It was special," Jonathan Toews said."It felt like he maybe could've gone back for another one to his forehand. For me, the biggest thing is, he's got great hands, but his footwork and his speed is something else. He just somehow seemed to keep gliding and to keep moving with all those moves, so it was pretty special to see him finish it off."
"That was a pretty special goal, for sure," Blackhawks head coach Luke Richardson echoed."And that’s what he is. He’s very dangerous like that. ... When we need a goal, he knows how to be explosive. The other team has to stay on their toes. He actually didn’t even have a breakaway, he created his own dipsy doodle twice on Dumba. It was a special goal when he finishes it off upstairs like that.
All three goals by Athanasiou this season have been pretty memorable, and we're not even into November yet. His first goal with the Blackhawks was a penalty shot, his second goal came on a breakaway because of his ridiculous speed and his third will go down as one of the prettiest of his career.