Athanasios Andrianopoulos: Greece’s Hockey Hero [1/2]

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One may not immediately think of Greece as a hotbed for hockey, but that didn’t stop Athanasios Adrianopoulous from taking the world by storm. The Yukon Left Winger is a formidable opponent, standing 6’1 and weighing 200 pounds.

 

Andrianopoulous was born in Greece, but moved to the UK at an early age, where his friends introduced him to the NHL. Since being drafted to the VHLM, he’s been showing his friends exactly how much he learned. The 25 year old was drafted to the Yukon Rush in Season 62, and is now a mainstay on the roster.

 

An agile skate,  Andrianopoulous flies across the ice with ease, and is able to find his target quickly and snipe the goal at will.

 

Over 62 games with the Rush, Andrianopoulous has scored 20 goals, with 30 assists, and has a differential of -16. He is one of Goaltender Rhett Stoffiday’s favorite players.

 

“You want to talk about a team player, I never have to worry when Double-A is on the ice. He’s a professional, and he makes my job so much easier.  I trust him out there and in life!” Stoffiday said.

 

His opponents have other things to say, as he also has 68 hits to his credit, and there’s still quite a few games to be played! Andrianopoulous has scored 2 Game winning goals for the rush, and four power play goals.

 

It hasn’t gotten to his head, however, as Andrianopoulous has embraced his role as a team-player in Yukon, and has accompanied his team on many charity events, even scoring a hole-in-one in the team’s charity golf tournament.

 

Andrianopoulous is also never shy about bringing his culture into the locker room, often cooking Gyros for his teammates and making sure that they are included in all events and functions. Even though he’s very proud of his Greek heritage, he wishes to join a North American franchise, so that he can continue to experience the sport up close and personal in the place where it originated.

 

As far as superstitions, Andrianopoulous doesn’t believe in them. He feels that as long as he calms himself before the game, and gets into the zone, he can succeed!

 

On a holiday, Rhett Stoffiday took Andrianopoulous to Nashville, known as the “Athens of the South,” to see the Parthenon, a large art museum in Downtown Nashville.

 

“I wanted to bring him here to see a little bit of home right here in East Tennessee. I reckon he’s a bit homesick, so I definitely wanted to help him to feel like we’re all behind him!” Stoffiday would later state.

 

If this season is any indication of things to come, this Greek titan will be a formidable mainstay on the starting lineup of the Rush for as long as they’ll have him. Don’t be surprised if he makes a jump for the VHL very soon, perhaps even sooner than even the Gods could predict!

 

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15 hours ago, Pierogi Tuxedo said:

Andrianopoulous is also never shy about bringing his culture into the locker room, often cooking Gyros for his teammates and making sure that they are included in all events and functions. Even though he’s very proud of his Greek heritage, he wishes to join a North American franchise, so that he can continue to experience the sport up close and personal in the place where it originated.

Draft him for the hockey potential, keep him around for the home cooked Gyros.