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Atlanta Thrashers Blogger •
When captain Ilya Kovalchuk returned from his broken foot last week, the top line of he, Nik Antropov and Maxim Afinogenov were reunited and have since gone on an offensive assault…leaving opposing defenses and goalkeepers in ruin.
Counting the 5-3 win last Thursday in New York, the Thrashers have netted an impressive total of 18 goals in four games. The trio that make op Thrasherville’s Russian Front have accounted for all but eight of them. In total, they have 10 goals, 13 assists and are a collective +17 in the past week.
A plus-seventeen? But I thought this line combination was supposed to be a defensive liability.
Anyway, the three Russians have played this past week as if their jocks were ablaze…flying around in the opposition’s defensive zone… battling on the boards… fight for, and winning, pucks…shooting…scoring…and looking like they are just having a pant-load of fun out there in doing so.
Thursday night’s game against the Boston Bruins was just more of the same from Ilya, Nik and Max as they accounted for all three goals in the 4-3 shootout loss. After falling behind 2-0…as they have a habit of doing while playing in Philips Arena…the mounted their now-to-be-expected comeback bid.
First it was Nik Antropov, scoring his first ever goal in a Thrashers uniform, when a Toby Enstrom shot ticked off is stick on its way into the net. The captain then tied the game on a shot from between the circles while on the power play. For the year, Kovy has a team high half dozen goals while on the man-advantage.
Afinogenov’s heroics came with about 42 seconds left in the third when…as the Thrashers trailed 3-2 and Ondrej Pavelec was pulled in favor of the extra skater…he got off a wrister from the right circle that got in over the shoulder of Tuukka Rask, sending the game into overtime and securing at least the one consolation point for the team.
For the season…the Russian Front has accounted for 22 of the Thrashers 66 goals and have accumulated 35 assists to go with a combined +16 rating.
As far as the shooting war from the Russian Front, Kovalchuk, Antropov and Afinogenov have launched a total of 109 of the 514 salvos at opposing goalies, 21.2%. Mad Max leads that charge with 45 SOG. Kovalchuk is right behind with 43…as is another fellow countryman Slava Kozlov with that total as well.
Next up to be sent to the to the Russian Front…the Sidney Crosby-led Pittsburgh Penguins Saturday night and division foes Tampa Bay Sunday afternoon.
Counting the 5-3 win last Thursday in New York, the Thrashers have netted an impressive total of 18 goals in four games. The trio that make op Thrasherville’s Russian Front have accounted for all but eight of them. In total, they have 10 goals, 13 assists and are a collective +17 in the past week.
A plus-seventeen? But I thought this line combination was supposed to be a defensive liability.
Anyway, the three Russians have played this past week as if their jocks were ablaze…flying around in the opposition’s defensive zone… battling on the boards… fight for, and winning, pucks…shooting…scoring…and looking like they are just having a pant-load of fun out there in doing so.
Thursday night’s game against the Boston Bruins was just more of the same from Ilya, Nik and Max as they accounted for all three goals in the 4-3 shootout loss. After falling behind 2-0…as they have a habit of doing while playing in Philips Arena…the mounted their now-to-be-expected comeback bid.
First it was Nik Antropov, scoring his first ever goal in a Thrashers uniform, when a Toby Enstrom shot ticked off is stick on its way into the net. The captain then tied the game on a shot from between the circles while on the power play. For the year, Kovy has a team high half dozen goals while on the man-advantage.
Afinogenov’s heroics came with about 42 seconds left in the third when…as the Thrashers trailed 3-2 and Ondrej Pavelec was pulled in favor of the extra skater…he got off a wrister from the right circle that got in over the shoulder of Tuukka Rask, sending the game into overtime and securing at least the one consolation point for the team.
For the season…the Russian Front has accounted for 22 of the Thrashers 66 goals and have accumulated 35 assists to go with a combined +16 rating.
As far as the shooting war from the Russian Front, Kovalchuk, Antropov and Afinogenov have launched a total of 109 of the 514 salvos at opposing goalies, 21.2%. Mad Max leads that charge with 45 SOG. Kovalchuk is right behind with 43…as is another fellow countryman Slava Kozlov with that total as well.
Next up to be sent to the to the Russian Front…the Sidney Crosby-led Pittsburgh Penguins Saturday night and division foes Tampa Bay Sunday afternoon.
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