DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings today re-signed left wing Andreas Athanasiou to a two-year contract.
Athanasiou, 23, completed his third full NHL season in 2017-18 and recorded a career-high 33 points (16-17-33) in 71 games, alongside 16 penalty minutes. The 6-foot-2, 188-pound forward ranked among Red Wings leaders with 16 goals (T3rd), 17 assists (T9th), 33 points (T6th), 170 shots (5th) and 38 takeaways (T4th). He also tied an NHL record last season by scoring six seconds into an overtime period on Jan. 3 vs. Ottawa – becoming the fourth player to ever score an overtime winner that quickly and the first in the NHL’s three-on-three overtime format (later equaled by Toronto’s William Nylander) – which also established a Red Wings franchise record.