New York. Elias Peterson is still a great hockey player, in case anyone forgot.
He showed conclusively with one goal and four assists when Vancouver roasted the Anaheim ducks last night.
– But first of all I am very happy that fellow series Andrei Kuzmenko got a triple, says the 23-year-old star of Onji after the 8-5 Carnival.
Shows have gone somewhat unnoticed in the shadow of the black headlines that followed the Canucks as a team in the opening month of the regular season, but the truth is that Elias Peterson Overall they had a convincing start to the season on their side – and against the ducks at home at Rogers Arena last night, the big breakthrough came.
The newly composed series, led by Russians Andrei Kuzmenko and Ilya Mikheev, was clean stage and flowed in points. Rookie Kuzmenko was responsible for a hat-trick and thus Elias counted a goal and four assists.
– Kuzmenko and I started to develop good chemistry together. We are both good players and as long as we work hard it gets better the more we play together, says Elias when he meets the media afterwards.
– First of all, I’m very happy about the hat-trick tonight. It is not easy to come to a new country and a new city and he does not know the language, but he works hard and deserves it.
Coach Bruce Boudreau is also very happy.
Yes, the whole Pettersson series was great today. They weren’t only within five goals, they created chances all the time, he enjoys.
In total, “EP” now reaches five goals and ten assists and is tied for ninth place in the scoring league.
John Klingberg scored one assist for the Dicks team and Nils Uhmann for one for the home team.