Claude Giroux
Claude Giroux ( born January 12, 1988 in Hearst, Ontario ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who currently plays for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League.
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Career
Claude Giroux began his career in 2004 in the Canadian Junior Football League CJHL Cumberland at the level where he scored 40 points in 48 games. In summer 2005, he moved to the high-class Canadian junior league LHJMQ Olympiques de Gatineau to. Giroux had there a very good start year with 39 goals and 64 assists in 69 games, went with the Olympiques the semi-finals of the playoffs and was elected to the All- Rookie team in the league.
Due to his good performances he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 2006 by the Philadelphia Flyers in the first round at position 22. Curiously, Philadelphia's former general manager Bobby Clarke Girouxs had forgotten name when he announced the first-round choice of the Flyers.
Giroux played another year in the LHJMQ and was the first player in the league, who reached the 50 -point mark during the season 2006/ 07, for which he needed only 22 games. However, he could not keep at the forefront of most points and was at the end of fourth- best scorer of the league with 112 points in 63 games. After he had failed with the Olympiques in the first round of the playoffs, he moved to the Philadelphia Phantoms, the farm team of the Philadelphia Flyers in the AHL, where he made his debut in the pros and in five games scoring one goal and prepared one. End of July 2007, he finally received an entry contract with the Philadelphia Flyers.
In August and September 2007, he joined with a Canadian U20 selection in the comprehensive eight games Super Series against Russia. Giroux had three goals and five assists one of the best scorers of the series, which won Canada 7-0 in a draw.
In September 2007 he took part in the training camp of the Philadelphia Flyers to recommend themselves for a place in the NHL squad, was sent at the end but back in the LHJMQ to his junior team in Gatineau. There he first played the first half of the season and took part of the year with the Canadian youth team at the U20 World Youth Championship 2008 where the team won the gold medal. Finally, in mid-February he came to his debut in the NHL, as appointed him for two games, the Flyers because of injury problems in their squad. He then returned to Gatineau and although he missed 15 league games, he was still with 106 points in 55 games the second best scorer in the league. In the playoffs, Giroux was the clear dominant player in the LHJMQ. In 19 games, he hit 17 times and prepared 34 goals, which he did on 51 points and the scorer standings with 19 points led projection. The Olympiques finally won the Coupe du Président as playoff winners and Giroux the Guy Lafleur Trophy as most valuable player of the playoffs and took part in the Memorial Cup finals, but where they failed prematurely.
In autumn 2008, Giroux moved definitively from the juniors to the pros and played in the 2008/ 09 season with the Philadelphia Phantoms 33 games while he played 42 NHL games for the Flyers in the same season. Since the 2009/10 season, he is an integral part of the NHL squad the Flyers.
On October 4, 2012 Claude Giroux signed due to the lockout of the NHL season 2012/13 a contract with the polar bear from Berlin of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. Since the 2012/13 season, he is captain of the Philadelphia Flyers.
Awards and achievements
- 2006 CHL Top Prospects Game
- 2006 QMJHL All- Rookie Team
- 2006 CHL All- Rookie Team
- 2008 QMJHL First All -Star Team
- 2008 CHL First All -Star Team
- 2008 Trophée Guy Lafleur
- 2008 Coupe du Président - profit with the Gatineau Olympiques
- 2011 NHL All-Star Game
- 2012 NHL All-Star Game
Internationally
- 2008 Gold medal at the U20 World Junior Championships
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented Team Canada at:
- Super Series 2007
- U20 Junior World Championship 2008
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )