Damien Giroux

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Damien Giroux
Born (2000-03-03) March 3, 2000 (age 24)
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 179 lb (81 kg; 12 st 11 lb)
Position Center
Shoots Left
AHL team
Former teams		 Coachella Valley Firebirds
Minnesota Wild
NHL draft 155th overall, 2018
Minnesota Wild
Playing career 2021–present

Damien Giroux (born March 3, 2000) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward currently under contract to the Coachella Valley Firebirds of the American Hockey League (AHL). He was selected 155th overall by the Minnesota Wild in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft.

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Playing career

Giroux played junior hockey with the Sudbury Wolves Minor Midget AAA in the GNML before a brief stint with the Rayside-Balfour Canadians in the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League (NOJHL). Having been selected in the OHL Priority Selection, 44th overall in 2016, by the Saginaw Spirit, Giroux was promptly signed to begin his major junior career in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) in the 2016–17 season. [1]

Giroux was soon elevated to a leadership role, elevated to an alternate captain in just his second season with the Spirit in 2017–18, in producing 43 points in 68 regular season games, Giroux was selected in the fifth-round, 155th overall, by the Minnesota Wild in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft. [2]

He would play four seasons in total with the Saginaw Spirit (OHL) from 2016 to 2020, registering 101 goals and 93 assists in 249 games and servings as team captain in his final two campaigns with the Spirit. He concluded his junior career earning a contract with the Wild, signing a three-year, entry-level contract on March 24, 2020. [3]

In his first full professional year, Giroux was limited by the pandemic shortened 2020–21 season, posting 19 points through just 34 games having been assigned to the Iowa Wild in the AHL. Giroux remained with Iowa for the entirety of the following 2021–22 season, suffering injury in posting just 7 points in 48 games.

In the 2022–23 season, Giroux remained with the Iowa Wild, appearing in a career high 67 games, while contributing with 22 points. On April 13, 2022, Giroux was recalled by Minnesota and made his NHL debut in the Wild's final regular season game, recording an assist, in a 4–3 overtime defeat to the Nashville Predators. [4] [5]

As a pending restricted free agent, Giroux was not tendered a qualifying offer by the Wild and was released as a free agent. [6] Unable to garner an NHL contract, Giroux was signed a one-year contract to continue in the AHL with the Rochester Americans, the primary affiliate to the Buffalo Sabres, on July 11, 2023. [7]

At the conclusion of his contract with the Americans, Giroux left as a free agent and continued in the AHL after signing a one-year deal with the Coachella Valley Firebirds, affiliate to the Seattle Kraken, on August 20, 2024. [8]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2015–16 Rayside-Balfour Canadians NOJHL 2011011120
2016–17 Saginaw Spirit OHL 538172521—————
2017–18 Saginaw SpiritOHL681924431840114
2018–19 Saginaw SpiritOHL673021512217941310
2019–20 Saginaw SpiritOHL6144317522—————
2020–21 Iowa Wild AHL 347121927—————
2021–22 Iowa WildAHL4834720—————
2022–23 Iowa WildAHL67319222821012
2022–23 Minnesota Wild NHL 10112—————
2023–24 Jacksonville Icemen ECHL 1778151062020
2023–24 Rochester Americans AHL30471112—————
NHL totals10112—————

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References

  1. ↑ "Damien Giroux commits to Spirit". Saginaw Spirit. June 23, 2016. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Wild selects Damien Giroux with 155th overall pick". Minnesota Wild. June 24, 2018. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Wild signs Adam Beckman and Damien Giroux to entry-level contracts". Minnesota Wild. March 24, 2020. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Minnesota Wild recalls forward Damien Giroux from Iowa". Minnesota Wild. April 13, 2022. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Wild lose in OT, finish 3rd in Central". National Hockey League. April 13, 2023. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Wild make qualifying offers to three players, choose not to make qualifying offers to three others". dakotabroadcasting.com. June 30, 2023. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Amerks sign Damien Giroux to one-year contract". Rochester Americans. July 11, 2023. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Firebirds sign Giroux to AHL deal". American Hockey League. August 20, 2024. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
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