Raymond Giroux

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Raymond Giroux
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Born (1976-07-20) July 20, 1976 (age 48)
North Bay, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for New York Islanders
AIK Hockey
HIFK
Jokerit
New Jersey Devils
Ak Bars Kazan
SKA Saint Petersburg
Traktor Chelyabinsk
Metallurg Novokuznetsk
NHL draft 202nd overall, 1994
Philadelphia Flyers
Playing career 1998–2014

Raymond "Ray" Giroux (born July 20, 1976) is a former Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played four seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Islanders and New Jersey Devils.

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Giroux played collegiately at Yale University. During the 1997–98 season, he captained the best team in school history as Yale won their first ECAC regular season title (Yale has since won another regular season title in the 2008-09 season) and advanced to the NCAA tournament after only having been picked to finish in 10th place at the beginning of the season. In addition to being a 1st-team All American, Giroux was named ECAC Player of the Year as well as the league's best offensive defenceman and was one of ten finalists for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award, given annually to the nation's top collegiate player.

Giroux spent time in many NHL organizations before leaving the US to play overseas. He has played in the American Hockey League (AHL) for the Lowell Lock Monsters, Bridgeport Sound Tigers, Albany River Rats, and Houston Aeros.

Playing for Ak Bars he became Russian champion (2005/06) and IIHF European Champions Cup winner (2007). Giroux made his Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) debut playing with SKA Saint Petersburg during the inaugural 2008–09 KHL season. [1] He participated in 2009 Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game.

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1992–93North Bay Trappers Midget AAAGNML4581826117—————
1993–94 Powassan Hawks NOJHL 361040504292111320
1994–95 Yale University ECAC 271348—————
1995–96 Yale UniversityECAC303172036—————
1996–97 Yale UniversityECAC329122138—————
1997–98 Yale UniversityECAC359303962—————
1998–99 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 591319329231120
1999–00 New York Islanders NHL 1409910—————
1999–00 Lowell Lock MonstersAHL491221333470002
2000–01 HIFK SM-l 22391234—————
2000–01 AIK SEL 901116—————
2000–01 Jokerit SM-l2449131650000
2001–02 New York IslandersNHL20002—————
2001–02 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL79134053731917820
2002–03 New Jersey Devils NHL110116—————
2002–03 Albany River Rats AHL6711384949—————
2003–04 New Jersey DevilsNHL11033440000
2003–04 Albany River RatsAHL6511172834—————
2004–05 Houston Aeros AHL7013203354500013
2005–06 Ak Bars Kazan RSL 46911205613381114
2006–07 Ak Bars KazanRSL50132639831635822
2007–08 Ak Bars KazanRSL5713213461102242
2008–09 SKA St. Petersburg KHL 54213153830000
2009–10 SKA St. PetersburgKHL51311144240110
2010–11 Traktor Chelyabinsk KHL374111552—————
2011–12 Traktor ChelyabinskKHL4851318301402212
2012–13 HC Ambrì–Piotta NLA 4000210000
2013–14 Metallurg Novokuznetsk KHL48191014—————
AHL totals3897315522833634281035
NHL totals38013132240004
KHL totals2381557721762103312

Awards and honours

AwardYear
All-ECAC Hockey Second Team 1996–97
All-ECAC Hockey First Team 1997–98
AHCA East First-Team All-American 1997–98

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References

  1. ↑ "Giroux Raymond:Kontinental Hockey League (KHL)".
Awards and achievements
Preceded by ECAC Hockey Player of the Year
1997–98 		Succeeded by
Preceded by ECAC Hockey Best Defensive Defenseman
1997–98 		Succeeded by


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