Alexandre Giroux

Alexandre Giroux

With the 2010–11 Oklahoma City Barons
Born June 16, 1981 (1981-06-16) (age 30)
Quebec City, PQ, CAN
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight 203 lb (92 kg; 14 st 7 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
NHL team (P)
Cur. team
Former teams		 Columbus Blue Jackets
Springfield Falcons (AHL)
New York Rangers
Washington Capitals
Edmonton Oilers
NHL Draft 213th overall, 1999
Ottawa Senators
Playing career 2001–present

Alexandre Giroux (born June 16, 1981) is a Canadian ice hockey forward currently playing for the Springfield Falcons, of the American Hockey League (AHL).

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Playing career

Amateur

Giroux joined the QMJHL's Hull Olympiques in 1998–99 and went on to play parts of three seasons with the club before joining the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies midway through the 2000–01 season. Over the course of his junior career, Giroux registered 226 points (111 goals and 115 assists) before going on to make his professional debut with the AHL's Grand Rapids Griffins in 2001–02.

Professional

Drafted by the Ottawa Senators in 1999, Giroux failed to crack the NHL roster. He would spend parts of three seasons in the Senators' system before a 2004 deadline deal sent him and Karel Rachunek to the New York Rangers for Greg De Vries. Giroux would ultimately play only one game with the Rangers, spending the majority of his time with their farm team, the Hartford Wolf Pack.

In the summer of 2006, Giroux signed as a free agent with the Washington Capitals. As member of the Capitals, Giroux would spend the majority of his time with the club's AHL affiliate, the Hershey Bears and appear in a handful of games with Washington. The following summer, he signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Thrashers. With the Thrashers, Giroux was sent to the club's AHL affiliate, the Chicago Wolves. He tallied 19 goals and 41 points in 44 games with the Wolves before he was traded back to the Capitals organization.

On August 5, 2009, it was announced that Giroux had signed a one-year two-way contract to remain with Hershey Bears.[1]

The 2008–09 AHL season was a successful one for Giroux. On January 18, 2009, Giroux broke Brett Hull's American Hockey League record for consecutive games scoring a goal, scoring in 15 straight games. On April 10, 2009, Giroux capped off his memorable season by being awarded the Les Cunningham Award as American Hockey League MVP.

On July 3, 2010, he signed a one-year deal with the Edmonton Oilers.[2] Following their preseason run, he was assigned to the Oilers' AHL affiliates, the Oklahoma City Barons.

With a season-ending injury to the Oilers' Taylor Hall, Giroux was recalled from Oklahoma City, on March 5, 2011.[3] He made his Oilers debut the same night, scoring a goal which helped Edmonton secure a 5-1 victory, over the Colorado Avalanche.[4]

On July 3, 2011, Giroux signed a two-way contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Awards and honours

Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1998–99 Hull Olympiques QMJHL 67 15 22 37 124 22 2 2 4 8
1999–00 Hull Olympiques QMJHL 72 52 47 99 117 15 12 6 18 30
2000–01 Hull Olympiques QMJHL 38 31 32 63 62 — — — — —
2000–01 Rouyn-Noranda Huskies QMJHL 25 13 14 27 56 9 2 6 8 22
2001–02 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 70 11 16 27 34 — — — — —
2002–03 Binghamton Senators AHL 67 19 16 35 101 10 1 0 1 10
2003–04 Binghamton Senators AHL 59 19 23 42 79 — — — — —
2003–04 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 16 6 3 9 13 16 3 4 7 28
2004–05 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 78 32 22 54 128 6 3 3 6 23
2005–06 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 73 36 31 67 102 13 7 9 16 17
2005–06 New York Rangers NHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2006–07 Hershey Bears AHL 67 42 28 70 82 19 4 7 11 27
2006–07 Washington Capitals NHL 9 2 2 4 2 — — — — —
2007–08 Chicago Wolves AHL 44 19 22 42 47 — — — — —
2007–08 Hershey Bears AHL 24 14 13 27 30 5 3 1 4 2
2008–09 Hershey Bears AHL 69 60 37 97 84 22 15 13 28 22
2008–09 Washington Capitals NHL 12 1 1 2 10 — — — — —
2009–10 Hershey Bears AHL 69 50 53 103 34 21 14 13 27 22
2009–10 Washington Capitals NHL 9 1 2 3 4 — — — — —
2010–11 Oklahoma City Barons AHL 70 32 46 78 63 6 2 1 3 2
2010–11 Edmonton Oilers NHL 8 1 1 2 2 — — — — —
AHL totals 706 340 310 650 837 118 52 51 103 153
NHL totals 39 5 6 11 18 — — — — —

References

  1. ^ "Capitals re-sign Bears Giroux". Washington Post. 2009-08-05. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitalsinsider/bears-giroux-re-signs.html. Retrieved 2009-09-01. 
  2. ^ "Oilers sign free agent Giroux to one-year, $500k deal". TSN. 2010-07-03. http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=326478. Retrieved 2010-07-04. 
  3. ^ Oilers recall Alex Giroux
  4. ^ Oilers stop Avalanche in 5-1 victory
  5. ^ 2010-11 First and Second All-Stars named

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