Raymond Giroux

Raymond Giroux
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Born	(1976-07-20) July 20, 1976 North Bay, ON, CAN
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position	Defence
Shoots	Left
KHL team Former teams	Metallurg Novokuznetsk Lowell Lock Monsters New York Islanders AIK Hockey HIFK Jokerit Bridgeport Sound Tigers Albany River Rats New Jersey Devils Houston Aeros Ak Bars Kazan SKA Saint Petersburg Traktor Chelyabinsk
NHL Draft	202nd overall, 1994 Philadelphia Flyers
Playing career	1999–present

Raymond "Ray" Giroux (born July 20, 1976) is a Canadian ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing with the Metallurg Novokuznetsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Giroux, who shoots left, 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 leagues 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 AHL for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers and in the NHL for both the New York Islanders and the New Jersey Devils.

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. He participated in 2009 Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game.

Awards and honours

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

External links

• Raymond Giroux's career statistics at EliteProspects.com
• Raymond Giroux's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Todd White	ECAC Hockey Player of the Year 1997–98	Succeeded by Eric Heffler
Preceded by Matt Pagnutti Andrew Will	ECAC Hockey Best Defensive Defenseman 1997–98	Succeeded by Jeff Burgoyne