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NHL Year in Review: Rangers vs. Flyers for Game of the Year

After 81 games in the 2009-10 NHL season, the regular-season finale between the Philadelphia Flyers and the New York Rangers held a spot for the winner in the playoffs, while the loser was going home. Fittingly, both teams came into the contest with 86 points, setting up the playoff-like, Game 7 type of clash and...

Jeff Carter Signs 11-Year Extension With Flyers

The Philadelphia Flyers signed forward Jeff Carter to an 11-year contract on Saturday worth a reported $5.27 million per season, as reported by TSN's Bob McKenie. Often the subject of trade speculation (rumored deals/proposals for Tomas Kaberle and Tomas Vokoun being some of the bigger ones in recent years), Carter has...

Sergei Bobrovsky Era In Philadelphia Off to a Flying Start

Peter Laviolette's decision to throw rookie goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky directly into the cauldron for Thursday night's season opener was quite surprising (especially to Brian Boucher), and had the potential to go one of two ways: he would either rise to the challenge and play a stellar game, or he would get run out of the...

Breakout Stars and One-Hit Wonders of the 2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Most coaches will feed lines about how their team's "best players have to be our best players" come playoff time. While this statement is obviously true, and the championship contenders will usually see it happen, the role players are the ones to watch. More often than not, we'll get to see a handful of relative...

Flyers Hold Serve at Home, Even Stanley Cup Final with 5-3 Win

PHILADELPHIA -- As a result of the Blackhawks' early lack of composure in their own end, the Stanley Cup Final is tied at two games apiece. Taking advantage of Chicago's turnovers and scattershot team defense, the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Blackhawks 5-3 in Game 4 on Friday night. "We did exactly what we set out to...

Claude Giroux News From the Web

05/24/12 #Flyers NHLFlyers: @billmeltzer: Believe it or not,... Source: LetsGoKings.com NHLFlyers: @billmeltzer: Believe it or not, Claude Giroux is STILL leading all players in playoff scoring this spring To vote...
05/22/12 Claude Giroux Shouldn't Be Philadelphia Flyers' Next... Source: Bleacher Report The Philadelphia Flyers cleaned house this past offseason moving, among others, Mike Richards, the team captain whose immaturity was said to have fractured the locker room and resulted in the Flyguys' second round sweep at the hands of the Boston Bruins to end the 2011 campaign.
05/22/12 Having both his wrists in casts didn't stop Claude... Source: Larry Brown Sports Flyers center Claude Giroux has both his wrists in casts after having surgery on both of them shortly after his team's season ended, but that hasn't kept himself from enjoying some beer pong.
05/20/12 Line Promotion For Devils' Zubrus Source: CBSSports.com Bryce Salvador, David Clarkson and Ilya Kovalchuk scored goals to lift New Jersey to a 3-1 Game 5 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday, sending the Devils into the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 2003.
05/20/12 Flyers Notes: Flyers' Giroux, Simmonds, van Riemsdyk... Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia PA The Flyers released their postseason injury report Saturday, and it included three players who recently had surgery, and two players who will have operations this week, according to general manager Paul Holmgren.

Background on Claude Giroux

Claude Giroux (; born January 12, 1988) is a Canadian professional ice hockey center and alternate captain of the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL).

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