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Backchecking With ... Claude Giroux

By Christopher BottaDec 10th 2009 – 12:00PM

We get to know NHL players with some quick questions. Today's subject: Flyers forward Claude Giroux, the highly-skilled second-year right wing who's a big part of Philadelphia's present and future.What is your first hockey memory?Winning the championship game in the Pee Wee provincial tournament in Burlington, Ontario as a...

The Flyers Are on the Board

By Adam GretzApr 19th 2009 – 6:45PM

When the Pittsburgh Penguins needed a big save on Friday night, Marc-Andre Fleury was there to make it. When they needed a big save in Sunday's 6-3 loss in Philadelphia -- or any save, for that matter -- they didn't get it. Actually, they didn't get much of anything from any player, with the lone exception of Evgeni...

Fleury Saves Game For Penguins

By Adam GretzApr 17th 2009 – 11:30PM

Forget for one second, if you can, that Bill Guerin scored a pair of goals -- including the game-winner in overtime -- in Pittsburgh's 3-2 win over Philadelphia on Friday night. The biggest moment of this game, and the highlight of this game, was without question Marc-Andre Fleury's ridiculous save on Jeff Carter midway...

Blues Forward David Backes and His Cross-Check on Kristian Huselius

By Adam GretzJan 5th 2009 – 1:05PM

On Sunday we told you about Ducks forward Corey Perry receiving a four-game suspension for introducing his elbow to Claude Giroux's face. Today, let's take a look at Blues forward David Backes and his cross-check on Columbus forward Kristian Huselius.During Saturday's game in St. Louis, with the score tied 2-2 late in the...

Anaheim's Corey Perry Suspended 4 Games for Elbowing Claude Giroux

By Adam GretzJan 4th 2009 – 2:15PM

Early in the third period of Friday's game between Anaheim and Philadelphia, Flyers rookie Claude Giroux carried the puck into the offensive zone and passed it off to a teammate trailing the play. As he turned and skated towards the middle of the ice, Giroux, a 2006 first-round pick, was blindsided by Corey Perry's elbow,...

ClaudeGiroux 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.

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