Ray Giroux

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.

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

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1992–93 North Bay Trappers Midget AAA GNML 45 8 18 26 117 — — — — — 1993–94 Powassan Hawks NOJHL 36 10 40 50 42 9 2 11 13 20 1994–95 Yale University ECAC 27 1 3 4 8 — — — — — 1995–96 Yale University ECAC 30 3 17 20 36 — — — — — 1996–97 Yale University ECAC 32 9 12 21 38 — — — — — 1997–98 Yale University ECAC 35 9 30 39 62 — — — — — 1998–99 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 59 13 19 32 92 3 1 1 2 0 1999–00 New York Islanders NHL 14 0 9 9 10 — — — — — 1999–00 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 49 12 21 33 34 7 0 0 0 2 2000–01 HIFK SM-l 22 3 9 12 34 — — — — — 2000–01 AIK SEL 9 0 1 1 16 — — — — — 2000–01 Jokerit SM-l 24 4 9 13 16 5 0 0 0 0 2001–02 New York Islanders NHL 2 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 2001–02 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 79 13 40 53 73 19 1 7 8 20 2002–03 New Jersey Devils NHL 11 0 1 1 6 — — — — — 2002–03 Albany River Rats AHL 67 11 38 49 49 — — — — — 2003–04 New Jersey Devils NHL 11 0 3 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 2003–04 Albany River Rats AHL 65 11 17 28 34 — — — — — 2004–05 Houston Aeros AHL 70 13 20 33 54 5 0 0 0 13 2005–06 Ak Bars Kazan RSL 46 9 11 20 56 13 3 8 11 14 2006–07 Ak Bars Kazan RSL 50 13 26 39 83 16 3 5 8 22 2007–08 Ak Bars Kazan RSL 57 13 21 34 61 10 2 2 4 2 2008–09 SKA St. Petersburg KHL 54 2 13 15 38 3 0 0 0 0 2009–10 SKA St. Petersburg KHL 51 3 11 14 42 4 0 1 1 0 2010–11 Traktor Chelyabinsk KHL 37 4 11 15 52 — — — — — 2011–12 Traktor Chelyabinsk KHL 48 5 13 18 30 14 0 2 2 12 2012–13 HC Ambrì–Piotta NLA 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2013–14 Metallurg Novokuznetsk KHL 48 1 9 10 14 — — — — — AHL totals 389 73 155 228 336 34 2 8 10 35 NHL totals 38 0 13 13 22 4 0 0 0 4 KHL totals 238 15 57 72 176 21 0 3 3 12

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