Left wing Alexandre Giroux has signed for the coming season with 2009 Calder Cup Champion Hershey Bears, it was announced by the club today. No doubt Bears fans will applaud the return of their superstar!
Giroux was an unrestricted free agent and signed a one-year, two-way deal, according to sources. His NHL salary will reportedly be $500,000.
The 28-year-old Giroux returns to Chocolatetown after what has been hailed as "the greatest goal-scoring season in American Hockey League history!" Giroux established a Hershey club record in 2008-09 by scoring 60 goals in a single season, and then he followed that with 15 additional goals in 22 postseason games enroute to the 10th Calder Cup championship. The 75 goals scored are the most ever scored by a single AHL player in one regular season and postseason combined.
Giroux additionally logged the longest goal scoring streak in league history on January 18th of last season when he garnered at least one goal in 15 consecutive games, breaking the previous record of 14 straight that was held by NHL giant Brett Hull.
Overall, Giroux scored 60 goals in 69 games for Hershey, adding 37 assists for a total of 97 points, winning the league's scoring title. In addition, he played in 12 games for the Washington Capitals during 2008-09, scoring one goal and assisting on another. The 15 goals scored during the 2009 postseason stands as another Hershey record, as the most goals scored by a single player in one playoff year. Three of those 15 goals came on May 30th when he capped off a hat trick in Game 1 of Calder Cup Finals by scoring the game-winning marker in sudden-death overtime. His final goal of the 2009 postseason was in the first period of Hershey's Game 6 when he scored a breakaway against Moose goaltender Cory Schneider.
"Alexandre Giroux was so important to our team's success last year both on and off the ice," enthused Bears President/GM Doug Yingst. "For our organization, for our fans and for this region, we could not be happier that he chose to return next season."
Giroux, a Quebec City native, brings 22 games of NHL experience to Hershey in the fall -- with stints both in Washington and with the New York Rangers. Dating back to his Bears debut during the 2006-07 season, Giroux has scored 116 goals while wearing a Hershey uniform in just 160 games played, capturing 24th rank all-time in franchise history.
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The 28-year-old Giroux returns to Chocolatetown after what has been hailed as "the greatest goal-scoring season in American Hockey League history!" Giroux established a Hershey club record in 2008-09 by scoring 60 goals in a single season, and then he followed that with 15 additional goals in 22 postseason games enroute to the 10th Calder Cup championship. The 75 goals scored are the most ever scored by a single AHL player in one regular season and postseason combined.
Giroux additionally logged the longest goal scoring streak in league history on January 18th of last season when he garnered at least one goal in 15 consecutive games, breaking the previous record of 14 straight that was held by NHL giant Brett Hull.
Overall, Giroux scored 60 goals in 69 games for Hershey, adding 37 assists for a total of 97 points, winning the league's scoring title. In addition, he played in 12 games for the Washington Capitals during 2008-09, scoring one goal and assisting on another. The 15 goals scored during the 2009 postseason stands as another Hershey record, as the most goals scored by a single player in one playoff year. Three of those 15 goals came on May 30th when he capped off a hat trick in Game 1 of Calder Cup Finals by scoring the game-winning marker in sudden-death overtime. His final goal of the 2009 postseason was in the first period of Hershey's Game 6 when he scored a breakaway against Moose goaltender Cory Schneider.
"Alexandre Giroux was so important to our team's success last year both on and off the ice," enthused Bears President/GM Doug Yingst. "For our organization, for our fans and for this region, we could not be happier that he chose to return next season."
Giroux, a Quebec City native, brings 22 games of NHL experience to Hershey in the fall -- with stints both in Washington and with the New York Rangers. Dating back to his Bears debut during the 2006-07 season, Giroux has scored 116 goals while wearing a Hershey uniform in just 160 games played, capturing 24th rank all-time in franchise history.
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