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Daniel Girardi Born April 29, 1984
Welland, ON, CANHeight 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Weight 215 lb (98 kg; 15 st 5 lb) Position Defence Shoots Right NHL team New York Rangers NHL Draft Undrafted Playing career 2005–present Daniel Girardi (born April 29, 1984) is a Canadian ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for the New York Rangers of the NHL. He is serving as an interim alternate captain for the Rangers while teammate Marc Staal is injured.
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Playing career
Girardi grew up playing minor hockey in his hometown of Welland, Ontario with the Welland Tigers of the OMHA's Niagara District and South Central AAA Leagues. He was a member of the OMHA Minor Atom AAA Championship team in 1995 and an OMHA Finalist team in Minor Peewee in 1997. Two of his minor hockey teammates were future NHLers in Daniel Paille of the Boston Bruins and Andre Deveaux of the New York Rangers.
Girardi played his first NHL game on January 27, 2007 and played 34 regular season games along with ten in the playoffs. He recorded his first NHL point on an assist on February 17 and scored his first NHL goal on October 18, 2007 against the Atlanta Thrashers.
During his junior career he was a member of the London Knights team that won the 2005 OHL Championship and the 2005 Memorial Cup.
Undrafted, Girardi was signed as a free agent in July 2006 and was a top defensive prospect playing for the Hartford Wolf Pack of the AHL until being called up to the Rangers.
On February 16, 2008 Girardi signed a two-year contract extension with the Rangers worth $3.1 million.[1]
On July 9, 2010 Girardi signed a four-year deal with the Rangers worth $13.3 million.
Personal life
Daniel's childhood idol was Mark Messier. Girardi is married to Pamela Girardi, and has one son, Landon.[2]
Career statistics
Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1999–00 Welland Tigers Bantam AAA OMHA 34 7 19 26 42 — — — — — 2000–01 Barrie Colts OHL 6 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2000–01 Couchiching Terriers OPJHL 27 1 11 12 27 — — — — — 2001–02 Barrie Colts OHL 21 0 1 1 0 20 0 0 0 0 2002–03 Barrie Colts OHL 31 3 13 16 24 — — — — — 2002–03 Guelph Storm OHL 36 1 13 14 20 11 0 9 9 14 2003–04 Guelph Storm OHL 68 8 39 47 55 22 2 17 19 10 2004–05 Guelph Storm OHL 38 5 20 25 24 — — — — — 2004–05 London Knights OHL 31 4 10 14 14 18 0 6 6 10 2005–06 Charlotte Checkers ECHL 7 1 4 5 6 — — — — — 2005–06 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 66 8 31 39 44 13 4 5 9 8 2006–07 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 45 2 22 24 16 — — — — — 2006–07 New York Rangers NHL 34 0 6 6 8 10 0 0 0 4 2007–08 New York Rangers NHL 82 10 18 28 14 10 0 3 3 6 2008–09 New York Rangers NHL 82 4 18 22 53 7 0 0 0 6 2009–10 New York Rangers NHL 82 6 18 24 53 — — — — — 2010–11 New York Rangers NHL 80 4 27 31 37 5 0 0 0 0 OHL totals 231 21 96 117 137 71 2 32 34 34 AHL totals 111 10 53 63 60 13 4 5 9 8 NHL totals 360 24 87 111 165 32 0 3 3 16 References
External links
- Daniel Girardi's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
- Daniel Girardi at TSN.ca
- Daniel Girardi's NHL player profile
- Template:Http://rangers.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8471958&view=bio
Categories:- 1984 births
- Barrie Colts alumni
- Canadian ice hockey defencemen
- Canadian people of Italian descent
- Charlotte Checkers (1993–2010) players
- Guelph Storm alumni
- Hartford Wolf Pack players
- Ice hockey people from Ontario
- Living people
- London Knights alumni
- Memorial Cup winners
- New York Rangers players
- People from Welland, Ontario
- Undrafted National Hockey League players
- Canadian ice hockey defenceman, 1980s births stubs
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