- Ray Giroux
Infobox Ice Hockey Player
position = Defence
team=SKA St. Petersburg
former_teams =Albany River Rats Bridgeport Sound Tigers Ak Bars Kazañ
Houston Aeros Lowell Lock Monsters HIFK Jokerit
league = RHSL
played_for =New Jersey Devils New York Islanders
height_ft = 6
height_in = 1
weight_lb = 190
nationality = CAN
college = Yale University
birth_date = birth date and age|1976|7|20
birth_place = North Bay, ON, CAN
career_start = 1999
career_end =
draft = 202nd overall
draft_year = 1994
draft_team =Philadelphia Flyers Raymond Giroux (born
July 20 ,1976 in North Bay,Ontario ) is anice hockey defenceman currently playing in Russia. Giroux, who shoots left, played collegiately at Yale University. During the 1997–98 season, he captained the best team in school history as Yale won their first and only ECAC regular season title 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 leagues 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 AHL for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgeport_Sound_Tigers] and in the NHL for both the New York Islanders and the New Jersey Devils.
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