Claude Giroux

Claude Giroux (born Claude Dari Giroux on January 12, 1988)) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and captain of the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL).

The Flyers selected him 22nd overall in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.

Prior to playing in the NHL, Claude played his major junior career with the Gatineau Olympiques of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) where he helped win a 2008 President's Cup and earned the Guy Lafleur Trophy as the 2008 playoff MVP.

Internationally, he won a gold medal with Team Canada in the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Giroux made his debut with the Flyers in February 2008 and joined the roster full-time midway through the 2008–09 season.

In 2011 (after the blockbuster trades of Mike Richards and Jeff Carter, he took over the role of the club's first line centre. He was the club's top point-scorer in both the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons.

In 2012, Claude finished third in the league in point-scoring. He was named the captain of the Flyers at the start of the 2012–13 season.