Giroux named 19th Flyers captain
To the surprise of no one, the Flyers named Claude Giroux the 19th captain in franchise history on Tuesday night.
Giroux named 19th Flyers captain
Frank Seravalli
To the surprise of no one, the Flyers named Claude Giroux the 19th captain in franchise history on Tuesday night.
‘G’ officially has the ‘C.’
Kimmo Timonen will serve as the Flyers’ associate captain, with Danny Briere and Scott Hartnell serving as alternates.
“Claude is the undisputed leader of this team,” Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren said in a statement. “He always exhibits a tremendous work ethic in games and practices. He is a great professional both on and off the ice. Claude has learned a lot over the past few years playing with Mike Richards, Danny Briere, Kimmo Timonen and Chris Pronger, just to name a few. Having played with these athletes has been a huge benefit for Claude.”
Flyers chairman Ed Snider said the team’s veterans, along with management, “realize that this is Claude’s time.”
Giroux, 25, is entering his fifth season with the Flyers. He led the team with 93 points last season, the most since Eric Lindros’ 93 in 1998-99.
“Obviously, this is a huge honor,” Giroux said. “There have been a lot of great captains here in the past. Along with this comes a lot of responsibility which I am prepared for. Being named captain is not really going to change the way I play on the ice and act off the ice. But I am very excited about this opportunity."
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For the life of me I can't think why captains are not elected by the players instead of appointed by management. Would just seem to make more sense to me.— Shamu- Let's go Flyers!— ACBaughman
- In a tradition established by Bobby Clarke, I believe that Claude G will be a credit to his team and his profession.— gotedge
- Captains have a habit of getting run out of town around here. Good luck Claude.— bcsk
- He would have been better off getting Hep C. That C on the chest stands for cursed. Seriously, just look at the list since Kevin Dineen. It is like reading And Then There Were None.— AreaMan
- Look at the list. Lindros, Primeau and Pronger- Concussions. Richards was traded. Desjardins and Hatcher both resigned the captaincy before having their careers cut short. Forsberg couldn't find skates that would fit. Jason Smith- who? — AreaMan
- All of those players didn't really welcome the C like G does. And the Crosby flatline and goal to start a playoff game designates an automatic captaincy.— suporma
- Called it way back last year when Claude presented a gift to Mark Howe when they honored him last season (Howe).Wishing all the best to Claude.
@ Areaman...you don't stop going outside because its raining all the time...all these concused captains were playing a mean,tough brand of hockey,it would of probably have happened even without a "C" on their
jerseys...look on the bright side a bit...luck has to change some day...— Mean mean stride,mean mean pride - He'll do a great job, reminds me a lot of Clarke. Big guys need to protect him better as he was pounded in the playoffs last year.— Chiefmanybrs
