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Alexandre Giroux

current status: Unrestricted Free Agent (Group III)

LW | 6'2", 200 lbs. |

Birth Date:June 16, 1981 (31 years old)
Place of Birth:Quebec City, Que.
Shoots:L

Experience:6 years
Drafted:Drafted by Ottawa in 1999 (7/213).

Career Honors & Awards

League	Honor	Description
AHL	Les Cunningham Plaque	2008-09
AHL	Willie Marshall Award	2009-10, 2008-09
AHL	John B. Sollenberger Trophy	2008-09
AHL	First All-Star Team	2010-11, 2009-10, 2008-09

Movements & Injuries

2012
5/24/2012	Signed with Dinamo Riga of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
2011
11/07/2011	Assigned to Springfield (AHL).
10/13/2011	Recalled from Springfield (AHL).
10/05/2011	Assigned to Springfield (AHL).
10/01/2011	Placed on waivers by the Columbus Blue Jackets.
7/04/2011	Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Columbus Blue Jackets to a one-year contract.
3/23/2011	Assigned to Oklahoma City (AHL).
3/17/2011	Recalled from Oklahoma City (AHL).
3/14/2011	Assigned to Oklahoma City (AHL).
3/05/2011	Recalled from Oklahoma City (AHL).
2010
10/04/2010	Placed on waivers by the Edmonton Oilers for the purpose of being assigned to Oklahoma City (AHL).
7/03/2010	Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Edmonton Oilers to a one-year contract.
2009
12/10/2009	Assigned to Hershey (AHL).
11/27/2009	Recalled from Hershey (AHL).
10/28/2009	Assigned to Hershey (AHL).
10/22/2009	Recalled from Hershey (AHL).
9/28/2009	Assigned to Hershey (AHL).
8/07/2009	Re-signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Washington Capitals/Hershey Bears (AHL).
3/13/2009	Assigned to Hershey (AHL).
3/12/2009	Recalled from Hershey (AHL).
2/08/2009	Assigned to Hershey (AHL).
2/07/2009	Recalled from Hershey (AHL).
1/03/2009	Assigned to Hershey (AHL).
2008
12/07/2008	Recalled from Hershey (AHL).
9/26/2008	Assigned to Hershey (AHL).
2/26/2008	Acquired from the Atlanta Thrashers.
2/26/2008	Re-assigned to Hershey (AHL).
2007
9/23/2007	Assigned to Chicago (AHL).
7/13/2007	Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Atlanta Thrashers to a multi-year contract.
3/27/2007	Assigned to Hershey (AHL).
3/16/2007	Recalled from Hershey (AHL).
3/07/2007	Assigned to Hershey (AHL).
3/06/2007	Recalled from Hershey (AHL).
3/04/2007	Assigned to Hershey (AHL).
3/02/2007	Recalled from Hershey (AHL).
2006
12/26/2006	Assigned to Hershey (AHL).
12/19/2006	Recalled from Hershey (AHL).
10/03/2006	Assigned to Hershey (AHL).
7/14/2006	Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Washington Capitals.
3/31/2006	Assigned to Hartford (AHL).
3/25/2006	Recalled from Hartford (AHL).
2005
9/23/2005	Assigned to Hartford (AHL).
8/25/2005	Re-signed as a restricted free agent by the New York Rangers.
2004
9/17/2004	Signed by the Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL).
3/09/2004	Acquired from the Ottawa Senators.
2003
10/07/2003	Assigned to Binghamton (AHL).
2002
9/23/2002	Assigned to Binghamton (AHL).

Career Transactions

2011
7/04/2011	Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Columbus Blue Jackets.
2010
7/03/2010	Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Edmonton Oilers.
2008
2/26/2008	Atlanta Thrashers traded Alexandre Giroux to the Washington Capitals for Joe Motzko.
2007
7/13/2007	Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Atlanta Thrashers.
2006
7/14/2006	Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Washington Capitals.
2004
3/09/2004	New York Rangers traded Greg de Vries to the Ottawa Senators for Karel Rachunek and Alexandre Giroux.
1999
6/26/1999	Drafted by the Ottawa Senators in the 7th round (213th overall) in 1999.

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Career Regular Season Statistics

Year	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	TOI	S	PtsPG
2012-13	Kloten	Swi	4	3	2	5	3	25	-	-	-	-	15	1.25
	Dinamo Riga	KHL	47	16	5	21	-7	41	4	0	2	15:15	128	0.45
2011-12	Columbus	NHL	9	1	0	1	-2	8	0	0	0	12:11	18	0.11
	Springfield	AHL	65	28	26	54	-4	62	9	1	-	-	209	0.83
2010-11	Edmonton	NHL	8	1	1	2	-2	2	0	0	0	14:45	13	0.25
	Oklahoma City	AHL	70	32	46	78	1	63	14	0	-	-	242	1.11
2009-10	Washington	NHL	9	1	2	3	3	4	0	0	0	10:22	17	0.33
	Hershey	AHL	69	50	53	103	32	34	17	0	-	-	253	1.49
2008-09	Washington	NHL	12	1	1	2	4	10	0	0	1	10:34	20	0.17
	Hershey	AHL	69	60	37	97	23	84	22	4	-	-	-	1.41
2007-08	Hershey	AHL	24	14	13	27	3	30	3	2	-	-	-	1.13
	Chicago	AHL	44	19	22	41	12	47	7	2	-	-	-	0.93
	Total Chi/Her	AHL	68	33	35	68	15	77	10	4	-	-	-	1.00
2006-07	Washington	NHL	9	2	2	4	-4	2	0	0	0	10:11	11	0.44
	Hershey	AHL	67	42	28	70	29	82	16	4	5	-	269	1.04
2005-06	NY Rangers	NHL	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	2:50	0	0.00
	Hartford	AHL	73	36	31	67	14	102	10	6	4	-	-	0.92
2004-05	Hartford	AHL	78	32	22	54	15	128	13	0	3	-	214	0.69
2003-04	Hartford	AHL	16	6	3	9	-2	13	2	0	0	-	59	0.56
	Binghamton	AHL	59	19	23	42	15	79	6	1	1	-	167	0.71
	Total Bing/Hfd	AHL	75	25	26	51	13	92	8	1	1	-	226	0.68
2002-03	Binghamton	AHL	67	19	16	35	-4	101	9	0	3	-	146	0.52
2001-02	Grand Rapids	AHL	70	11	16	27	5	74	2	0	4	-	100	0.39
2000-01	Rouyn-Noranda	QMJHL	25	13	14	27	2	56	4	0	2	-	-	1.08
	Hull	QMJHL	38	31	32	63	13	62	8	2	2	-	-	1.66
	Total Hull/RN	QMJHL	63	44	46	90	15	118	12	2	4	-	-	1.43
1999-00	Hull	QMJHL	72	52	47	99	29	117	10	2	5	-	-	1.38
1998-99	Hull	QMJHL	67	15	22	37	-18	124	6	0	0	-	-	0.55
1997-98	Ste-Foy	QAAA	42	28	30	58	-	96	-	-	-	-	-	1.38
NHL	Total	NHL	48	6	6	12	-2	26	0	0	1	-	79	0.25
AHL	Total	AHL	771	368	336	704	139	899	130	20	-	-	-	0.91
QMJHL	Total	QMJHL	202	111	115	226	26	359	28	4	9	-	-	1.12
Swi	Total	Swi	4	3	2	5	3	25	-	-	-	-	15	1.25
KHL	Total	KHL	47	16	5	21	-7	41	4	0	2	-	128	0.45
QAAA	Total	QAAA	42	28	30	58	-	96	-	-	-	-	-	1.38

Career Playoff Statistics

Year	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	TOI	S	PtsPG
2012-13	Kloten	Swi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
	Dinamo Riga	KHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2011-12	Columbus	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
	Springfield	AHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2010-11	Edmonton	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
	Oklahoma City	AHL	6	2	1	3	-1	2	0	0	-	-	18	0.50
2009-10	Washington	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
	Hershey	AHL	21	14	13	27	2	22	6	0	-	-	74	1.29
2008-09	Washington	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
	Hershey	AHL	22	15	13	28	3	22	9	1	-	-	-	1.27
2007-08	Hershey	AHL	5	3	1	4	-2	2	1	0	-	-	-	0.80
2006-07	Washington	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
	Hershey	AHL	19	4	7	11	-2	27	2	0	-	-	-	0.58
2005-06	NY Rangers	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
	Hartford	AHL	13	7	9	16	1	17	4	0	1	-	-	1.23
2004-05	Hartford	AHL	6	3	3	6	0	23	2	0	0	-	19	1.00
2003-04	Hartford	AHL	16	3	4	7	3	28	1	0	1	-	35	0.44
2002-03	Binghamton	AHL	10	1	0	1	-5	10	0	0	0	-	14	0.10
2001-02	Grand Rapids	AHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2000-01	Rouyn-Noranda	QMJHL	9	2	6	8	-3	22	0	0	1	-	-	0.89
1999-00	Hull	QMJHL	15	12	6	18	-	30	2	0	3	-	-	1.20
1998-99	Hull	QMJHL	22	2	2	4	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	0.18
1997-98	Ste-Foy	QAAA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
AHL	Total	AHL	118	52	51	103	-1	153	25	1	-	-	-	0.87
QMJHL	Total	QMJHL	46	16	14	30	-	60	-	-	-	-	-	0.65

Career Highs (SEASON)

	TOTAL	SEASON
Games	12	2008-09 (Wsh)
Goals	2	2006-07 (Wsh)
Assists	2	2 times-last: 2009-10 (Wsh)
Points	4	2006-07 (Wsh)
Penalty Minutes	10	2008-09 (Wsh)
Plus/Minus	+4	2008-09 (Wsh)
Shots	20	2008-09 (Wsh)

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