Apr 30, 6:06pm. Claude Giroux leads the Philadelphia Flyers with nine points in seven playoff games. Giroux registered six assists … Those eight points currently have him as the leading scorer in the post season heading into Monday night’s action. Giroux has one goal and 10 helpers in eight contests as his playmaking skills have been on full display. During the regular season he finished eighth overall with 51 assists.

MORE HIGHLIGHTS ON CLAUDE GIROUX

• Winner of the Bobby Clarke Trophy as team MVP
• Winner of the Gene Hart Memorial Award (player who demonstrated the most “Heart” during the season, voted by the fan club)
• Giroux led the Flyers in points (76) and assists (51) … He also recorded 25 goals (a new career high) while appearing in all 82 regular season games, up from his total of 16 goals, 31 assists and 47 points a year ago … His 51 assists are the most by a Flyer in a single season since Peter Forsberg posted 56 in 2005-06
• Giroux is only the eighth Flyer overall, and sixth different player, to reach the 70-point plateau since the lockout (05-06 Gagne, Forsberg; 07-08 Richards, Briere; 08-09 Carter, Richards, Gagne)
• Giroux led the Flyers in the playoffs in assists (11) and points (12) in 11 games.

PHILADELPHIA – It was sometime during the 2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs when Philadelphia Flyers coach Peter Laviolette began to realize just how special a player forward Claude Giroux really was.
 
In only his second playoff season, Giroux finished third on the team with 21 points, including 10 goals, in 23 games. An eye-opening display for sure and, in Laviolette’s mind, a performance that probably catapulted him into elite company.
 
“I would say that he’s not among those second-tier players anymore,” Laviolette said when asked where Giroux stood in the mix of elite and second-tier players in the League.
 
“He’s somebody we count on to play in every situation and he’s proving himself to be a clutch player,” he continued. “He’s had big games in playoffs and big games when you need a performance out of somebody. He’s seems to be stepping up.”

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