Daily News | Claude Giroux’s Philadelphia homecoming is ‘going to be hard’ after 15 years and lots of memories
This July, 18 years after Gatineau welcomed a young hockey player with cheers, Giroux returned home,, who are located less than an hour from Gatineau, and Orléans, the town Giroux spent his high school years.
Giroux went out and scored a hat trick that night. And as the years went on, he noticed that the more he followed Groulx’s advice, the better he got. He realized that the critiques were coming from a desire to make him better, not to nag him. Boston Bruins center David Krejčí played with Giroux for a season with the Olympiques, but when he encountered him in the NHL, it was clear how much he’d grown.
At a January 2013 practice, Giroux was officially named captain. It was there that Flyers forward Scott Laughton realized just how much Giroux meant to Philadelphia. The practice was “sold out.” “What I was most proud of ... when we were walking around the arena was all the jerseys,” Haché said. “We saw these [No.] 28 jerseys going ‘Wow.’ I can just imagine what his parents think, with all these 28 jerseys all over the place.”Giroux’s Gatineau days seem like yesterday — it’s hard for him to fathom that he spent a lifetime in Philadelphia before returning “home” to Ottawa.
“I think it’s a good thing, too, for Claude to experience something else, like playing here at home, getting to see his family, and living at home,” Brassard said.“And obviously, it doesn’t hurt that my house is not too far from here,” he added.“I mean, you don’t get a player of that talent and that high-end kind of leader around the league like this often,” Joseph said.
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