Flyers Captain Claude Giroux Named to NHL All-Star Game
Flyers captain Claude Giroux is experiencing a season of resurgence, quietly sitting at 52 points and among the league leaders.
That performance has earned Giroux a spot in the 2018 NHL All-Star Game, taking place in Tampa Bay on Jan. 27 and 28.
This is Giroux's fifth career All-Star appearance. He has 14 goals and 38 assists for 52 points in 42 games this season.
Giroux is the only Flyers representative, joining the following players from the Metropolitan Division:
- Alex Ovechkin (WSH) - captain
- Josh Bailey (NYI)
- Sidney Crosby (PIT)
- Taylor Hall (NJ)
- Noah Hanifin (CAR)
- Seth Jones (CBJ)
- Kris Letang (PIT)
- John Tavares (NYI)
- Braden Holtby (WSH)
- Henrik Lundqvist (NYR)
The rest of the All-Star Game rosters are as follows:
Atlantic Division
- Steven Stamkos (TB) - captain
- Aleksander Barkov (FLA)
- Jack Eichel (BUF)
- Mike Green (DET)
- Victor Hedman (TB)
- Erik Karlsson (OTT)
- Nikita Kucherov (TB)
- Brad Marchand (BOS)
- Auston Matthews (TOR)
- Carey Price (MTL)
- Andrei Vasilevskiy (TB)
Central Division
- P.K. Subban (NSH) - captain
- Patrick Kane (CHI)
- John Klingberg (DAL)
- Nathan MacKinnon (COL)
- Alex Pietrangelo (STL)
- Brayden Schenn (STL)
- Tyler Seguin (DAL)
- Eric Staal (MIN)
- Blake Wheeler (WPG)
- Connor Hellebuyck (WPG)
- Pekka Rinne (NSH)
Pacific Division
- Connor McDavid (EDM) - captain
- Brock Boeser (VAN)
- Brent Burns (SJ)
- Drew Doughty (LA)
- Oliver Ekman-Larsson (ARI)
- Johnny Gaudreau (CGY)
- Anze Kopitar (LA)
- James Neal (VGK)
- Rickard Rakell (ANA)
- Marc-Andre Fleury (VGK)
- Jonathan Quick (LA)
The Skills Competition will be on Saturday, Jan. 27 at 7:30 p.m. The All-Star Game will be on Sunday, Jan. 28 at 3:30 p.m.
Kevin Durso is Flyers editor for SportsTalkPhilly.com. Follow him on Twitter @Kevin_Durso.