Philadelphia Flyers right winger Claude Giroux, who emerged as one of the elite players in the National Hockey League (NHL) this season, will receive the 2012 John Wanamaker Athletic Award on June 5 at the Wanamaker Building’s Crystal Tea Room.
The Philadelphia Sports Congress (PSC), a division of the Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau, presents the award each year in conjunction with Amerimar/Behringer Harvard.
This season, Giroux tallied 28 goals and 65 assists
for 93 points. He also led the NHL in scoring during the first round of
the playoffs. This is the third time
a Flyers player has been recognized with the award, but the first since
goalie Bernie Parent in 1975. Giroux also joins Bobby Clarke and the
Flyers Stanley Cup Champion team from 1974, coach Fred Shero in 1976,
and the 1980 squad which reached the Cup Finals.
Since 1961, the Wanamaker Award has been presented to
the athlete, team or organization that has done the most to reflect
credit upon
Philadelphia and to the team or sport in which they excel.
In addition, a Lifetime Achievement Award will be
presented to Comcast-Spectacor Chairman Ed Snider. Snider brought an
NHL franchise to
Philadelphia
when he founded the Flyers in 1967, and was the driving force behind
the construction of the Spectrum. A member of the Hockey Hall of Fame,
he created the Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation
in recent years to bring the “the greatest game ever invented” to
children who otherwise might never have the opportunity to play.
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