LIGHTNING SIGN FREE AGENT DEFENSEMAN MATT GILROY
By ROCKET SPORTS and ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK on July 2, 2011FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE courtesy of the Tampa Bay Lightning
July 2, 2011
TAMPA BAY – The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed free agent defenseman Matt
Gilroy to a one-year contract today, vice president and general manager
Steve Yzerman announced.
Gilroy, 6-foot-1, 201 pounds, played in 58 games with the New York Rangers
last season, recording three goals and 11 points with one game-winning
goal. He also had a career-best plus-5 rating in just his second NHL
season. Gilroy also made his Stanley Cup Playoffs debut in 2011,
recording his first career NHL playoff goal in his first game, April 13
against Washington.
A native of North Bellmore, New York, Gilroy has played in 127 career NHL
games with the Rangers, recording four goals and 15 points. In 2009-10,
his rookie season, he notched career highs with four goals and 11 assists
in 69 games. That season he tied for sixth in the NHL among rookie
defensemen in goals, seventh in blocked shots (77) and ninth in points.
Gilroy played four seasons with the Boston University Terriers from
2005-09. He captured the Hobey Baker Award, given annually to the top
player in collegiate hockey, in 2009. It made Gilroy just the second
player in Boston University history to be awarded the Hobey Baker (Chris
Drury). He also led the Terriers to a NCAA National Championship that
season and was named a First-Team All-American. He was also named
First-Team All-American in 2007-08 and Second-Team All-American in
2006-07.
The 26-year-old represented the United States in the 2010 World
Championships in Germany, recording three goals and an assist. He tied
for first in scoring among all USA defensemen in six games.
Gilroy signed with the Rangers as an undrafted free agent on April 17, 2009.
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