The Flyers and forward Claude Giroux have agreed to a multi-year contract extension.
Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren announced the move Monday night. The 22-year-old Giroux has seven goals and 14 points this season.
The extension that will keep Giroux in Orange and Black through the 2013-14 season is worth $11.25 million, reported CSNPhilly.com.
Giroux has played 141 games for the Flyers over parts of four seasons, including all 82 games in 2009-10. He has 32 goals and added 56 assists for 88 points and helped the Flyers reach the Stanley Cup finals last season.
Giroux was scheduled to become a restricted free agent on July 1.
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