Cory Murphy

Cory Murphy (born February 13, 1978) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently a player development coach for the Seattle Kraken.

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Cory Murphy
Born (1978-02-13) February 13, 1978
Kanata, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Right
Played for Blues
Ilves
HC Fribourg-Gottéron
HIFK
Florida Panthers
Tampa Bay Lightning
New Jersey Devils
ZSC Lions
HC Dinamo Minsk
Växjö Lakers
Karlskrona HK
National team  Canada
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2001–2018

Playing career

Undrafted, Murphy played collegiate hockey with Colgate University. Murphy then played five seasons in SM-liiga, the top professional ice hockey league in Finland; two for Blues, two for Ilves and in 2006–07 for HIFK. In the 2003–04 season with Ilves, he was chosen to the series' all-star team. In the 2006–07 season with HIFK, he was awarded Kultainen kypärä for best player in the league, as well as the Lasse Oksanen trophy for best player of the season during regular season play and Pekka Rautakallio trophy for best defenseman of the season. Murphy was a member of the Canadian team in the 2007 IIHF World Championship that won gold in a 4–2 win against Finland in Moscow.[1]

On March 27, 2007, Murphy signed a two-year National Hockey League contract with the Florida Panthers.[2] Murphy's first NHL goal was scored October 6, 2007 against Kevin Weekes of the New Jersey Devils.

In the 2008–09 season, Murphy played seven games for the Panthers while bothered by a re-occurring shoulder injury. Murphy was sent to the Panthers affiliate, the Rochester Americans, for a two-week conditioning stint before being recalled by the Panthers on January 15, 2009.[3] Murphy was subsequently claimed off re-entry waivers by the Tampa Bay Lightning on January 19, 2009.[4] On July 17, 2009, he was signed by the New Jersey Devils to a two-way contract.[5]

On June 4, 2010, Murphy returned to Switzerland, signing a two-year contract with ZSC Lions of the NLA.[6] At the conclusion of his deal with the Lions, and spending the 2012–13 season in the Kontinental Hockey League with HC Dynamo Minsk on May 21, 2013, Murphy signed a two-year deal with the Swedish team Växjö Lakers of the then named Elitserien.

In his 18th and final professional season in 2017–18, Murphy joined Karlskrona HK of the SHL; he scored 1 goal and 15 points through 51 games, unable to help Karlskrona avoid relegation.

Coaching career

On May 21, 2018, Murphy announced his retirement from playing professional hockey upon accepting an assistant coaching role with Rögle BK of the SHL for the 2018–19 season.[7]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1994–95 Kanata Valley Lasers CJHL 51 6 20 26 62 — — — — —
1995–96 Kanata Valley Lasers CJHL 53 20 36 56 70 — — — — —
1996–97 Kanata Valley Lasers CJHL 53 22 37 59 52 — — — — —
1997–98 Colgate University ECAC 35 8 19 27 38 — — — — —
1998–99 Colgate University ECAC 34 3 23 26 26 — — — — —
1999–2000 Colgate University ECAC 35 10 19 29 26 — — — — —
2000–01 Colgate University ECAC 34 7 22 29 34 — — — — —
2001–02 Blues SM-l 46 9 15 24 38 3 0 1 1 0
2002–03 Blues SM-l 45 11 4 15 49 7 1 0 1 2
2003–04 Ilves SM-l 56 18 26 44 22 7 1 2 3 2
2004–05 Ilves SM-l 56 12 23 35 36 7 1 3 4 18
2005–06 HC Fribourg–Gottéron NLA 44 13 22 35 52 — — — — —
2006–07 HIFK SM-l 45 13 37 50 46 5 0 1 1 4
2007–08 Florida Panthers NHL 47 2 15 17 22 — — — — —
2008–09 Florida Panthers NHL 7 0 1 1 2 — — — — —
2008–09 Rochester Americans AHL 5 2 4 6 2 — — — — —
2008–09 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 25 5 10 15 12 — — — — —
2009–10 New Jersey Devils NHL 12 2 1 3 2 — — — — —
2009–10 Lowell Devils AHL 64 6 38 44 30 5 0 0 0 2
2010–11 ZSC Lions NLA 49 10 25 35 30 5 0 3 3 0
2011–12 ZSC Lions NLA 24 3 7 10 4 — — — — —
2012–13 Dinamo Minsk KHL 52 5 26 31 36 — — — — —
2013–14 Växjö Lakers SHL 53 13 21 34 24 12 1 3 4 8
2014–15 Växjö Lakers SHL 55 9 30 39 18 18 0 9 9 4
2015–16 Växjö Lakers SHL 52 3 22 25 45 12 0 1 1 4
2016–17 Växjö Lakers SHL 48 3 16 19 28 6 0 2 2 2
2017–18 Karlskrona HK SHL 51 1 14 15 32 — — — — —
SM-l totals 248 63 105 168 191 29 3 7 10 26
NHL totals 91 9 27 36 38 — — — — —
SHL totals 259 29 103 132 147 48 1 15 16 18

International
Medal record
Representing Canada
Ice hockey
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Moscow
Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2007 Canada WC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 9 1 6 7 8
Senior totals 9 1 6 7 8

Awards and honours
Award Year
College
All-ECAC Hockey Rookie Team 1997–98
All-ECAC Hockey First Team 1999–00
All-ECAC Hockey Second Team 2000–01
Liiga
All-Star Team 2004, 2007
Lasse Oksanen trophy 2007
Pekka Rautakallio trophy 2007
Kultainen kypärä 2007
SHL
Defenseman of the Year 2015
SHL Champion (Växjö Lakers) 2015

References
  1. "Murphy crawls out of woodwork, into the show". Canada.com. Retrieved 2007-05-09.
  2. "Panthers sign Murphy". m&c.com. 2007-03-27. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
  3. "Florida Panthers bring back Cory Murphy". foxsports.com. 2009-01-15. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
  4. "Cory Murphy claimed off waivers". sun-sentinel.com. 2009-01-19. Archived from the original on 2009-01-22. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
  5. "Devils ink defenseman Cory Murphy to two-way contract". tsn.ca. 2009-07-17. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
  6. "Cory Murphy commits to ZSC". ZSC Lions. 2010-06-04. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2010-06-07.
  7. "Cory Murphy completes coaching staff" (in Swedish). Rögle BK. 2018-05-21. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
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