Jordan Murray (ice hockey)

Jordan Murray (born December 17, 1992) is a Canadian ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing with Adler Mannheim of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).

Jordan Murray
Born (1992-12-17) December 17, 1992
Riverview, New Brunswick, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
DEL team
Former teams		 Adler Mannheim
Binghamton Senators
Belleville Senators
Dinamo Riga
HV71
Grizzlys Wolfsburg
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2017–present

Playing career

Murray played forward during much of his youth but switched to defence while playing midget AAA hockey for the Moncton Flyers.

QMJHL

Murray went undrafted in his QMJHL draft year but was later signed by Patrick Roy to join the Quebec Remparts for the 2010-2011 season. At the beginning of training camp, Roy traded Murray to Acadie–Bathurst Titan for a 9th round pick in the 2011 QMJHL draft.[1] Roy stated he didn't have room for him on his blueline but felt he was good enough to play in the league.

He played most of his first season (2010-2011) with the Titan as a bottom 6 forward. He earned a regular spot in the top 4 defence for the Titan in his second season (2011-2012).

At the 2012 QMJHL entry draft, Murray was traded to the Drummondville Voltigeurs.[2] He enjoyed a break-out season with Drummondville in 2012-13 as a top pair defenceman registering 56 points (13G, 43A) in 64 games, good enough for 4th in the QMJHL among defencemen.

UNB Varsity Reds

Murray committed to UNB for the 2013-14 season. In his first season with Reds, he earned All-Canadian Rookie team honours.[3]

Murray continued that success into his second season at UNB where he helped guide the Reds to the AUS championship[4] followed by the national championship game ultimately falling to the Alberta Golden Bears 6-3.[5] He was also named to the first All-Canadian team and was nominated for the defenceman of the year award.[6]

Once again, he built upon his previous season's success in his third season. At Christmas he was selected as a CIS All-Star to play a two-game series versus Team Canada (Juniors).[7] In March he capturing a national championship defeating St.F X in the final game.[8] He was once again named to the first All-Canadian team and named U Sports Defenceman of the Year leading all AUS defencemen in scoring tying for fifth in the country.[9] At the conclusion of the season, Murray was one of four male CIS (U Sports) athletes nominated for the BLG award which is awarded to the top male athlete in Canadian University Sports.[10]

His senior year at UNB proved to be his most successful. He once again led all AUS defencemen in scoring, this time with 40 points in 30 games which was good enough to lead the country. That point total was tied for seventh in U Sports for all skaters. Jordan also returned as member of the USports All-Star team that played a two-game series against Team Canada (Juniors) in mid-December.[11] For the third year in a row, he was named to the first All-Canadian team and captured back-to-back U Sports Defenceman of the Year honours.[12][13] He helped UNB capture the national championship for the second consecutive year.[14]

Professional

On April 5, 2017, Murray signed an ATO contract with the Binghamton Senators.[15] On April 12, 2017, in his third game, he scored a goal and added an assist against Rochester for his first point and goal as a pro.[16]

Murray with Grizzlys Wolfsburg (2022)

On April 25, 2017, Murray signed a two-year AHL deal with the Belleville Senators.[17][18] In the 2017–18 season, on November 11, 2017, Murray recorded his first professional and first Belleville Senators Hat-trick.[19][20]

On October 2, 2020, with North American professional hockey start dates in doubt, Latvian club Dinamo Riga of the KHL announced that they signed Murray for the remainder of the 2020–21 season.[21] He leaves the Belleville Senators franchise as its leader in games played by skater (169) and points (83), goals (23) and assists (60) by a defenceman. After mutually parting ways with Riga on January 28, 2021, Murray signed with Swedish Hockey League club HV71 on February 1, 2021 for the remainder of the 2020–21 season.[22] He made 13 regular season appearances with HV71, posting 3 points, however was unable to help prevent the club from relegation to the HockeyAllsvenskan in the post-season.

Murray left HV71 as a free agent and moved to Germany after signing a one-year contract with Grizzlys Wolfsburg of the DEL on July 7, 2021.[23]

On April 17, 2023, Murray left Wolfsburg to sign a one year deal with the DEL's Adler Mannheim.[24]

Career statistics
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2009–10 Dieppe Commandos MJAHL 1 0 0 0 4 — — — — —
2010–11 Acadie–Bathurst Titan QMJHL 54 6 4 10 37 4 0 0 0 2
2011–12 Acadie–Bathurst Titan QMJHL 68 7 22 29 94 6 1 0 1 10
2012–13 Drummondville Voltigeurs QMJHL 64 13 43 56 58 5 0 4 4 4
2013–14 University of New Brunswick AUS 28 7 13 20 36 4 0 1 1 18
2014–15 University of New Brunswick AUS 26 8 15 23 36 7 2 7 9 4
2015–16 University of New Brunswick AUS 27 5 23 28 60 5 1 2 3 2
2016–17 University of New Brunswick AUS 30 14 26 40 46 7 1 1 2 16
2016–17 Binghamton Senators AHL 5 1 1 2 2 — — — — —
2017–18 Belleville Senators AHL 58 8 15 23 49 — — — — —
2017–18 Brampton Beast ECHL 3 1 0 1 2 — — — — —
2018–19 Belleville Senators AHL 54 9 17 26 38 — — — — —
2019–20 Belleville Senators AHL 57 6 28 34 61 — — — — —
2020–21 Dinamo Riga KHL 11 1 6 7 18 — — — — —
2020–21 HV71 SHL 13 1 2 3 39 — — — — —
2021–22 Grizzlys Wolfsburg DEL 49 7 34 41 98 8 1 3 4 2
2022–23 Grizzlys Wolfsburg DEL 53 8 19 27 71 14 1 8 9 47
AHL totals 174 24 61 85 150 — — — — —

Awards and honours
Honours Year
CIS All-Rookie Team 2014 [25]
AUS Defenceman of the Year 2015 [26]
CIS First Team All-Canadian 2015 [27]
UCup Tournament All-Star 2015 [28]
CIS Defenceman of the Year 2016 [29]
CIS First Team All-Canadian 2016 [29]
UCup Tournament All-Star 2016 [30]
USports Defenceman of the Year 2017 [31]
USports First Team All-Canadian 2017 [31]
Title Year
AUS Conference Champion 2015
CIS National Champion 2016
CIS National Champion 2017

References
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  15. "B-SENS INK MURRAY, McPARLAND TO TRYOUT CONTRACTS". Binghamton Senators. 2017-04-05. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
  16. "B-SENS down Americans in shootout". Press & Sun-Bulletin. 2017-04-12. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
  17. "Murray signs 2 year deal". UNB Varsity Reds. 2017-04-25. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved 2017-04-26.
  18. "After exceptional university career Murray ready for jump to pro hockey". Belleville Senators. 2017-09-07. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
  19. "A Hat Trick For The History Books". American Hockey League. 2017-11-14. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
  20. "Murray stars, B-Sens split". Belleville Intelligencer. 2017-11-12. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
  21. "Jordan Murray joins the Dinamo Riga team". Dinamo Riga. 2020-10-02. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
  22. "Jordan Murray reinforces the defense of the HV71". HV71. 2021-02-01. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
  23. "Grizzlys sign Jordan Murray" (in German). Grizzlys Wolfsburg. July 7, 2022. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
  24. "Eagles sign Jordan Murray" (in German). Adler Mannheim. April 17, 2023. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
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  26. "2014-15 AUS men's hockey major awards and all-stars announced - Atlantic University Sport (AUS)".
  27. "2014-15 CIS Men's Hockey Awards and All-Canadians - U Sports - English".
  28. "FINAL CIS men's hockey University Cup: Golden Bears capture back-to-back CIS University Cup crowns - U Sports - English".
  29. "UQTR's Asselin named CIS men's hockey player of the year - U Sports - English".
  30. "FINAL CIS University Cup men's hockey: UNB skates to CIS gold medal win - U Sports - English".
  31. "U Sports Men's Hockey: UNB's Maillet named Player of the Year - U Sports - English".
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