- Cory Murphy (ice hockey)
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Cory Murphy 
Born February 13, 1978
Kanata, ON, CANHeight 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) Position Defence Shoots Right NLA team
Former teamsZSC Lions
HC Fribourg-Gottéron
NHL
Florida Panthers
Tampa Bay Lightning
New Jersey Devils
SM-liiga
Blues
Ilves
HIFKNational team 
CanadaNHL Draft Undrafted Playing career 2001–present Cory Murphy (born February 13, 1978 in Kanata, Ontario) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the ZSC Lions of the Swiss National League A (NLA).
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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 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 2007 Canadian IIHF World Championship team 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 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 seasons, Cory played seven games for the Panthers while bothered by a re-occurring shoulder injury. Murphy was sent to 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]
Awards and achievements
- 2006–07 SM-Liiga Lasse Oksanen trophy
- 2006–07 SM-Liiga Pekka Rautakallio trophy
- 2006–07 SM-Liiga Kultainen kypärä
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1997–98 Colgate University ECAC 35 8 19 27 38 — — — — — 1998–99 Colgate University ECAC 34 3 23 26 26 — — — — — 1999–00 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 NHL totals 91 9 27 36 38 — — — — — Medal record Competitor for CanadaMen's ice hockey World Championships Gold 2007 Moscow Ice hockey International
Year Team Comp GP G A Pts PIM 2007 Canada WC 9 1 6 7 8 Senior int'l totals 9 1 6 7 8 References
- ^ "Murphy crawls out of woodwork, into the show". Canada.com. http://www.canada.com/topics/sports/story.html?id=a79b5d6b-a4d9-4731-b398-06216124c96b. Retrieved 2007-05-09.
- ^ "Panthers sign Murphy". m&c.com. 2007-03-27. http://www.monstersandcritics.com/sport/nhl/article_1283122.php/Panthers_sign_Murphy. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
- ^ "Florida Panthers bring back Cory Murphy". foxsports.com. 2009-01-15. http://msn.foxsports.com/nhl/story/9082552/Florida-Panthers-bring-back-Cory-Murphy-. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
- ^ "Cory Murphy claimed off waivers". sun-sentinel.com. 2009-01-19. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/hockey/panthers/sfl-flsppantnews19,0,2348292.story. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
- ^ "Devils ink defenseman Cory Murphy to two-way contract". tsn.ca. 2009-07-17. http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=284883. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
- ^ "Cory Murphy commits to ZSC". ZSC Lions. 2010-06-04. http://www.zsclions.ch/index.php?id=62&no_cache=1&tx_ttnewstt_news=845. Retrieved 2010-06-07.
External links
Preceded by
Tony SalmelainenWinner of the Lasse Oksanen trophy
2006–07Succeeded by
Ville LeinoCategories:- 1978 births
- Colgate Raiders men's ice hockey players
- Espoo Blues players
- Florida Panthers players
- HIFK players
- Ice hockey people from Ontario
- Ilves players
- Living people
- Lowell Devils players
- Nationalliga A players
- New Jersey Devils players
- People from Ottawa
- Rochester Americans players
- Tampa Bay Lightning players
- Undrafted National Hockey League players
- Canadian ice hockey defenceman, 1970s births stubs
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