

Connor Murphy's player profile at Ontario Hockey League.↑ Connor Murphy Signs Four-Year Contract Extension.↑ Blackhawks acquire Murphy, Dauphin from Arizona for Hjalmarsson. Gord Murphy Position: D Shoots: Right 6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg) Born: March 23, 1967 (Age: 55-168d) in Willowdale, Ontario ca Draft: Philadelphia, 9th round (189th overall), 1985 NHL Entry Amateur Teams: Oshawa Generals 3 28 5 5 6 Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.↑ Coyotes Sign Murphy to Six-Year Contract." UPDATED: Sting land Coyote draft pick Connor Murphy", The Observer. " Phoenix Coyotes pick Connor Murphy in NHL draft", The Arizona Republic, June 24, 2011. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs He scored 3 goals and had 1 assists in 6 games during the tournament, including the overtime goal in the gold medal game against Sweden. Murphy represented the United States internationally playing for Team USA in the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships with Team USA. On August 31, 2021, Murphy signed a four-year, $17.6 million contract extension with the Blackhawks. Īfter his fourth season with the Coyotes in the 2016–17 season, he was traded by Arizona at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, alongside Laurent Dauphin to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for Niklas Hjalmarsson on June 23, 2017. On July 28, 2016, Murphy signed a six-year, $23.1 million contract with the Coyotes. On November 16, 2013, he made his NHL debut with the Phoenix Coyotes, and in his first NHL game he scored his first NHL goal past Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Anders Lindback. Murphy has previously played for the USA Hockey National Team Development Program of the United States Hockey League (USHL). Prior to signing with the Sting, Murphy committed to Miami University, but decided to play in the Ontario Hockey League for the Sarnia Sting instead.

Murphy played junior hockey first with the Ohio AAA Blue Jackets and then with Sarnia Sting in the Ontario Hockey League. He grew up in the suburbs of Miami and Atlanta before his family settled in Dublin, Ohio when his father was appointed an assistant coach with the Columbus Blue Jackets. He was a member of the 1996 Florida Panthers, who won the Eastern Conference before losing in the Stanley Cup Finals.Murphy was born in Boston when his father, Gord was a member of the Boston Bruins. He also played in 53 Stanley Cup playoff games, scoring three goals and recording 16 assists. He scored 85 goals and added 238 assists. In his NHL career, Murphy played in 863 games. After one season in the Bruins organization, he officially retired on March 19, 2002. Murphy spent two seasons in Atlanta before joining the Bruins once again for the 2001–02 season. The Panthers traded him to another expansion team, the Atlanta Thrashers, as part of a deal made in the 1999 NHL Expansion Draft in which the Panthers acquired goaltender Trevor Kidd. Murphy was selected by the Florida Panthers in the 1993 NHL Expansion Draft, and he played there for six seasons. After three-plus seasons in Philadelphia Murphy was traded, along with Brian Dobbin and a 1992 third-round draft choice, to the Boston Bruins for Garry Galley and Wes Walz in January of 1992.
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After playing three seasons in the Ontario Hockey League with the Oshawa Generals, Murphy made his professional debut with the Flyers' AHL affiliate, the Hershey Bears, in the 1987–88 season.


He was drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in the ninth round, 189th overall, of the 1985 NHL Entry Draft. He has since been hired by the Florida Panthers to be an assistant coach. He worked as an assistant coach with the Columbus Blue Jackets from the 2002–03 NHL season until he was fired as a part of an overall coaching change on Wednesday June 16, 2010. Murphy (born March 23, 1967, in Willowdale, Ontario) is a retired professional ice hockey defenceman.
