Connor Murphy

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Connor Murphy
Date of birth March 26, 1993
place of birth Boston , Massachusetts , USA
size 193 cm
Weight 96 kg
position defender
number # 5
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2011 , 1st round, 20th position
Phoenix Coyotes
Career stations
2009-2011 USA Hockey National Team Development Program
2011-2013 Sarnia Sting
2013-2014 Portland Pirates
2013-2017 Arizona Coyotes
since 2017 Chicago Blackhawks

Connor Murphy (born March 26, 1993 in Boston , Massachusetts ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Chicago Blackhawks in the National Hockey League since July 2017 . He is the son of former NHL professional and current coach Gord Murphy .

Career

youth

Connor Murphy followed in his childhood the career stages of his father Gord Murphy , who was also a defender. He was born in 1993 in Boston, where Gord was currently active for the Bruins , and learned to skate as a toddler in Miami while his father was playing for the Florida Panthers . Konstanz finally arose when his father worked as an assistant coach at the Columbus Blue Jackets from 2002 to 2010 and the family settled in Dublin , Ohio . There he played in the youth field for the Ohio Blue Jackets before he was accepted into the USA Hockey National Team Development Program (US NTDP) at the beginning of the 2009/10 season , the central talent factory of the USA Hockey Association in Ann Arbor , Michigan . With the local youth teams, Murphy played only a few games in the United States Hockey League , the highest junior league in the United States, and was used for it in several non-competitive games. He also took part in the 2011 U18 Junior World Championships with the U18 national team, which naturally consists mainly of members of the US NTPD , and won the gold medal there with the team.

After two years in the junior program, the defender planned to attend Miami University in Ohio, but was selected in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft in 20th position (and thus in the first round) by the Phoenix Coyotes . He then decided not to go to college and instead to switch to the Ontario Hockey League , one of the top three junior leagues in Canada . There he joined the Sarnia Sting in July 2011 . He also signed an entry-level contract with the Phoenix Coyotes in August 2011 .

Sarnia Sting

His debut with the Sting was delayed until the end of November 2011 due to a knee operation that was necessary after an injury in a training camp of the US NTPD. Nevertheless, the defender had 26 scorer points from 35 games in his first OHL season. The second season, in which he led the team as assistant captain, ended prematurely for Murphy when he sustained a knee injury in the final of the U20 Junior World Championships in 2013 - but the team won the gold medal again.

Arizona Coyotes

At the beginning of the season Murphy joined the Phoenix Coyotes system , initially playing with the Portland Pirates , the Coyotes farm team from the American Hockey League . In November 2013 he was then for the first time in the NHL squad and came in the game against the Tampa Bay Lightning to his debut in the National Hockey League , in which he scored directly. During the 2013/14 season he was used in roughly equal parts in the AHL and NHL. He also took part in the 2014 World Cup, where he finished sixth with the United States' senior national team.

With the beginning of the 2014/15 season, since the Phoenix Coyotes operate as Arizona Coyotes, Murphy established himself in the NHL squad and was used 73 times in the season. After the season he won the bronze medal with the national team at the 2015 World Cup .

Chicago Blackhawks

After almost six years in the organization of the Coyotes, he and Laurent Dauphin were handed over to the Chicago Blackhawks in June 2017 , who in return sent Niklas Hjalmarsson to Arizona.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2009/10 USA Hockey NTDP USHL 2 0 0 0 ± 0 2 - - - - - -
2010/11 USA Hockey NTDP USHL 9 3 1 4th +6 6th - - - - - -
2011/12 Sarnia Sting OHL 35 8th 18th 26th -3 26th 6th 1 2 3 -2 6th
2012/13 Sarnia Sting OHL 33 6th 12 18th +14 32 - - - - - -
2013/14 Portland Pirates AHL 36 0 13 13 -1 48 - - - - - -
2013/14 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 30th 1 7th 8th +5 10 - - - - - -
2014/15 Arizona Coyotes NHL 73 4th 3 7th -27 42 - - - - - -
2015/16 Arizona Coyotes NHL 78 6th 11 17th +5 48 - - - - - -
2016/17 Arizona Coyotes NHL 77 2 15th 17th -13 45 - - - - - -
2017/18 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 76 2 12 14th -3 34 - - - - - -
2018/19 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 52 5 8th 13 +12 40 - - - - - -
USHL total 11 3 1 4th +6 8th - - - - - -
OHL total 68 14th 30th 44 +11 58 6th 1 2 3 -2 6th
NHL overall 386 20th 56 76 -21 219 - - - - - -

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2010 United States Hlinka Memorial 2nd place, silver 5 1 3 4th +1 4th
2011 United States U18 World Cup 1st place, gold 6th 3 1 4th +7 2
2013 United States U20 World Cup 1st place, gold 7th 0 1 1 +5 2
2014 United States WM 6th place 5 0 0 0 -1 0
2015 United States WM 3rd place, bronze 10 0 0 0 -2 0
2016 United States WM 4th Place 10 3 2 5 +2 12
2017 United States WM 5th place 8th 1 1 2 +4 2
2018 United States WM 3rd place, bronze 10 0 1 1 +7 8th
Juniors overall 18th 4th 5 9 +13 8th
Seniors total 43 4th 4th 8th +10 22nd

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Commons : Connor Murphy  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ dispatch.com: "Dublin buddies to share another stage as NHL draft picks" (English, June 23, 2011, accessed January 30, 2015)
  2. ↑ unitedstatesofhockey.com: "NCAA / CHL Battle Heating Up [UPDATED "] (July 27, 2011, accessed January 30, 2015)
  3. ↑ nhl.com: "Coyotes Sign Murphy to Entry-Level Contract" (English, August 4, 2011, accessed January 30, 2015)
  4. ↑ Connor Murphy at hockeysfuture.com (accessed January 30, 2015)
Squad of the Chicago Blackhawks in the season 2019/20
personal data
SURNAME Murphy, Connor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH March 26, 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH Boston , Massachusetts , United States