Douglas Murray (ice hockey player)

This article is about the Swedish ice hockey player Douglas Murray. For the German-Canadian ice hockey player, see Doug Murray .

Douglas Murray
Date of birth	March 12, 1980
place of birth	Bromma , Sweden
Nickname	Cranial
size	190 cm
Weight	108 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1999 , 8th lap, 241st position San Jose Sharks
Career stations
until 1997	Djurgårdens IF
1997-1999	New York Apple Core
1999-2003	Cornell University
2003-2005	Cleveland Barons
2005-2013	San Jose Sharks
2013	Pittsburgh Penguins
2013-2014	Canadiens de Montréal
2015	Cologne Sharks

Douglas Thomas Lars Murray (* 12. March 1980 in Bromma ) is a retired Swedish ice hockey player , who during his playing career from 2003 to 2015 among other 593 games for the San Jose Sharks , Pittsburgh Penguins and de Canadiens Montréal in the National Hockey League on contested the position of defender .

Despite his English- sounding name, Murray was born in Sweden and is a Swedish citizen. The surname comes from his father's Scottish ancestors. He is also the grandson of the 217-time Swedish national ice hockey player and multiple world champion Lars Björn .

Career

College ice hockey

Douglas Murray in the jersey of the San Jose Sharks

Murray decided to study at an American college even though he is from Sweden . The decisive factor for this was the opportunity to link playing ice hockey more closely with studying. In 1999 he began studying at Cornell University in Ithaca , New York State . Before Murray first stepped on the ice for the university, he was in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft . The San Jose Sharks selected him in the eighth round in 241st place. In total, Murray stayed at Cornell University for four years, improving his stats and leadership skills year over year. In his final season he was the team captain .

Via the AHL into the NHL

The seasons 2003/04 and 2004/05 Murray spent with the Cleveland Barons , the farm team of the San Jose Sharks, who had brought him in the summer of 2003 to sign the contract. There, too, the Swede showed consistently good performances from season to season and was appointed to the NHL team for the first time during the 2005/06 season . In his first season he completed 34 games and booked a goal preparation. The 2006/07 season began Murray again in the American Hockey League with the Worcester Sharks , but also played in the meantime again in San Jose. However, an infection of the respiratory tract prevented regular operating times, so that he mostly fought with Rob Davison and Josh Gorges for the place of sixth defender in the squad. In the course of the 2007/08 season Murray stabilized his performance on the defensive and offensive, making him an important part of the defensive network of the Sharks. His playful improvements finally brought him a nomination for the World Cup squad of the Swedish national team after San Jose was eliminated in the playoffs. After defeats in the semi-finals and in the game for third place, the Swedes reached fourth place. Murray impressed most of all with his physical presence during the tournament. He also received a nomination for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver just under two years later .

On March 25, 2013 Murray was transferred to the Pittsburgh Penguins . With the Penguins he reached the play-offs and only failed there in the conference final against the Boston Bruins . In August 2013 Murray moved to the Canadiens de Montréal as a free agent and signed a one-year contract there. This was not renewed after the 2013/14 season, so he was looking for a new employer as a free agent .

In January 2015 he signed a contract with the Kölner Haien until the end of the 2014/15 season. After the Haie missed the play-offs , Murray returned to North America in March 2015 and joined the Calgary Flames from the NHL with a professional try-out contract . This expired at the end of March and the club decided against further cooperation with the Swede. Since Murray did not find a new club afterwards, he officially retired from the sport in October 2016.

Achievements and Awards

2001 ECAC All-Tournament Team 2001 All- Ivy League First Team 2002 ECAC First All-Star Team 2002 NCAA East First All-American Team 2002 ECAC All-Tournament Team 2002 All-Ivy League First Team 2002 Ivy League Player of the Year

2003 ECAC championship with Cornell University 2003 ECAC All-Tournament Team 2003 ECAC Best Defensive Defenseman 2003 ECAC First All-Star Team 2003 NCAA East First All-American Team 2010 ECAC First All-Decade Team

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1999/00	Cornell University	NCAA		32	3	6th	9	38
2000/01	Cornell University	NCAA		25th	5	13	18th	39
2001/02	Cornell University	NCAA		35	11	21st	32	67
2002/03	Cornell University	NCAA		35	5	20th	25th	30th
2003/04	Cleveland Barons	AHL		72	10	12	22nd	75		9	3	0	3	37
2004/05	Cleveland Barons	AHL		54	6th	17th	23	56		-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	Cleveland Barons	AHL		20th	1	7th	8th	37		-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	San Jose Sharks	NHL		34	0	1	1	27		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	Worcester Sharks	AHL		5	2	1	3	8th		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	San Jose Sharks	NHL		35	0	3	3	31		-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	San Jose Sharks	NHL		66	1	9	10	98		13	1	1	2	2
2008/09	San Jose Sharks	NHL		75	0	7th	7th	38		6th	0	0	0	9
2009/10	San Jose Sharks	NHL		79	4th	13	17th	66		15th	1	6th	7th	8th
2010/11	San Jose Sharks	NHL		73	1	13	14th	44		18th	0	1	1	8th
2011/12	San Jose Sharks	NHL		60	0	4th	4th	31		5	0	0	0	19th
2012/13	Djurgårdens IF	Allsvenskan		14th	1	2	3	36		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	San Jose Sharks	NHL		29	0	3	3	26th		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		14th	1	2	3	9		15th	2	1	3	32
2013/14	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		53	0	2	2	42		3	0	0	0	0
2014/15	Cologne Sharks	DEL		8th	0	1	1	24		-	-	-	-	-
NCAA overall				127	24	60	84	174
AHL total				151	19th	37	56	176		9	3	0	3	37
NHL overall				518	7th	57	64	412		75	4th	9	13	78
Allsvenskan total				14th	1	2	3	36		-	-	-	-	-
DEL total				8th	0	1	1	24		-	-	-	-	-

International

Represented Sweden at:

• World Championship 2008
• 2010 Winter Olympics

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2008	Sweden	WM	4th Place		5	0	0	0	27
2010	Sweden	Olympia	5th place		4th	0	0	0	0
Men overall					9	0	0	0	27

( 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 : Douglas Murray  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Douglas Murray at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Douglas Murray at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ tsn.ca: "Canadiens reach one-year, $ 1.5m agreement with D Murray" (English, August 22, 2013, accessed on October 11, 2013)
2. ^ Douglas Murray practicing with the Flames on try-out basis. flames.nhl.com, March 13, 2015, accessed March 13, 2015 . 
3. ^ Bryan McWilliam: Douglas Murray's tryout with Flames expires. thescore.com, March 25, 2015, accessed March 26, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Sean Leahy: Douglas Murray on hockey future: 'It's over now'. Yahoo! Sports , October 21, 2016, accessed October 29, 2016 .