Gord Murphy

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CanadaCanada  Gord Murphy Ice hockey player
Date of birth February 23, 1967
place of birth Willowdale , Ontario , Canada
size 188 cm
Weight 88 kg
position defender
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1985 , 9th lap, 189th position
Philadelphia Flyers
Career stations
1984-1987 Oshawa Generals
1987-1988 Hershey Bears
1988-1992 Philadelphia Flyers
1992-1993 Boston Bruins
1993-1999 Florida panthers
1999-2001 Atlanta Thrashers
2001-2002 Boston Bruins

Gordon "Gord" J. Murphy (born February 23, 1967 in Willowdale , Ontario ) is a Canadian ice hockey player and current coach . During his active career, he completed over 800 games in the National Hockey League and was mainly under contract with the Florida Panthers and the Philadelphia Flyers . He then looked after both teams and the Columbus Blue Jackets as an assistant coach.

His son Connor is also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

As a player

youth

Gord Murphy played in the youth field for the Don Mills Flyers before he moved to the Ontario Hockey League , one of the top three Canadian junior leagues , to the Oshawa Generals . After just one season he was selected in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft by the Philadelphia Flyers in 189th position, but remained in the OHL for two more years. There he won the J. Ross Robertson Cup with the team in 1987 and thus took part in the Memorial Cup , where he was appointed to the All-Star Team . With the beginning of the 1987/88 season he stepped into the organization of the Philadelphia Flyers, where he spent the entire season with their farm team , the Hershey Bears , in the American Hockey League and made his professional debut there. With the Bears, he won the Calder Cup at the end of the season .

NHL

With the beginning of the 1988/89 season, the defender established himself in the NHL squad of the Flyers and won the team's Barry Ashbee Trophy as the team's best defender the following year . After three and a half seasons and over 250 NHL missions, the Flyers gave him in January 1992, including Brian Dobbin and a third-round vote for the 1992 NHL Entry Draft to the Boston Bruins ; Wes Walz and Garry Galley came to Philadelphia in return . The Canadian stayed in Boston for only a season and a half before he was handed over to the Dallas Stars in June 1993 . There he was only a few days under contract, as he was selected in the 1993 NHL Expansion Draft by the Florida Panthers . With the Panthers and the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in 1993, two new teams to the NHL were added to their respective teams players existing teams were composed . Thus Murphy was one of the first players of the newly founded Panthers.

For the Panthers, Murphy completed 410 games in six seasons, leading the team as assistant captain in five seasons . In 1996 he reached the final of the Stanley Cup with the team , but failed there at the Colorado Avalanche (0: 4). He also took part with the Canadian national team at the 1998 World Cup, where he finished sixth. In 1999, as a direct result of the NHL Expansion Draft , he was transferred with Daniel Tjärnqvist , Herberts Vasiļjevs and a draft right to the newly founded Atlanta Thrashers - in return the Panthers received goalkeeper Trevor Kidd .

After two years in Atlanta, where he also served as assistant captain, he returned to the Boston Bruins as a free agent in January 2002 . There, however, the Canadian no longer came to regular missions, among other things due to a shoulder injury that had already caused him to miss a large part of the previous season. In March 2002 he officially ended his active career.

As a trainer

CanadaCanada  Gord Murphy
Coaching stations
2002-2010 Columbus Blue Jackets
2010-2014 Florida panthers
2014-2018 Philadelphia Flyers

In July 2002, just four months after retiring from his career, he started working as an assistant coach for the Columbus Blue Jackets . He held this position for eight years until he was fired in June 2010. Just a month later he took on the same role with the Florida Panthers , where he had spent most of his active career. After three and a half years, he was fired together with head coach Kevin Dineen in November 2013. It was also Dineen with whom he (also as an assistant) took over the Canadian U18 national team in March 2014 and led them to the bronze medal at the U18 World Cup in 2014 .

In June 2014 he returned to one of his previous teams, so he was hired as an assistant coach with the Philadelphia Flyers . He looked after the team for four years until he was also relieved of his duties in November 2018 when Ron Hextall was fired .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league GP G A. Pts +/- PIM GP G A. Pts +/- PIM
1984/85 Oshawa Generals OHL 59 3 12 15th 25th - - - - - -
1985/86 Oshawa Generals OHL 64 7th 15th 22nd 56 6th 1 1 2 6th
1986/87 Oshawa Generals OHL 56 7th 30th 37 95 24 6th 16 22nd 22nd
1987/88 Hershey Bears AHL 62 8th 20th 28 44 12 0 8th 8th 12
1988/89 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 75 4th 31 35 -3 68 19th 2 7th 9 ± 0 13
1989/90 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 75 14th 27 41 –7 95 - - - - - -
1990/91 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 80 11 31 42 –7 58 - - - - - -
1991/92 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 31 2 8th 10 -4 33 - - - - - -
1991/92 Boston Bruins NHL 42 3 6th 9 +2 51 15th 1 0 1 -1 12
1992/93 Boston Bruins NHL 49 5 12 17th -13 62 - - - - - -
1992/93 Providence Bruins AHL 2 1 4th 5 +6 2 - - - - - -
1993/94 Florida panthers NHL 84 14th 29 43 –11 71 - - - - - -
1994/95 Florida panthers NHL 46 6th 16 22nd -14 24 - - - - - -
1995/96 Florida panthers NHL 70 8th 22nd 30th +5 30th 14th 0 4th 4th +1 6th
1996/97 Florida panthers NHL 80 8th 15th 23 +3 51 5 0 5 5 ± 0 4th
1997/98 Florida panthers NHL 79 6th 11 17th -3 46 - - - - - -
1998/99 Florida panthers NHL 51 0 7th 7th +4 16 - - - - - -
1999/00 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 58 1 10 11 -26 38 - - - - - -
2000/01 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 27 3 11 14th –11 12 - - - - - -
2001/02 Boston Bruins NHL 15th 0 2 2 +2 13 - - - - - -
2001/02 Providence Bruins AHL 8th 0 3 3 -1 6th - - - - - -
OHL total 179 17th 57 74 176 30th 7th 17th 24 28
AHL total 72 9 26th 35 52 12 0 8th 8th 12
NHL overall 862 85 238 323 -83 668 53 3 16 19th ± 0 35

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1998 Canada WM 6th place 6th 1 0 1 2

( 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 )

Personal

Gord Murphy is married with two sons and a daughter. His son Connor Murphy is also a professional ice hockey player.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ nhl.com: Profile Murphys as a trainer (English, accessed on January 29, 2015)
  2. ↑ a b Philadelphia Flyers Media Guide 2014–2015 . Philadelphia Flyers Hockey Club, 2014, p. 21.
  3. ↑ Philadelphia Flyers Media Guide 2014–2015 . Philadelphia Flyers Hockey Club, 2014, p. 273.
  4. ↑ Boston Bruins Media Guide 2014–2015 . Boston Bruins Hockey Club, 2014, p. 270.
  5. ↑ hockeycanada.ca: "Kevin Dineen named head coach of Canada's National Men's Under-18 Team" (English, March 20, 2014, accessed January 31, 2015)
  6. ↑ flyers.nhl.com: "Flyers name Gord Murphy to coaching staff" (English, June 18, 2014, accessed on January 31, 2015)
personal data
SURNAME Murphy, Gord
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Murphy, Gordon J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Willowdale , Ontario , Canada