Mark Murphy (ice hockey player)

Mark Murphy
Date of birth	August 6, 1976
place of birth	Duxbury , Massachusetts , USA
size	181 cm
Weight	90 kg
position	Left wing
number	# 17
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1995 , 8th round, 197th position Toronto Maple Leafs
Career stations
1995-1999	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
1999-2000	Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins
2000-2003	Portland Pirates
2003-2005	Philadelphia Phantoms
2005-2006	HIFK Helsinki
2006	Friborg-Gottéron
2006-2009	Augsburg panther
2009-2011	DEG Metro Stars

Mark Murphy (born August 6, 1976 in Duxbury , Massachusetts ) is an American ice hockey player who was last under contract with the DEG Metro Stars from the German Ice Hockey League .

Career

Murphy began his career in 1995 in the team of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , with which he played in the US college league ECAC hockey . The right-shooter was able to improve continuously and was one of the players with the highest points on the team in his final year of study. He scored 41 scorer points in 37 games. During the NHL Entry Draft 1995 he was selected by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the eighth round at a total of 197th position. Murphy then finished his studies and moved in the summer of 1999 to the American Hockey League , to the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins , the farm team of the Pittsburgh Penguins . There he could not assert himself, however, and was often used in the East Coast Hockey League during the season . Finally, he joined the Philadelphia Phantoms at the end of the season , for which he was used in two play-off games.

AHL All-Star Classic 2001

In the following years he moved as a free agent to the Washington Capitals , who used him exclusively in their farm team, the Portland Pirates. Despite good performances, which he showed with the Pirates, he never got the chance to prove himself in the NHL . In total, he wore the Pirates' jersey 214 times and scored 172 points. After another three-year engagement with the Philadelphia Phantoms, he left the club during the 2005/06 season and signed a contract with Helsingfors IFK from the highest Finnish ice hockey league , the SM-liiga . There he only played 21 games and shortly before the end he moved to the Swiss National League A for HC Friborg-Gottéron , where he finally ended the current season.

There those responsible for the Augsburg Panthers became aware of the then 30-year-old and transferred him to the German Ice Hockey League. With the Panthers, he immediately belonged to the regular squad and was one of the top performers. In his first year in Augsburg he scored 24 points in 28 games. He also held the captaincy of the AEV. Mark Murphy had a contract with the Augsburger Panthers until 2009. After the season the striker moved to the DEG Metro Stars , with whom he signed a two-year contract.

Achievements and Awards

• 2001 AHL All-Star Classic
• 2005 Calder Cup win with the Philadelphia Phantoms

DEL statistics

				Main round						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	A.	Pt	SM		Sp	T	A.	Pt	SM
2006/07	Augsburg panther	DEL		28	8th	16	24	56		-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	Augsburg panther	DEL		55	22nd	12	34	68		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Augsburg panther	DEL		50	19th	32	51	115		4th	0	3	3	14th
2009/10	DEG Metro Stars	DEL		54	10	19th	29	110		3	0	1	1	2
2010/11	DEG Metro Stars	DEL		44	3	9	12	91		9	1	2	3	8th
DEL total				231	62	88	150	440		16	1	6th	7th	24

( 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

• Mark Murphy at hockeydb.com (English)
• Mark Murphy at eurohockey.com