Matt Murley

Matt Murley
Date of birth	17th December 1979
place of birth	Troy , New York , USA
size	185 cm
Weight	92 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1999 , 2nd lap, 51st position Pittsburgh Penguins
Career stations
1998-2002	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
2002-2006	Pittsburgh Penguins Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins
2006-2007	Albany River Rats
2007-2008	San Antonio Rampage
2008-2009	Amur Khabarovsk
2009	SC Langenthal
2010	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers Linköpings HC
2010-2013	Timrå IK
2013-2014	KHL Medveščak Zagreb
2014-2015	HC Slovan Bratislava
2015-2016	Nuremberg Ice Tigers
since 2016	Ōji Eagles

Matt Murley (born December 17, 1979 in Troy , New York ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Japanese club Oji Eagles since July 2016 .

Career

At the beginning of his career Murley was first between 1998 and 2002 for the university team of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the ECAC Hockey , which is integrated into the game operations of the NCAA on the ice. In the summer of 2002 he was obliged by the Pittsburgh Penguins from the National Hockey League (NHL), who had previously secured the transfer rights to the American as part of the 1999 NHL Entry Draft . There he first completed a full season with the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins , the farm team of the penguins in the American Hockey League (AHL). In the 2003/04 season, Murley made his debut in the NHL and initially made 18 games for Pittsburgh before being returned to the farm team. In the 2005/06 season , the attacker was ultimately able to establish himself in the Penguins' squad and had a total of 41 NHL missions.

In the summer of 2007 he signed a one-year contract with league rivals Colorado Avalanche , but was only used there with the farm team Albany River Rats in the AHL. Then Murley moved within the league to the Phoenix Coyotes , but where he came in the 2007/08 season only on three missions with the Coyotes and spent the rest of the season with the AHL farm team San Antonio Rampage . In the run-up to the 2008/09 season, the left-handed shooter initially agreed on a contract with the Carolina Hurricanes , but decided before the start of the season to move to Europe to the Russian club Amur Khabarovsk from the Continental Hockey League (KHL).

In the summer of 2009 Murley joined the Swiss second division club SC Langenthal , but switched to the National League A during the current season and played first for HC Lugano and later for the Rapperswil-Jona Lakers . For the 2010/11 season the striker went to Sweden in the Elitserien and initially played a few games for Linköpings HC before he was signed by Timrå IK . After two more seasons there, Murley signed a contract with KHL Medveščak Zagreb in July 2013 and thus returned to the KHL. In the 2014/15 season , the variable offensive player played for the league competitor HC Slovan Bratislava , before the left-handed player was signed by the Nürnberg Ice Tigers from the German Ice Hockey League in August 2015 .

After a year in Franconia, Murley moved to Japan and signed a contract with the Oji Eagles .

Achievements and Awards

1999 ECAC All-Rookie Team 2001 ECAC All-Academic Team 2002 NCAA East Second All-American Team

2002 NCAA ECAC All-Tournament Team 2002 NCAA ECAC First All-Star Team 2004 AHL All-Star Classic

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1998/99	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	ECAC		36	17th	32	49	32
1999/2000	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	ECAC		35	9	29	38	42
2000/01	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	ECAC		34	24	18th	42	34
2001/02	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	ECAC		32	24	22nd	46	26th
2002/03	Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins	AHL		73	21st	37	58	45		6th	0	2	2	15th
2003/04	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		18th	1	1	2	14th		-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins	AHL		63	10	26th	36	69		24	7th	6th	13	1
2004/05	Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins	AHL		80	17th	24	41	55		11	3	0	3	0
2005/06	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		41	1	5	6th	24		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	Albany River Rats	AHL		61	23	32	55	18th		5	1	5	6th	8th
2007/08	San Antonio Rampage	AHL		76	21st	41	62	43		7th	2	2	4th	0
2007/08	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL		3	0	1	1	0		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Amur Khabarovsk	KHL		33	4th	3	7th	28		-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	HC Lugano	NLA		3	1	1	2	4th
2009/10	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	NLA		11	6th	6th	12	8th
2009/10	SC Langenthal	NLB		22nd	8th	15th	23	18th
2010/11	Linköpings HC	Elitserien		12	3	5	8th	0		-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Timrå IK	Elitserien		32	9	6th	15th	36		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Timra IK	Elitserien		55	15th	16	31	16
2012/13	Timra IK	Elitserien		13	5	8th	13	22nd		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	KHL Medveščak Zagreb	KHL		52	16	20th	36	6th		3	1	1	2	2
2014/15	ŠK Slovan Bratislava	KHL		46	11	13	24	75		-	-	-	-	-
ECAC total				137	74	101	175	134		-	-	-	-	-
AHL total				353	92	160	252	230		53	13	15th	28	24
NHL overall				62	2	7th	9	38		-	-	-	-	-
KHL total				131	31	36	67	109		3	1	1	2	2
NLA total				14th	7th	7th	14th	12		-	-	-	-	-
Elitserien total				112	32	35	67	74		-	-	-	-	-

( 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

• Matt Murley at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ coyotes.nhl.com Coyotes sign Matt Murley
2. ^ Nationalleague.ch Matt Murley to SC Langenthal
3. ↑ 20min.ch Murley near Lugano - Himmelfarb near Langenthal
4. ↑ tagesanzeiger.ch Matt Murley for Niklas Nordgren
5. ↑ medvescak.com Bears joined by forwards Willsie and Murley
6. ↑ timesunion.com Murley stays in KHL signing with Slovan Bratislava
7. ↑ icetigers.de Ice Tigers bring Matt Murley to Nuremberg ( Memento of the original from July 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
8. ↑ Tidigare SHL-centers clear for japansk klubb - Sillyseasonhockey.se. In: www.sillyseasonhockey.se. Retrieved July 22, 2016 .