Stephen Murphy (ice hockey player)

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Stephen Murphy Ice hockey player
Date of birth December 11, 1981
place of birth Dundee , Scotland UK
size 175 cm
Weight 74 kg
position goalkeeper
Catch hand Left
Career stations
1997-1998 Paisley Pirates
1998-2001 Fife Flyers
2001-2003 Dundee Stars
2003-2004 Bracknell Bees
2004-2005 Bräcke IK
IF Björklöven
2005-2006 IFK Arboga
2006-2007 Edinburgh Capitals
2007-2008 Star hockey
2008-2009 Manchester Phoenix
since 2009 Belfast Giants

Stephen James Murphy (born December 11, 1981 in Dundee , Scotland ) is a British ice hockey goalkeeper who has been under contract with the Belfast Giants in the Elite Ice Hockey League since 2009 . His cousin Colin Shields is also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

Stephen Murphy began his career as an ice hockey player in the British Hockey League , in which he played from 1997 to 2004 for the Paisley Pirates , Fife Flyers , with whom he won both the main round and the playoffs of the league in 2000 and also in the All-Star -Team of the league, Dundee Stars , with whom he also won the main round and playoffs in 2002 and was voted Player of the Year by both the coaches and his fellow players, and Bracknell Bees was active. For the 2004/05 season , the goalkeeper moved to Bräcke IK from Division 1 , the third Swedish division. At the same time, he also came to five missions for IF Björklöven from the second-class Allsvenskan . The following season he spent with the Swedish second division IFK Arboga . For the 2006/07 season , the international returned to his British homeland and joined the Edinburgh Capitals from the Elite Ice Hockey League . In 2007 he was voted Goalkeeper of the Year in Great Britain for the first time. In the 2007/08 season he stood between the posts for Stjernen Hockey in the Norwegian GET league . The 2008/09 season spent Murphy at the Manchester Phoenix from the EIHL and was re-elected British goalkeeper of the year. Since then he has played for their league rivals Belfast Giants , with whom he won the EIHL playoffs in 2010, to which he made a significant contribution with the best goals against goals and the best catch quota in the league. In 2011 he also achieved the lowest average for goals against in the EIHL. In 2012 and 2014 he and his team won the British championship by winning the EIHL main round . In both years he again scored the lowest conceded goals and was consequently elected to the First All Star Team in 2012 and the Second All Star Team in 2014. In 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 he was again named Goalkeeper of the Year in Great Britain.

International

For Great Britain , Murphy took part in the junior division of the U18 Junior B World Championship in 1999 and the U20 Junior C World Championship in 2000 and after switching to the current division system of Division II of the U20 World Junior Championship in 2001 .

In the senior sector, he was in his country's squad at the World Championships in Division I in 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , but when he was without a game, in 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , when he was not used, in 2008 , when he had the best catch quota of all Goalkeeper was elected to the All-Star Team of the tournament in 2010 when he was voted the best goalkeeper of the tournament with the second best catch rate behind the Hungarian Zoltán Hetényi , 2011 when he was again the best catch rate and the second best goals against goal of the tournament ( after the Kazakhs Vitaly Jeremejew ) was again chosen as the best goalkeeper of the tournament in 2012 , 2013 , 2014 and 2017 , when he was instrumental in the promotion of the British from the B- to the A-group with the best catch rate and the lowest goals against goals of the tournament Division I contributed.

In addition, Murphy represented his colors in the qualifying tournaments for the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver 2010 and Sochi 2014 .

Achievements and Awards

  • 2000 Winning the main round and the playoffs of the BNL with the Fife Flyers
  • 2000 BNL All-Star Team
  • 2002 Wins the main round and the playoffs of the BNL with the Dundee Stars
  • 2002 BIHWA British Netminder Trophy
  • 2002 Coaches Player Of The Year
  • 2002 Player's Player Of The Year
  • 2007 British Netminder of the Year
  • 2009 British Netminder Of The Year
  • 2010 EIHL main round win
  • 2010 British Netminder Of The Year
  • 2010 EIHL All-Star First Team
  • 2010 EIHL British Player of the Year
  • 2010 EIHL lowest goals against
  • 2010 EIHL's best catch quota
  • 2011 British Netminder Of The Year
  • 2011 EIHL All-Star Second Team
  • 2012 EIHL main round winner with the Belfast Giants and thus British champion
  • 2012 British Netminder Of The Year
  • 2012 EIHL All-Star First Team
  • 2012 EIHL lowest goals against
  • 2012 EIHL's best catch quota
  • 2013 British Netminder of the Year
  • 2014 EIHL main round winner with the Belfast Giants and thus British champion
  • 2014 EIHL lowest goals against
  • 2014 Second All-Star-Team of the EIHL
  • 2014 British Netminder of the Year

International

  • 2011 Best catch quota of the World Cup in Division I, Group B
  • 2017 Promotion to Division I, Group A at the World Championship of Division I, Group B
  • 2017 Best catch quota and lowest goals against goals at the World Cup in Division I, Group B

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personal data
SURNAME Murphy, Stephen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Murphy, Stephen James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British ice hockey goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH December 11, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Dundee , Scotland