Chris Murray

Chris Murray (born October 25, 1974) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played between 1994 and 2000 in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Playing career Murray was drafted 54th overall by the Montreal Canadiens in 1994 from the Western Hockey League's Kamloops Blazers and started his National Hockey League career with the Canadiens in the 1994–95 NHL season. He remained with the team for the best of three years before he was part of a three-way trade between Montreal, the Phoenix Coyotes and the Hartford Whalers on March 18, 1997. Murray was first traded to Phoenix with Murray Baron for Dave Manson and was then traded to Hartford for Gerald Diduck. The next season the Whalers relocated to Raleigh, North Carolina and became the Carolina Hurricanes. He played seven games for Carolina before he was traded to the Ottawa Senators for Sean Hill. On March 23, 1999, he was traded once more, this time to the Chicago Blackhawks for Nelson Emerson and a draft pick, but he played just four games for the team before sustaining a shoulder injury. In the fall of 1999 he was claimed on waivers by Dallas. He split time with them and their farm team, the Michigan K-Wings of the International Hockey League. He signed with the St. Louis Blues for the 2000-2001 season, but he was demoted to the Worcester IceCats of the American Hockey League. There he suffered what would later prove to be a career-ending injury. He joined the Toronto Maple Leafs organization in the fall of 2001 in a failed attempt to rehabilitate his injury, and he retired on his 27th birthday, October 25, 2001.

Post-playing career After retiring from hockey Murray worked at the Kamloops Fire Department, and also served as a part-time assistant coach for the WHL Kamloops Blazers. He also dedicated a lot of his time to coaching for the Kamloops Minor Hockey Association.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1990–91 Bellingham Ice Hawks BCHL 54 5 8 13 150 — — — — — 1991–92 Kamloops Blazers WHL 33 1 1 2 218 5 0 0 0 10 1992–93 Kamloops Blazers WHL 62 6 10 16 217 13 0 4 4 34 1993–94 Kamloops Blazers WHL 59 14 16 30 260 15 4 2 6 107 1993–94 Kamloops Blazers MC — — — — — 4 2 2 4 24 1994–95 Montreal Canadiens NHL 3 0 0 0 4 — — — — — 1994–95 Fredericton Canadiens AHL 55 6 12 18 234 12 1 1 2 50 1995–96 Montreal Canadiens NHL 48 3 4 7 163 4 0 0 0 4 1995–96 Fredericton Canadiens AHL 30 13 13 26 217 — — — — — 1996–97 Montreal Canadiens NHL 56 4 2 6 114 — — — — — 1996–97 Hartford Whalers NHL 8 1 1 2 10 — — — — — 1997–98 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 7 0 1 1 22 — — — — — 1997–98 Ottawa Senators NHL 46 5 3 8 96 11 1 0 1 8 1998–99 Ottawa Senators NHL 38 1 6 7 65 — — — — — 1998–99 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 4 0 0 0 14 — — — — — 1999–2000 Dallas Stars NHL 32 2 1 3 62 − − − − − 1999–2000 Michigan K–Wings IHL 31 5 2 7 78 — — — — — 2000–01 Worcester IceCats AHL 21 9 8 17 60 — — — — — NHL totals 242 16 18 34 550 15 1 0 1 12