Cory Murphy

Cory Murphy (born February 13, 1978) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently a player development coach for the Seattle Kraken.

Playing career Undrafted, Murphy played collegiate hockey with Colgate University. Murphy then played five seasons in SM-liiga, the top professional ice hockey league in Finland; two for Blues, two for Ilves and in 2006–07 for HIFK. In the 2003–04 season with Ilves, he was chosen to the series' all-star team. In the 2006–07 season with HIFK, he was awarded Kultainen kypärä for best player in the league, as well as the Lasse Oksanen trophy for best player of the season during regular season play and Pekka Rautakallio trophy for best defenseman of the season. Murphy was a member of the Canadian team in the 2007 IIHF World Championship that won gold in a 4–2 win against Finland in Moscow.

On March 27, 2007, Murphy signed a two-year National Hockey League contract with the Florida Panthers. Murphy's first NHL goal was scored October 6, 2007 against Kevin Weekes of the New Jersey Devils.

In the 2008–09 season, Murphy played seven games for the Panthers while bothered by a re-occurring shoulder injury. Murphy was sent to the Panthers affiliate, the Rochester Americans, for a two-week conditioning stint before being recalled by the Panthers on January 15, 2009. Murphy was subsequently claimed off re-entry waivers by the Tampa Bay Lightning on January 19, 2009. On July 17, 2009, he was signed by the New Jersey Devils to a two-way contract.

On June 4, 2010, Murphy returned to Switzerland, signing a two-year contract with ZSC Lions of the NLA. At the conclusion of his deal with the Lions, and spending the 2012–13 season in the Kontinental Hockey League with HC Dynamo Minsk on May 21, 2013, Murphy signed a two-year deal with the Swedish team Växjö Lakers of the then named Elitserien.

In his 18th and final professional season in 2017–18, Murphy joined Karlskrona HK of the SHL; he scored 1 goal and 15 points through 51 games, unable to help Karlskrona avoid relegation.

Coaching career On May 21, 2018, Murphy announced his retirement from playing professional hockey upon accepting an assistant coaching role with Rögle BK of the SHL for the 2018–19 season.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1994–95 Kanata Valley Lasers CJHL 51 6 20 26 62 — — — — — 1995–96 Kanata Valley Lasers CJHL 53 20 36 56 70 — — — — — 1996–97 Kanata Valley Lasers CJHL 53 22 37 59 52 — — — — — 1997–98 Colgate University ECAC 35 8 19 27 38 — — — — — 1998–99 Colgate University ECAC 34 3 23 26 26 — — — — — 1999–2000 Colgate University ECAC 35 10 19 29 26 — — — — — 2000–01 Colgate University ECAC 34 7 22 29 34 — — — — — 2001–02 Blues SM-l 46 9 15 24 38 3 0 1 1 0 2002–03 Blues SM-l 45 11 4 15 49 7 1 0 1 2 2003–04 Ilves SM-l 56 18 26 44 22 7 1 2 3 2 2004–05 Ilves SM-l 56 12 23 35 36 7 1 3 4 18 2005–06 HC Fribourg–Gottéron NLA 44 13 22 35 52 — — — — — 2006–07 HIFK SM-l 45 13 37 50 46 5 0 1 1 4 2007–08 Florida Panthers NHL 47 2 15 17 22 — — — — — 2008–09 Florida Panthers NHL 7 0 1 1 2 — — — — — 2008–09 Rochester Americans AHL 5 2 4 6 2 — — — — — 2008–09 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 25 5 10 15 12 — — — — — 2009–10 New Jersey Devils NHL 12 2 1 3 2 — — — — — 2009–10 Lowell Devils AHL 64 6 38 44 30 5 0 0 0 2 2010–11 ZSC Lions NLA 49 10 25 35 30 5 0 3 3 0 2011–12 ZSC Lions NLA 24 3 7 10 4 — — — — — 2012–13 Dinamo Minsk KHL 52 5 26 31 36 — — — — — 2013–14 Växjö Lakers SHL 53 13 21 34 24 12 1 3 4 8 2014–15 Växjö Lakers SHL 55 9 30 39 18 18 0 9 9 4 2015–16 Växjö Lakers SHL 52 3 22 25 45 12 0 1 1 4 2016–17 Växjö Lakers SHL 48 3 16 19 28 6 0 2 2 2 2017–18 Karlskrona HK SHL 51 1 14 15 32 — — — — — SM-l totals 248 63 105 168 191 29 3 7 10 26 NHL totals 91 9 27 36 38 — — — — — SHL totals 259 29 103 132 147 48 1 15 16 18

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 2007 Canada WC 9 1 6 7 8 Senior totals 9 1 6 7 8

Awards and honours Award Year College All-ECAC Hockey Rookie Team 1997–98 All-ECAC Hockey First Team 1999–00 All-ECAC Hockey Second Team 2000–01 Liiga All-Star Team 2004, 2007 Lasse Oksanen trophy 2007 Pekka Rautakallio trophy 2007 Kultainen kypärä 2007 SHL Defenseman of the Year 2015 SHL Champion (Växjö Lakers) 2015