Douglas Murray (ice hockey)

Douglas Murray
With the Penguins during the 2013 playoffs.
Born	(1980-03-12) 12 March 1980 (age 44) Stockholm, Sweden
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight	240 lb (109 kg; 17 st 2 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	Left
Played for	San Jose Sharks Pittsburgh Penguins Montreal Canadiens Kölner Haie
National team	Sweden
NHL draft	241st overall, 1999 San Jose Sharks
Playing career	2003–2016

Douglas Thomas Lars Murray (born 12 March 1980), nickname "Crankshaft", ^[1] is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman. He was drafted in the 8th round, 241st overall by the San Jose Sharks in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft.

Early life

Murray's Swedish mother is a daughter of Lasse Björn, an ice hockey defenceman, twice World champion and an Olympic bronze-medalist. His father's ancestors originate from Scotland. While his cousins all have Swedish names, his parents gave their children Scottish or English names. Murray's brothers are named Charles and Ted, with a sister named Roseanna. ^[2]

Murray attended Portledge School in Locust Valley, New York, for his junior and senior years of high school, and played for the New York Apple Core in nearby Long Beach, before attending Cornell University. He graduated from Cornell in 2003 with a B.S. degree in hotel administration. ^[3]

Playing career

From 1999–2000 to 2002–03, he played for Cornell University. While at Cornell, he served as captain his senior year and was twice named a first team All-American. He was nominated to the Hobey Baker Memorial Award Final Ten in 2003. In the 2003–04 and the locked-out 2004–05 season he played for San Jose's minor league affiliate, the Cleveland Barons, and contributed both offensively and defensively, leading the team in plus/minus and being second on the team in points for a defenseman. He also served as an alternate captain. He was awarded the Cleveland Barons Rubbermaid "Player of the Year" (along with Josh Gorges) in 2005.

With the San Jose Sharks

During the 2005–06 NHL season, he was called up to San Jose, due to various injuries plaguing the team's defense. In his short time there that season, he gained praise for his physical presence, as well as solid defense, from such San Jose organization members as TV color commentator Drew Remenda.

Murray renewed his contract with the Sharks in June 2006, signing a three-year deal worth US$1.65 million. Part of that deal was a $150,000 signing bonus.^{[ citation needed ]} In late September 2008, he agreed to a four-year contract extension with the Sharks supposedly worth US$10 million. ^[4]

His first NHL goal was scored in his 115th career game on 21 February 2008, against Martin Biron of the Philadelphia Flyers.

In the pre-season game of 26 September 2009, Murray performed a hat trick, scoring 3 even strength goals against the Anaheim Ducks, leading to the 6–0 shutout victory, though it was unofficial due to it being in the pre-season. If it had been in the regular season, it would have been his first and only career NHL hat trick.

In 2010, he was chosen as the 16th-smartest athlete in sports by Sporting News . ^[5]

On 25 March 2013, the Sharks traded Murray to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Pittsburgh's second round pick in the 2013 draft and a conditional second round pick in 2014. The Sharks later received the conditional pick due to Pittsburgh's progression through two rounds in the 2013 Stanley Cup playoffs. ^[6]

On 22 August 2013, Murray signed as a free agent to a one-year contract worth $1.5 million with the Montreal Canadiens. ^[7]

He was not re-signed by the Canadiens at the end of his contract and unable to attract NHL interest, signed a one-year deal with Kölner Haie of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga on 20 January 2015. ^[8] In the 2014–15 season, Murray was limited to just 8 appearances with the Kölner Haie before suffering injury. On 13 March 2015, Murray returned to North America and signed a professional try-out contract to practice with the Calgary Flames. ^[9]

Murray announced his retirement on 21 October 2016. ^[10]

International play

During the 2008 IIHF World Championship, Murray checked Russian player Aleksey Morozov out of the game. Morozov suffered a severe concussion,^{[ citation needed ]} while Murray received a match penalty. ^[11]

Murray represented Sweden in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Personal life

At practice with the Penguins in 2013.

As of the fourth season of the Parneviks reality show in 2018, Douglas was in a relationship with Penny Parnevik (born 1997), daughter of professional golfer Jesper Parnevik. On 1 February 2019 the couple were engaged. ^[12] Their son, named Atticus, was born in 2019. ^[13] The couple married in June 2022. ^[14]

Murray is the co-founder and managing partner of Uber Dispensing Co, which manufactures the UberTap, a hands-free three-spout keg tap invented by Murray and several friends from Cornell. Incidentally, while Murray represented Sweden in ice hockey at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, another of the company's co-founders, Jamie Moriarty, represented the U.S. in four-man bobsled at the same Olympics. He once rang the bell at the New York Mercantile Exchange in the summer of 2006. ^[15]

As of 24 April 2019 Murray was pursuing several business ventures in Northern California and serving as President and Director of the Sharks Alumni Foundation. ^[12]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1996–97	Djurgårdens IF	J20		4	0	0	0	6		—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	New York Apple Core	EJHL		60	17	47	64	62		—	—	—	—	—
1999–00	Cornell Big Red	ECAC		32	3	6	9	38		—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	Cornell Big Red	ECAC		25	5	13	18	39		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Cornell Big Red	ECAC		35	11	21	32	67		—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Cornell Big Red	ECAC		35	5	20	25	30		—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Cleveland Barons	AHL		72	10	12	22	75		9	3	0	3	37
2004–05	Cleveland Barons	AHL		54	6	17	23	56		—	—	—	—	—
2005–06	Cleveland Barons	AHL		20	1	7	8	37		—	—	—	—	—
2005–06	San Jose Sharks	NHL		34	0	1	1	27		—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	San Jose Sharks	NHL		35	0	3	3	31		—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	Worcester Sharks	AHL		5	2	1	3	8		—	—	—	—	—
2007–08	San Jose Sharks	NHL		66	1	9	10	98		13	1	1	2	2
2008–09	San Jose Sharks	NHL		75	0	7	7	38		6	0	0	0	9
2009–10	San Jose Sharks	NHL		79	4	13	17	66		15	1	6	7	8
2010–11	San Jose Sharks	NHL		73	1	13	14	44		18	0	1	1	8
2011–12	San Jose Sharks	NHL		60	0	4	4	31		5	0	0	0	19
2012–13	Djurgårdens IF	Allsv		14	1	2	3	36		—	—	—	—	—
2012–13	San Jose Sharks	NHL		29	0	3	3	26		—	—	—	—	—
2012–13	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		14	1	2	3	9		15	2	1	3	32
2013–14	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		53	0	2	2	42		3	0	0	0	0
2014–15	Kölner Haie	DEL		8	0	1	1	24		—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals				518	7	57	64	412		75	4	9	13	78

International

Year	Team	Event	Result		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2008	Sweden	WC	4th		5	0	0	0	27
2010	Sweden	OG	5th		4	0	0	0	0
Senior totals					9	0	0	0	27

Awards and honors

Award	Year
ECAC Hockey All-Tournament Team	2001
All-ECAC Hockey First Team	2001–02
AHCA East First-Team All-American	2001–02
ECAC Hockey All-Tournament Team	2002
All-ECAC Hockey First Team	2002–03
AHCA East First-Team All-American	2002–03
ECAC Hockey All-Tournament Team	2003

Records

• San Jose Sharks record for hits in a game – 9 (tie) – set 2 April 2011 ^[16]

References

1. "Penguins' Most Creative Player Nicknames Through the Years". The Hockey Writers. 25 March 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
2. Hickey, Pat (9 May 2008). "Murray stands tall for Sweden". The Gazette. Archived from the original on 15 May 2008. Retrieved 11 May 2008.
3. Khing, Tony (22 February 2011). "A Passion For The Palate". San Jose Sharks. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
4. "Rugged defenseman Murray, Sharks agree on four-year extension". ESPN.com. 24 September 2008. Retrieved 25 September 2008.
5. "SN names the 20 smartest athletes in sports". Sporting News. 27 September 2010. Archived from the original on 23 May 2013.
6. Muir, Allan (25 March 2013). "Penguins strike again, add Douglas Murray from San Jose". SI.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
7. "Canadiens reach agreement with Murray". The Sports Network. 22 August 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
8. "Douglas Murray har hittat ny klubb". HockeySverige. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
9. "Douglas Murray practicing with Flames on try-out basis". Calgary Flames. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
10. Douglas Murray on hockey future: 'It's over now'
11. "Russian guns on stun". IIHF. 11 May 2008. Archived from the original on 11 May 2008. Retrieved 11 May 2008.
12. Cudzinowski, Matt (24 April 2019). "Murray: 'I'm starting to think that hockey was the easy part of life'". NHL.com.
13. "Parneviks Säsong 4 Avsnitt 6" [Parneviks Season 4 Episode 6]. Parneviks. Season 4. Episode 6 (in Swedish). TV3 Sweden. 24 April 2018. 6 minutes in. Viasat. Archived from the original on 1 May 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
14. "Mr. and Mrs. Murray". www.instagram.com.
15. Sportak, Randy (12 April 2008). "Sharks blueliner finds Swede way to tap into kegs". Calgary Sun.
16. Pollak, David (3 April 2011). "San Jose Sharks rally to beat Anaheim Ducks". San Jose Mercury News . Archived from the original on 20 June 2022.

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com , or  Eliteprospects.com , or  Eurohockey.com , or  Hockey-Reference.com , or  The Internet Hockey Database
• Cornell Big Red profile
• Uber Dispensing Company home page

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Brian McMeekin	ECAC Hockey Best Defensive Defenseman 2002–03	Succeeded by Scott Ford