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Cory Murphy

Cory Murphy was born February 13, 1978 in Kanata, Ontario. Undrafted, the free agent honed his skills in the NCAA at Colgate University.

A hard working defenseman, Murphy spent four years at Colgate University and through his tenure tallied 28 goals and 83 assists. He spent the next four seasons of his professional hockey career competing overseas in the Finish league with the Blues and Ilves Tamper. Murphy joined the Swiss league in 2005-06 before he returned to the Finnish league the following season where he captured the leagues MVP award.

Murphy returned to North America in 2007-08, signing as a free agent with the NHL's Florida Panthers. During his first NHL season, he scored 17 points but was sidelined for 30 games due to a shoulder injury.

In the 2008-09 season, Cory played seven games for the Panthers before being sent to their AHL affiliate, the Rochester Americans, for a two-week conditioning stint. Upon being recalled, Murphy was 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 as an unrestricted free agent.

			REGULAR SEASON						PLAYOFFS
Season	Club	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1997-98	Colgate U. Red Raiders	ECAC	35	8	19	27	38
1998-99	Colgate U. Red Raiders	ECAC	34	3	23	26	26
1999-00	Colgate U. Red Raiders	ECAC	35	10	19	29	26
2000-01	Colgate U. Red Raiders	ECAC	34	7	22	29	34
2001-02	Blues Espoo	Finland	46	9	15	24	38		3	0	1	1	0
2002-03	Blues Espoo	Finland	45	11	4	15	49		7	1	0	1	2
2003-04	Ilves Tampere	Finland	56	18	26	44	22		7	1	2	3	2
2004-05	Ilves Tampere	Finland	56	12	23	35	36		7	1	3	4	18
2005-06	HC Fribourg-Gotteron	Swiss	44	13	22	35	52
2006-07	HIFK Helsinki	Finland	45	13	37	50	46		5	0	1	1	4
2006-07	Canada	WC-A	9	1	6	7	8	+7
2007-08	Florida Panthers	NHL	47	2	15	17	22	0
2008-09	Florida Panthers	NHL	7	0	1	1	2	-1
2008-09	Rochester Americans	AHL	5	2	4	6	2	+2
2008-09	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL	25	5	10	15	12	-3
2009-10	New Jersey Devils	NHL	12	2	1	3	2	-2
2009-10	Lowell Devils	AHL	64	6	38	44	30	-2	5	0	0	0	2
2010-11	ZSC Lions Zurich	Swiss	49	10	25	35	30		5	0	3	3	0
2011-12	ZSC Lions Zurich	Swiss	24	3	8	11	4
2012-13	Dynamo Minsk	KHL	52	5	26	31	36		6	1	3	4	0
2013-14	Vaxjo Lakers HC	Sweden	53	13	21	34	24		12	1	3	4	8
2014-15	Vaxjo Lakers HC	Sweden	55	9	30	39	18		18	0	9	9	4
2015-16	Vaxjo Lakers HC	Sweden	52	3	22	25	45		12	0	1	1	4
2016-17	Vaxjo Lakers HC	Sweden	48	3	16	19	28		6	0	2	2	2
NHL Totals			91	9	27	36	38


ECAC First All-Star Team (2000) ECAC Second All-Star Team (2001)	Signed as a free agent by Florida, March 26, 2007. Claimed on wiavers by Tampa Bay from Florida, January 19, 2009. Signed as a free agent by New Jersey, July 17, 2009. Signed as a free agent by Zurich (Swiss), June 4, 2010.

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