Falcon Fodder
One of six seniors on the team...three-year letterwinner.
As a junior in 1999-2000
Played in 36 games...missed Dec. 4 game at Michigan due to DQ (fight)...had four multiple-point games...scored first career short-handed goal Jan. 28 against Northern Michigan...tallied second game-winner of the season against Ohio State on Feb. 26.
As a sophomore in 1998-99
Played in 34 games...had a 10-game point-streak from Nov. 27 through Jan. 29 during which he had 18 points on five goals and 13 assists...missed Badger Showdown and Nebraska-Omaha series while playing for the U.S. National Junior Team (one goal, two assists in five games)...goal at World Junior Championships came against Canada...honored with the Bill & Helen Lloyd Award (Most Improved Player).
As a freshman in 1997-98
Recorded two assists in first collegiate contest (Oct. 10 vs. Waterloo)...followed with a three-game assist streak in November (Nov. 8 vs. WMU, Nov. 15 vs. OSU and Nov. 21 vs. Michigan)...had a team-best three game-winning assists...was not assessed a penalty in his final 13 games of the season...tallied both his power-play goals at Northern Michigan on Jan. 2...had two three-point games (Jan. 2 at NMU and Mar. 7 vs. Miami)...eight of his 12 points came at the BGSU Ice Arena...played for Team USA East in the 1998 Summer Hockey Challenge in Lake Placid...recorded one goal and four penalty minutes in four games.
Pre-College
Played for the Thornhill Islanders of the Metro Toronto Junior A Hockey League his last two seasons of juniors...competed for coach Russ Harrington in 1996-97 and for Brad Selwood in 1995-96...primarily played center, but also skated at both wings ...saw duty on the power play and occasionally on the penalty kill...made the MTJHL All-Star team in 1996-97 recording 22 goals and 32 assists (36 PIM) in 41 regular-season games...had three game-winning goals and one hat trick...finished tied for fourth on the team in points and 21st in the Central Division...also was fourth on the team in assists and fifth in goals...named a Metro Junior "Future Star" in 1995-96...assisted his club to a runner-up standing in divisional play with a 29-17-4 record...team advanced to the quarterfinals of the playoffs...named co-"Player of Series" in Thornhill's first-round victory over Markham after sharing top scoring honors with 11 points on six goals and five assists in seven contests...posted a goal and three assists in round-robin quarterfinal play (5 games) ...had 13 goals and 16 assists (32 PIM) in 32 regular-season games during his first year with the club...had two GWGs...finished 12th on the team in points...squad defeated Markham in the East Division semifinals (4-1), Wexford in the Division finals (4-2), and Caledon in the championship series (4-3) to win the title for a second straight year...skated for York Simcoe Express in the OMHA prior to joining Thornhill...had 50 goals and 60 assists (70 PIM) in 1994-95, and 25 goals and 50 assists (45 PIM) in 1993-94...played on the 1994-95 All-Ontario finalist team...also competed in two metro tournaments (at North York and Aurora) his two years with Thornhill.
Personal
Full name--Ryan John Murphy...born March 21, 1979, in Van Nuys, Calif....son of Mike and Yvonne Murphy...father was the head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs (1996-98) after previously guiding the L.A. Kings (1986-88) and was named Vice President, Hockey Operations, of the NHL this past summer after serving as an assistant coach with the Ottawa Senators during the 1998-99 campaign...father played 12 NHL seasons (1971-83) as a right winger with the N.Y. Rangers, St. Louis Blues, and Kings (saw action in 821 regular-season games, scoring 238 goals and assisting on 318 others)...has two brothers and one sister...criminal justice major...shoots left...selected by the Carolina Hurricanes in the fourth round (113th overall) of the 1999 NHL Entry Draft...drafted by the Erie Oilers (formerly the Niagara Falls Thunder) in the 1995-96 Ontario Hockey League Draft (3rd round; 45th overall)...graduate of Cardinal Carter Catholic High School ('97) where he prepped for four years...works hockey camps in the summer.
Streaks
Longest Point Streak: 10 games -- 11/27/98 vs. Miami to 1/23/99 vs. FSU (5-13--18)
Longest Goal Streak: 2 games, twice (MR: 2/26/99 at WMU to 2/27/99 at FSU (2-0--2))
Longest Assist Streak: 4 games, three times (MR: 2/6/99 vs. WMU to 2/20/99 vs. UND (0-5--5))
Career Highs
Most Goals Game/Series: 2/2
Most Assists Game/Series: 3/4
Most Points Game/Series: 3/5
