Douglas Murray
With the Penguins during the 2013 playoffs.
Born (1980-03-12) March 12, 1980
Bromma, 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 March 12, 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 Lars 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. 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 February 21, 2008, against Martin Biron of the Philadelphia Flyers.

In the pre-season game of September 26, 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 March 25, 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 August 22, 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 January 20, 2015.[8] In the 2014–15 season, Murray was limited to just 8 appearances with the Kölner Haie before suffering injury. On March 13, 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 October 21, 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, 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 February 1 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 April 24 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 April 2, 2011[16]

References

  1. ↑ "Crankshaft – Pittsburgh Penguins – Features". Pittsburgh Penguins. March 27, 2013.
  2. ↑ Hickey, Pat (2008-05-09). "Murray stands tall for Sweden". The Gazette. Archived from the original on 2008-05-15. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
  3. ↑ Khing, Tony (February 22, 2011). "A Passion For The Palate". San Jose Sharks. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Rugged defenseman Murray, Sharks agree on four-year extension". ESPN.com. 2008-09-24. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
  5. ↑ "SN names the 20 smartest athletes in sports". Sporting News. September 27, 2010. Archived from the original on 2013-05-23.
  6. ↑ Muir, Allan (March 25, 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. 2013-08-22. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
  8. ↑ "Douglas Murray har hittat ny klubb". HockeySverige. 2015-01-20. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
  9. ↑ "Douglas Murray practicing with Flames on try-out basis". Calgary Flames. 2015-03-13. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
  10. ↑ Douglas Murray on hockey future: 'It's over now'
  11. ↑ "Russian guns on stun". IIHF. 2008-05-11. Archived from the original on 2008-05-11. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
  12. 1 2 Cudzinowski, Matt (2019-04-24). "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. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  14. ↑ "Mr. and Mrs. Murray". www.instagram.com.
  15. ↑ Sportak, Randy (2008-04-12). "Sharks blueliner finds Swede way to tap into kegs". Calgary Sun.
  16. ↑ Pollak, David (April 3, 2011). "San Jose Sharks rally to beat Anaheim Ducks". San Jose Mercury News. Archived from the original on June 20, 2022.
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