Larry Murphy (ice hockey)

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Larry Murphy (ice hockey) : biography

March 8, 1961 –

Lawrence Thomas Murphy (born March 8, 1961) is a former Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He currently serves as a studio analyst on NHL Network.

Awards and achievements

  • Member of four Stanley Cup winning teams: 1991 and 1992 with the Pittsburgh Penguins, and 1997 and 1998 with the Detroit Red Wings
  • Selected to three NHL All-Star Games: 1994, 1996 and 1999
  • Selected to two NHL Second All-Star Teams: 1987 and 1995

Broadcasting

Murphy was an alternate color analyst for the Detroit Red Wings on Fox Sports Detroit. He only did color commentator duties for Red Wings west coast road trips in place of Mickey Redmond, from 2003-2006 Murphy shared this duty with former teammate Pat Verbeek where they would alternate road trips. However following the 2005–06 NHL season, Verbeek left the job as broadcaster to become a scout for the Red Wings and Murphy took over full-time on west coast road trips. In addition in 2006, Murphy started contributing as a studio analyst on pregames, post games and intermissions in which he does not broadcast. In the 2007-08 season, Murphy began serving as a "Between the Benches" reporter for Fox Sports Detroit when Mickey Redmond was broadcasting, and subbed for Redmond when he had surgery to remove a tumor on his lung. He also made occasional appearances on the NHL Network’s nightly hockey highlight show, NHL on the Fly. In March, 2013, it was announced by Fox Sports Detroit that he had been fired, after being told they weren’t satisfied with ratings. http://www.sbnation.com/2013/3/23/4138658/larry-murphy-fired-fs-detroit-red-wings

Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1978–79 Peterborough Petes OMJHL 66 6 21 27 82 19 1 9 10 42
1979–80 Peterborough Petes OMJHL 68 21 68 89 88 14 4 13 17 20
1980–81 Los Angeles Kings NHL 80 16 60 76 79 4 3 0 3 2
1981–82 Los Angeles Kings NHL 79 22 44 66 95 10 2 8 10 12
1982–83 Los Angeles Kings NHL 77 14 48 62 81
1983–84 Los Angeles Kings NHL 6 0 3 3 0
1983–84 Washington Capitals NHL 72 13 33 46 50 8 0 3 3 6
1984–85 Washington Capitals NHL 79 13 42 55 51 5 2 3 5 0
1985–86 Washington Capitals NHL 78 21 44 65 50 9 1 5 6 6
1986–87 Washington Capitals NHL 80 23 58 81 39 7 2 2 4 6
1987–88 Washington Capitals NHL 79 8 53 61 72 13 4 4 8 33
1988–89 Washington Capitals NHL 65 7 29 36 70
1988–89 Minnesota North Stars NHL 13 4 6 10 12 5 0 2 2 8
1989–90 Minnesota North Stars NHL 77 10 58 68 44 7 1 2 3 31
1990–91 Minnesota North Stars NHL 31 4 11 15 38
1990–91 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 44 5 23 28 30 23 5 18 23 44
1991–92 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 77 21 56 77 48 21 6 10 16 19
1992–93 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 83 22 63 85 73 12 2 11 13 10
1993–94 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 84 17 56 73 44 6 0 5 5 0
1994–95 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 48 13 25 38 18 12 2 13 15 0
1995–96 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 82 12 49 61 34 6 0 2 2 4
1996–97 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 69 7 32 39 20
1996–97 Detroit Red Wings NHL 12 2 4 6 0 20 2 9 11 8
1997–98 Detroit Red Wings NHL 82 11 41 52 37 22 3 12 15 2
1998–99 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 10 42 52 42 10 0 2 2 8
1999–00 Detroit Red Wings NHL 81 10 30 40 45 9 2 3 5 2
2000–01 Detroit Red Wings NHL 57 2 19 21 12 6 0 1 1 0
OMJHL totals 134 27 89 116 170 33 5 22 27 62
NHL totals 1615 287 929 1216 1084 215 37 115 152 201