John Murray

Date of Birth: Jul 04, 1987
Age: 39
Place of Birth: Lancaster, PA, USA
Nation: USA / Poland
Youth Team: Hershey Jr. Bears
Position: G
Height: 185 cm / 6'1"
Weight: 89 kg / 196 lbs
Catches: L
Status: Retired

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John Murray Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	GAA	SV%	SO	W-L-T	Post	GP	GAA	SV%	SO	W-L-T
2001-2002	Philadelphia Jr. Flyers 14U AAA	AYHL 14U	9	2.82	.898	-	-
2002-2003	Philadelphia Jr. Flyers 16U AAA	AYHL 16U	20	2.68	.907	-	-
2003-2004	Youngstown Phantoms	NAHL	21	-	-	-	-
2004-2005	Sioux Falls Stampede	USHL	29	3.24	.902	1	7-13-2
2005-2006	Sioux Falls Stampede	USHL	30	2.18	.928	3	19-7-1	Playoffs	8	1.86	.939	2	4-3-1
2006-2007	Kitchener Rangers	OHL	55	2.58	.909	5	40-9-3	Playoffs	9	4.04	.881	0	5-1-2
2007-2008	Kingston Frontenacs	OHL	31	3.78	.901	0	12-15-1
2007-2008	Reading Royals	ECHL	8	3.36	.883	-	3-3-1
2008-2009	Ontario Reign	ECHL	25	2.81	.917	-	13-8-3
2008-2009	Mississippi Sea Wolves	ECHL	2	3.52	.925	-	0-2-0
2008-2009	Syracuse Crunch Loan	AHL	1	3.27	.846	0	0-0-0
2009-2010	Victoria Salmon Kings	ECHL	4	3.84	.870	-	0-4-0
2009-2010	Johnstown Chiefs	ECHL	29	4.09	.880	-	5-20-4
2010-2011	HK Partizan Beograd	Slohokej	25	1.98	.933	-	-	Playoffs	8	1.37	.949	-	-
2011-2012	Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees	CHL	36	2.66	.919	3	16-14-2	Playoffs	4	3.31	.918	0	1-3-0
2011-2012	Grand Rapids Griffins Loan	AHL	0	-	-	-	-
2012-2013	Quad City Mallards	CHL	35	2.75	.915	2	16-11-6	Playoffs	4	2.18	.934	0	1-3-0
2013-2014	KH Sanok	Poland	36	2.36	.899	-	-	Playoffs	14	1.54	.958	-	-
2014-2015	Orlik Opole	Poland	44	2.81	.920	-	-	Playoffs	3	3.38	.917	-	-
2015-2016	Kulager Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	43	2.51	.923	-	-	Playoffs	6	1.04	.963	-	-
2016-2017	Orlik Opole	Poland	38	2.71	.923	-	-	Playoffs	5	4.06	.899	-	-
2016-2017	Poland (all)	International	3	2.53	.919	-	-
2017-2018	GKS Tychy	Poland	32	1.94	.933	-	-	Playoffs	14	1.92	.940	-	-
2017-2018	Poland	WC D1A	3	3.47	.895	0	0-2-0
2017-2018	Poland (all)	International	7	3.34	-	-	-
2018-2019	GKS Tychy	Poland	34	1.86	.939	3	26-8-0	Playoffs	20	1.81	.933	4	12-8-0
2018-2019	Poland	WC D1B	3	3.00	.886	0	3-0-0
2018-2019	Poland (all)	International	4	3.00	.886	0	3-1-0
2019-2020	GKS Tychy	Poland	38	2.14	.929	6	24-14-0	Playoffs	4	1.00	.952	1	4-0-0
2019-2020	Poland Olympics	OGQ	3	1.13	.961	0	3-0-0
2019-2020	Poland (all)	International	4	1.36	.950	0	3-1-0
2020-2021	GKS Tychy	Poland	27	2.80	.906	4	21-6-0	Playoffs	7	1.11	.959	0	6-1-0
2020-2021	Poland (all)	International	1	5.00	.896	0	0-1-0
2021-2022	GKS Katowice	Poland	38	2.08	.927	3	27-10-0	Playoffs	16	1.91	.937	2	12-4-0
2021-2022	Poland Olympics	OGQ	3	3.00	.927	1	1-2-0
2021-2022	Poland	WC D1B	3	0.65	.978	2	2-0-0
2021-2022	Poland (all)	International	7	1.84	-	3	3-3-0
2022-2023	GKS Katowice	Poland	36	2.35	.924	2	21-15-0	Playoffs	18	2.19	.932	1	12-6-0
2022-2023	Poland	WC D1A	4	1.73	.931	2	3-1-0
2022-2023	Poland (all)	International	7	2.25	.911	2	6-1-0
2023-2024	GKS Katowice	Poland	30	2.45	.918	1	25-4-0	Playoffs	18	2.04	.934	3	11-7-0
2023-2024	Poland	WC	4	4.34	.886	0	0-4-0
2023-2024	Poland (all)	International	7	3.87	-	0	1-6-0
2024-2025	GKS Katowice	Poland	28	2.23	.923	4	18-9-0	Playoffs	17	1.64	.939	4	11-6-0
2024-2025	Poland	WC D1A	2	2.50	.853	0	1-1-0
2024-2025	Poland (all)	International	5	2.01	.917	0	3-2-0

John Murray Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	GAA	SV%	SO	W-L-T
2013-2014	KH Sanok	Polish Cup	2	2.57	.875	-	-
2015-2016	Kulager Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan Cup	2	3.36	.914	-	-
2017-2018	GKS Tychy	Continental Cup	1	5.00	.833	0	0-1-0
2017-2018	GKS Tychy	Polish Cup	2	2.99	.910	-	-
2018-2019	GKS Tychy	Champions HL	4	4.65	.882	0	1-3-0
2019-2020	GKS Tychy	Champions HL	5	2.96	.928	0	1-3-0
2019-2020	GKS Tychy	Polish Cup	1	1.85	.900	0	0-1-0
2020-2021	GKS Tychy	Polish Cup	1	3.04	.880	0	0-1-0
2020-2021	Poland	Three Seas Cup	1	1.00	.970	0	1-0-0
2022-2023	GKS Katowice	Champions HL	5	3.76	.893	0	1-4-0
2023-2024	GKS Katowice	Continental Cup	4	2.71	.893	1	3-1-0
2024-2025	GKS Katowice	Continental Cup	4	3.43	.897	0	1-3-0

John Murray Career Totals by League

League	Seasons	GP	GAA	SV%	SO	W-L-T	Seasons	GP	GAA	SV%	SO	W-L-T
AHL	2	1	3.27	.846	0	0-0-0	0
AYHL 14U	1	9	2.82	.898	-	-	0
AYHL 16U	1	20	2.68	.907	-	-	0
Champions HL	3	14	3.70*	.903	0	3-10-0	0
CHL	2	71	2.71	.917	5	32-25-8	2	8	2.71	.926	0	2-6-0
Continental Cup	3	9	3.28	.888	1	4-5-0	0
ECHL	3	68	3.52	.895	-	21-37-8	0
International	9	45	2.51*	.913*	5*	19-15-0	0
Kazakhstan	1	43	2.51	.923	-	-	1	6	1.04	.963	-	-
Kazakhstan Cup	1	2	3.36	.914	-	-	0
NAHL	1	21	-	-	-	-	0
OGQ	2	6	2.12	.940	1	4-2-0	0
OHL	2	86	2.99	.905	5	52-24-4	1	9	4.04	.881	0	5-1-2
Poland	11	381	2.25*	.925*	23*	162-66-0	11	136	1.83*	.937*	15*	68-32-0
Polish Cup	4	6	2.41*	.907*	0	0-2-0	0
Slohokej	1	25	1.98	.933	-	-	1	8	1.37	.949	-	-
Three Seas Cup	1	1	1.00	.970	0	1-0-0	0
USHL	2	59	2.62	.917	4	26-20-3	1	8	1.86	.939	2	4-3-1
WC	1	4	4.34	.886	0	0-4-0	0
WC D1A	3	9	2.40	.906	2	4-4-0	0
WC D1B	2	6	1.81	.935	2	5-0-0	0

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

John Murray Career Totals by Team

Team	Seasons	GP	GAA	SV%	SO	W-L-T	Seasons	GP	GAA	SV%	SO	W-L-T
GKS Katowice	4	145	2.32*	.922	11	96-46-0	4	69	1.95	.936	10	46-23-0
GKS Tychy	4	145	2.36*	.924*	13*	73-37-0	4	45	1.57*	.940*	5*	22-9-0
Grand Rapids Griffins	1	0	-	-	-	-	0
HK Partizan Beograd	1	25	1.98	.933	-	-	1	8	1.37	.949	-	-
Johnstown Chiefs	1	29	4.09	.880	-	5-20-4	0
KH Sanok	1	38	-	-	-	-	1	14	1.54	.958	-	-
Kingston Frontenacs	1	31	3.78	.901	0	12-15-1	0
Kitchener Rangers	1	55	2.58	.909	5	40-9-3	1	9	4.04	.881	0	5-1-2
Kulager Petropavlovsk	1	45	-	-	-	-	1	6	1.04	.963	-	-
Mississippi Sea Wolves	1	2	3.52	.925	-	0-2-0	0
Ontario Reign	1	25	2.81	.917	-	13-8-3	0
Orlik Opole	2	82	-	-	-	-	2	8	-	-	-	-
Philadelphia Jr. Flyers 14U AAA	1	9	2.82	.898	-	-	0
Philadelphia Jr. Flyers 16U AAA	1	20	2.68	.907	-	-	0
Poland	6	19	2.57	.910	4	9-8-0	0
Poland (Cup)	1	1	1.00	.970	0	1-0-0	0
Poland (all)	9	45	2.51*	.913*	5*	19-15-0	0
Poland Olympics	2	6	2.12	.940	1	4-2-0	0
Quad City Mallards	1	35	2.75	.915	2	16-11-6	1	4	2.18	.934	0	1-3-0
Reading Royals	1	8	3.36	.883	-	3-3-1	0
Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees	1	36	2.66	.919	3	16-14-2	1	4	3.31	.918	0	1-3-0
Sioux Falls Stampede	2	59	2.62	.917	4	26-20-3	1	8	1.86	.939	2	4-3-1
Syracuse Crunch	1	1	3.27	.846	0	0-0-0	0
Victoria Salmon Kings	1	4	3.84	.870	-	0-4-0	0
Youngstown Phantoms	1	21	-	-	-	-	0

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

John Murray Career Highlights

Season	Awards
2005-2006	USHL All-Star Game USHL Goaltender of the Month (January 2006) USHL Second All-Star Team
2006-2007	CHL Goaltender of the Week (Dec. 4) OHL All-Star Game OHL Kitchener Rangers Most Valuable Player (Jim Malleck Memorial Trophy) OHL Most Shutouts (5) OHL Player of the Week (Week ending Oct. 29/06)
2007-2008	ECHL Goaltender of the Week (03/17-03/23)
2008-2009	ECHL All-Star Game (National Conference) ECHL Goaltender of the Week (11/24-11/30)
2010-2011	Slohokej Best Goaltender Slohokej Liga Best GAA (1.98)
2013-2014	Polish Champion
2017-2018	Polish Champion (GKS Tychy) Polish Cup Champion (GKS Tychy)
2018-2019	Poland Best SVS% (.939) Poland Playoffs Best GAA (1.81) Polish Champion (GKS Tychy) World Championship (D1B) Silver Medal
2019-2020	Poland Playoffs Best GAA (1.00) Polish Champion (GKS Tychy)
2020-2021	Poland Bronze Medal Poland Playoffs Best GAA (1.11) Poland Playoffs Best SVS% (.959)
2021-2022	Poland Best GAA (2.08) Poland Best SVS% (.927) Poland Playoffs Best GAA (1.91) Poland Playoffs Best SVS% (.937) Polish Champion (GKS Katowice) World Championship (D1B) Best Goaltender World Championship (D1B) Gold Medal
2022-2023	Polish Champion (GKS Katowice) World Championship (D1A) Silver Medal
2023-2024	Poland Silver Medal World Championship Top 3 Player on Team
2024-2025	Continental Cup Bronze Medal Poland Silver Medal

Transactions

Date	Status	From	To
08/05/2025	Confirmed	GKS Katowice	Retired
07/30/2024	Extension	GKS Katowice	GKS Katowice
05/18/2022	Extension	GKS Katowice	GKS Katowice
06/01/2021	Confirmed	GKS Tychy	GKS Katowice
06/20/2019	Extension	GKS Tychy	GKS Tychy
05/28/2018	Extension	GKS Tychy	GKS Tychy
05/09/2017	Confirmed	Orlik Opole	GKS Tychy
06/04/2016	Confirmed	Kulager Petropavlovsk	Orlik Opole
07/23/2015	Confirmed	Orlik Opole	Kulager Petropavlovsk
05/08/2014	Confirmed	KH Sanok	Orlik Opole
06/23/2013	Confirmed	Quad City Mallards	KH Sanok
08/13/2012	Confirmed	Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees	Quad City Mallards
10/13/2011	Confirmed	HK Partizan Beograd	Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees
08/23/2010	Confirmed	Johnstown Chiefs	HK Partizan Beograd

John Murray Biography and Trivia

Drafted 2006, 16 #189 by Sioux City Musketeers in the USHL Entry Draft
Drafted 2003, 10 #110 by Danville Wings in the USHL Entry Draft
Cult/Star player for GKS Katowice
Cult/Star player for GKS Tychy

Holds Sioux Falls Stampede franchise records for:
- Best Save Percentage in a Season - .930 with Alex Kangase (05-06)
- Best Save Percentage in Career - .918 (04-06)
- Best Goals Against Average in a Season - 2.14 (05-06)
- Best Goals Against Average in a Career - 2.57 (04-06)