Terry Murray

For the Irish footballer, see Terry Murray (Irish footballer).

Terry Murray
Born	(1950-07-20) July 20, 1950 Shawville, QC, CAN
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	Right
Played for	California Golden Seals Philadelphia Flyers Detroit Red Wings Washington Capitals
NHL Draft	88th overall, 1970 California Golden Seals
Playing career	1970–1982

Terry Rodney Murray (born July 20, 1950 in Shawville, Quebec) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player and the former head coach of the Los Angeles Kings. He served as the head coach for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms of the American Hockey League. Murray was the only coach in the AHL to serve in the league in the 1980s.

On June 18, 2015, Buffalo Sabres Head Coach Dan Bylsma announced that Murray will be joining the Sabres as an assistant coach. Murray's nephew Tim serves as general manager of the same team.

Murray, one of ten children of Clarence and Rhoda Murray, was born and raised in the Ottawa Valley town of Shawville, Quebec, near Ottawa.

Playing career

A defenceman in his playing days, Murray was drafted by the California Golden Seals in the 1970 NHL Entry Draft. He played for the Philadelphia Flyers, Detroit Red Wings, and Washington Capitals.

Coaching career

Following his final season as an active player in 1981–82, he became an assistant coach for his brother Bryan Murray, then the Capitals' head coach, establishing the NHL's first brother coaching combination.

Murray later served as head coach of their AHL affiliate, the Baltimore Skipjacks. He was promoted to the Capitals head coach position in the middle of the 1989–90 NHL season, replacing his brother Bryan. Under Murray's guidance the Capitals advanced further into the NHL playoffs than ever before, winning two rounds before being swept by Boston in the conference finals. Murray coached the Capitals until the middle of the 1993–94 NHL season when he was replaced by Jim Schoenfeld.

After a brief coaching stint as head coach of the Cincinnati Cyclones in the IHL, Murray became head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers, where he put together the "Legion of Doom" line consisting of Eric Lindros, John LeClair, and Mikael Renberg. In three seasons as head coach of the Flyers (1994–95 through 1996–97), Murray compiled a 118-64-30 record and coached the team to two Atlantic Division Championships (1994–95 and 1995–96) and to the 1997 Stanley Cup Finals as the Eastern Conference Champion. After beating three teams easily with 4-1 series wins, the Flyers were upset by the Detroit Red Wings in four games. Despite this accomplishment, Murray was fired after the end of the 1997 playoffs. One website had described Terry's shuffling of goaltenders Ron Hextall and Garth Snow to be unprofessional, and he had described the 6-1 loss in Game 3 as a choking situation during a closed-door meeting with his players, which angered them since it "exposed and pulverized" the "fragility of the team's confidence". Murray served as a pro scout for the Flyers during the 1997-98 season.

During the 1998–99 season, Murray assumed the Panthers' head coaching position from his brother, Bryan, the interim Panthers' coach, after Doug MacLean was fired. In 1999–2000, Murray led the Panthers to a franchise record 98-point season, team-record 43 victories and into the first round of the playoffs. He was replaced by Duane Sutter at the Panthers' helm in the fall of 2000.

Murray served as a pro scout for the Philadelphia Flyers over parts of three seasons (2000–01 to 2002–03), and joined the coaching staff as Assistant Coach from 2004-2008.

He served as coach of the Los Angeles Kings from July 17, 2008 until December 12, 2011. At the time of his dismissal, he ranked third in franchise wins (139), fourth in games coached (275) and first in winning percentage (.560). Assistant coach John Stevens was named interim head coach. When the Kings won the 2012 Stanley Cup Finals under current head coach Darryl Sutter, they requested the NHL to have Murray's name included on the cup, but were denied by the NHL.

Murray was recently the head coach of Philadelphia Flyers AHL affiliate, Lehigh Valley Phantoms.

Murray was named as an Assistant Coach for the Buffalo Sabres on June 18th, 2015.

Terry and his wife, Linda, have two daughters, Meaghan and Lindsey.

NHL coaching record

Team	Year	Regular season							Post season
		G	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	Finish	Result
WAS	1989–90	34	18	14	2	-	(78)	3rd in Patrick	Lost in Conference Finals
WAS	1990–91	80	37	36	7	-	81	3rd in Patrick	Lost in second round
WAS	1991–92	80	45	27	8	-	98	2nd in Patrick	Lost in first round
WAS	1992–93	84	43	34	7	-	93	2nd in Patrick	Lost in first round
WAS	1993–94	47	20	23	4	-	(88)	3rd in Atlantic	(fired)
PHI	1994–95	48	28	16	4	-	60	1st in Atlantic	Lost in Conference Finals
PHI	1995–96	82	45	24	13	-	103	1st in Atlantic	Lost in second round
PHI	1996–97	82	45	24	13	-	103	2nd in Atlantic	Lost in Cup Finals
FLA	1998–99	82	30	34	18	-	78	2nd in Southeast	Missed playoffs
FLA	1999–2000	82	43	27	6	6	98	2nd in Southeast	Lost in first round
FLA	2000–01	36	6	18	7	5	(66)	3rd in Southeast	(fired)
LA	2008–09	82	34	37	-	11	79	5th in Pacific	Missed playoffs
LA	2009–10	82	46	27	-	9	101	3rd in Pacific	Lost in first round
LA	2010-11	82	46	30	-	6	98	4th in Pacific	Lost in first round
LA	2011–12	29	13	12	-	4	(95)	4th in Pacific	(fired)
Total		1012	499	383	89	41

External links

• Career statistics and player information from NHL.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or Legends of Hockey, or The Internet Hockey Database
• Profile at hockeydraftcentral.com

Preceded by Bryan Murray	Head coach of the Washington Capitals 1990–1994	Succeeded by Jim Schoenfeld
Preceded by Terry Simpson	Head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers 1994–1997	Succeeded by Wayne Cashman
Preceded by Bryan Murray	Head coach of the Florida Panthers 1998–2000	Succeeded by Duane Sutter
Preceded by Marc Crawford	Head coach of the Los Angeles Kings 2008–2011	Succeeded by John Stevens (interim)