Joe Murphy (ice hockey)
Joseph Patrick Murphy ( born October 16, 1967 in London, Ontario ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who from 1987 to 2001 for the Detroit Red Wings, Edmonton Oilers, Chicago Blackhawks, St. Louis Blues, San Jose Sharks, Boston Bruins and Washington Capitals played in the National Hockey League.
Career
Joe Murphy, who grew up in Newmarket, Ontario and there made his first steps on the ice, moved in his youth to the Canadian West Coast, where he played for the Penticton Knights in the British Columbia Junior Hockey League. From 1985 he played in the United States for the Michigan State University and was also allowed a number of times wearing the shirt of the Canadian national team. In 1986 NHL Entry Draft, was not riddled with so many talents, he was elected as the first of the Detroit Red Wings. Immediately following year brought the Red Wings their hope in the squad. But up to five NHL games spent Murphy most of the time in the American Hockey League with the Adirondack Red Wings. In the 1987/88 season he seemed to have made a breakthrough, but the following season he was again mostly transported back to the farm team, where she won the Calder Cup. Shortly after the start of the 1989/90 season in Detroit finally adopted one of hoping to have drawn with Murphy the big prize and gave it off together with Petr Klima and Adam Graves, among others, for Jimmy Carson to the Edmonton Oilers.
Here Murphy won once in the first season, the Stanley Cup. In Edmonton he succeeded in his third season with 82 points in 80 games his personal best. After this season, the Oilers gave him away to the Chicago Blackhawks. Due to injury, he came there in his first year, to 19 points, but came the following year with 70 points back. He stayed four years in Chicago before he moved to the St. Louis Blues. In the 1997/98 season he played only 37 games, after 27 of them gave him the blues to the San Jose Sharks from. In 1999 he started with the Boston Bruins, but soon made his way to Washington. In the 2000 /01 season, he finished his career, which was partially pretty neat, but did not meet the expectations you had before.