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John Murray

#31 GKS Katowice / Poland - 24/25

Date of Birth

Jul 04, 1987

Position

Age

Height

6'1" / 185 cm

Place of Birth

Lancaster, PA, USA

Weight

196 lbs / 89 kg

Nation

Poland / USA

Catches

Youth Team

Hershey Jr. Bears

Contract

24/25

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John Murray Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	GD	GAA	SV%	GA	SV	SO	WLT	TOI		POST	GP	GD	GAA	SV%	GA	SV	SO	WLT	TOI
2001-02	Philadelphia Jr. Flyers 14U AAA	AYHL 14U	9*	-*	2.82*	.898*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2002-03	Philadelphia Jr. Flyers 16U AAA	AYHL 16U	20*	-*	2.68*	.907*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2003-04	Youngstown Phantoms	NAHL	21*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2004-05	Sioux Falls Stampede	USHL	29*	-*	3.24*	.902*	68*	627*	1*	7-13-2 *	1 259*	\|
2005-06	Sioux Falls Stampede	USHL	30*	-*	2.18*	.928*	65*	838*	3*	19-7-1 *	1 789*	\|	Playoffs	8	-	1.86	.939	15	230	2	4-3-1	484
2006-07	Kitchener Rangers	OHL	55*	-*	2.58*	.909*	134*	1 333*	5*	40-9-3 *	3 122*	\|	Playoffs	9	-	4.04	.881	31	229	0	5-1-2	461
2007-08	Kingston Frontenacs	OHL	31*	-*	3.78*	.901*	105*	951*	0*	12-15-1 *	1 667*	\|
	Reading Royals	ECHL	8*	-*	3.36*	.883*	26*	196*	-*	3-3-1 *	465*	\|
2008-09	Ontario Reign	ECHL	25*	-*	2.81*	.917*	66*	733*	-*	13-8-3 *	1 407*	\|
	Mississippi Sea Wolves	ECHL	2*	-*	3.52*	.925*	7*	86*	-*	0-2-0 *	119*	\|
	Syracuse Crunch	AHL	1*	-*	3.27*	.846*	2*	11*	0*	0-0-0 *	37*	\|
2009-10	Victoria Salmon Kings	ECHL	4*	-*	3.84*	.870*	15*	100*	-*	0-4-0 *	234*	\|
	Johnstown Chiefs	ECHL	29*	-*	4.09*	.880*	119*	874*	-*	5-20-4 *	1 746*	\|
2010-11	HK Partizan Beograd	Slohokej	25*	-*	1.98*	.933*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|	Playoffs	8	-	1.37	.949	-	-	-	-	-
2011-12	Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees	CHL	36*	-*	2.66*	.919*	87*	982*	3*	16-14-2 *	1 960*	\|	Playoffs	4	-	3.31	.918	12	135	0	1-3-0	218
	Grand Rapids Griffins	AHL	0*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2012-13	Quad City Mallards	CHL	35*	-*	2.75*	.915*	93*	997*	2*	16-11-6 *	2 033*	\|	Playoffs	4	-	2.18	.934	9	128	0	1-3-0	249
2013-14	KH Sanok	Poland	36*	-*	2.36*	.899*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|	Playoffs	14	-	1.54	.958	-	-	-	-	-
2014-15	Orlik Opole	Poland	44*	-*	2.81*	.920*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|	Playoffs	3	-	3.38	.917	-	-	-	-	-
2015-16	Kulager Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	43*	-*	2.51*	.923*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|	Playoffs	6	-	1.04	.963	-	-	-	-	-
2016-17	Orlik Opole	Poland	38*	-*	2.71*	.923*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|	Playoffs	5	-	4.06	.899	-	-	-	-	-
	Poland (all)	International	3*	-*	2.53*	.919*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2017-18	GKS Tychy	Poland	32*	-*	1.94*	.933*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|	Playoffs	14	-	1.92	.940	-	-	-	-	-
	Poland	WC D1A	3*	5*	3.47*	.895*	8*	68*	0*	0-2-0 *	139*	\|
	Poland (all)	International	7*	-*	3.34*	-*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2018-19	GKS Tychy	Poland	34*	42*	1.86*	.939*	63*	962*	3*	26-8-0 *	2 028*	\|	Playoffs	20	20	1.81	.933	40	560	4	12-8-0	1 326
	Poland	WC D1B	3*	5*	3.00*	.886*	9*	70*	0*	3-0-0 *	180*	\|
	Poland (all)	International	4*	8*	3.00*	.886*	12*	93*	0*	3-1-0 *	240*	\|
2019-20	GKS Tychy	Poland	38*	45*	2.14*	.929*	81*	1 063*	6*	24-14-0 *	2 271*	\|	Playoffs	4	4	1.00	.952	4	79	1	4-0-0	240
	Poland	OGQ	3*	3*	1.13*	.961*	3*	73*	0*	3-0-0 *	160*	\|
	Poland (all)	International	4*	6*	1.36*	.950*	5*	96*	0*	3-1-0 *	220*	\|
2020-21	GKS Tychy	Poland	27*	35*	2.80*	.906*	72*	696*	4*	21-6-0 *	1 544*	\|	Playoffs	7	13	1.11	.959	7	165	0	6-1-0	378
	Poland (all)	International	1*	2*	5.00*	.896*	5*	43*	0*	0-1-0 *	60*	\|
2021-22	GKS Katowice	Poland	38*	40*	2.08*	.927*	78*	1 066*	3*	27-10-0 *	2 247*	\|	Playoffs	16	16	1.91	.937	32	508	2	12-4-0	1 004
	Poland	OGQ	3*	3*	3.00*	.927*	9*	115*	1*	1-2-0 *	180*	\|
	Poland	WC D1B	3*	4*	0.65*	.978*	2*	88*	2*	2-0-0 *	185*	\|
	Poland (all)	International	7*	8*	1.84*	-*	13*	-*	3*	3-3-0 *	425*	\|
2022-23	GKS Katowice	Poland	36*	40*	2.35*	.924*	85*	1 037*	2*	21-15-0 *	2 172*	\|	Playoffs	18	18	2.19	.932	41	564	1	12-6-0	1 125
	Poland	WC D1A	4*	4*	1.73*	.931*	7*	95*	2*	3-1-0 *	243*	\|
	Poland (all)	International	7*	8*	2.25*	.911*	16*	164*	2*	6-1-0 *	428*	\|
2023-24	GKS Katowice	Poland	30*	40*	2.45*	.918*	74*	827*	1*	25-4-0 *	1 812*	\|	Playoffs	18	18	2.04	.934	38	536	3	11-7-0	1 118
	Poland	WC	4*	5*	4.34*	.886*	15*	116*	0*	0-4-0 *	208*	\|
	Poland (all)	International	7*	11*	3.87*	-*	25*	-*	0*	1-6-0 *	388*	\|
2024-25	GKS Katowice	Poland	19*	28*	2.31*	.919*	44*	497*	3*	12-7-0 *	1 142*	\|

John Murray Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	GD	GAA	SV%	GA	SV	SO	WLT	TOI
2013-14	KH Sanok	Polish Cup	2*	-*	2.57*	.875*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2015-16	Kulager Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan Cup	2*	-*	3.36*	.914*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2017-18	GKS Tychy	Continental Cup	1*	3*	5.00*	.833*	5*	25*	0*	0-1-0 *	60*	\|
	GKS Tychy	Polish Cup	2*	-*	2.99*	.910*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2018-19	GKS Tychy	Champions HL	4*	6*	4.65*	.882*	17*	127*	0*	1-3-0 *	219*	\|
2019-20	GKS Tychy	Champions HL	5*	6*	2.96*	.928*	14*	181*	0*	1-3-0 *	284*	\|
	GKS Tychy	Polish Cup	1*	1*	1.85*	.900*	2*	27*	0*	0-1-0 *	65*	\|
2020-21	GKS Tychy	Polish Cup	1*	1*	3.04*	.880*	3*	22*	0*	0-1-0 *	60*	\|
	Poland	Three Seas Cup	1*	1*	1.00*	.970*	1*	32*	0*	1-0-0 *	60*	\|
2022-23	GKS Katowice	Champions HL	5*	-*	3.76*	.893*	19*	159*	0*	1-4-0 *	-*	\|
2023-24	GKS Katowice	Continental Cup	4*	6*	2.71*	.893*	11*	92*	1*	3-1-0 *	244*	\|

John Murray Career Totals

League	Years	GP	GD	GAA	SV%	GA	SV	SO	WLT	TOI	\|	Years	GP	GD	GAA	SV%	GA	SV	SO	WLT	TOI
AHL	2	1*	-*	3.27*	.846*	2*	11*	0*	0-0-0*	37	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
AYHL 14U	1	9*	-*	2.82*	.898*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
AYHL 16U	1	20*	-*	2.68*	.907*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Champions HL	3	14*	12*	3.70*	.903*	50*	467*	0*	3-10-0*	503	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
CHL	2	71*	-*	2.71*	.917*	180*	1 979*	5*	32-25-8*	3 992	\|	2	8	-	2.71*	.926*	21*	263*	0*	2-6-0*	466*
Continental Cup	2	5*	9*	3.17*	.880*	16*	117*	1*	3-2-0*	304	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
ECHL	3	68*	-*	3.52*	.895*	233*	1 989*	-*	21-37-8*	3 971	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
International	8	40*	43*	2.59*	.912*	76*	396*	5*	16-13-0*	1 760	\|	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*	6*	2.12*	.940*	12*	188*	1*	4-2-0*	340	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
OHL	2	86*	-*	2.99*	.905*	239*	2 284*	5*	52-24-4*	4 789	\|	1	9	-	4.04*	.881*	31*	229*	0*	5-1-2*	461*
Poland	11	372*	270*	2.26*	.925*	497*	6 148*	22*	156-64-0*	13 214	\|	10	119	89	1.87*	.937*	162*	2 412*	11*	57-26-0*	5 189*
Polish Cup	4	6*	2*	2.41*	.907*	5*	49*	0*	0-2-0*	125	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Slohokej	1	25*	-*	1.98*	.933*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-	\|	1	8	-	1.37*	.949*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*
Three Seas Cup	1	1*	1*	1.00*	.970*	1*	32*	0*	1-0-0*	60	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
USHL	2	59*	-*	2.62*	.917*	133*	1 465*	4*	26-20-3*	3 047	\|	1	8	-	1.86*	.939*	15*	230*	2*	4-3-1*	484*
WC	1	4*	5*	4.34*	.886*	15*	116*	0*	0-4-0*	208	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
WC D1A	2	7*	9*	2.36*	.916*	15*	163*	2*	3-3-0*	381	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
WC D1B	2	6*	9*	1.81*	.935*	11*	158*	2*	5-0-0*	365	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

John Murray Career Highlights

Season

Awards by season

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

Transactions

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

Player Biography and Trivia

Drafted 2006, 16 #189 overall by Sioux City Musketeers in the USHL Entry Draft

Drafted 2003, 10 #110 overall by Danville Wings in the USHL Entry Draft

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)