Kuba was selected in the 8th round (192nd overall) of the 1995 NHL Entry Draft after playing with HC Vítkovice’s junior team in the Czech Republic.
Murphy returned to the organization as an assistant coach from 2010 to 2014. He played a total of 410 games for Florida, producing 44 goals and 142 points. He would go on to play five more seasons for the Cats, including 14 games in the run to the 1996 Stanley Cup final, before he was traded as part of a package to another expansion team, the Atlanta Thrashers for goaltender Trevor Kidd on June 25, 1999, Murphy played two seasons in Atlanta before calling it a career after a short stint with the Bruins in 2001-02. The Panthers plucked Murphy, who had six seasons of NHL experience, off the roster of the Boston Bruins in the 1993 NHL Expansion Draft and he ended playing in all 84 games and led the new club’s defensemen in scoring with 14 goals, 29 assists and a career-high 43 points.
Let’s take a look at this cast of characters. Like the numbers two, three and four, every one of the players to wear the number has been a defenseman.
Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or, or, or Hockey-Reference.The number five has been worn by a total of nine Florida Panthers in franchise history, from the original holder Gord Murphy to Aaron Ekblad, the most recent to sport the digit. 
^ "Gord Murphy Florida Panthers - Assistant Coach". ^ "Blackhawks acquire Murphy, Dauphin from Arizona for Hjalmarsson". ^ "Coyotes Sign Murphy to Six-Year Contract". ^ "Murphy Commits to Miami University". "UPDATED: Sting land Coyote draft pick Connor Murphy". Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). "Phoenix Coyotes pick Connor Murphy in NHL draft". Career statistics Regular season and playoffs He has a brother named Tyler and a sister named Lexi. He grew up in the suburbs of Miami and Atlanta before his family settled in Dublin, Ohio, when his father was an assistant coach with the Columbus Blue Jackets. Murphy was born in Boston when his father, Gord Murphy, was a member of the Boston Bruins. He was selected as captain for the 2017 IIHF World Championship, leading Team USA to a 5th-place finish. He scored 3 goals and had 1 assists in 6 games during the tournament, including the overtime goal in the gold medal game against Sweden. Murphy represented the United States internationally playing for Team USA in the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships with Team USA. On August 31, 2021, Murphy signed a four-year, $17.6 million contract extension with the Blackhawks. Īfter his fourth season with the Coyotes in the 2016–17 season, Murphy was traded by Arizona at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, alongside Laurent Dauphin to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for Niklas Hjalmarsson on June 23, 2017. On July 28, 2016, Murphy signed a six-year, $23.1 million contract with the Coyotes. On November 16, 2013, Connor made his NHL debut with the Phoenix Coyotes, and in his first NHL game he scored his first NHL goal past Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Anders Lindback. Murphy has previously played for the USA Hockey National Team Development Program of the United States Hockey League (USHL). Prior to signing with the Sting, Murphy committed to Miami University, but decided to play in the Ontario Hockey League for the Sarnia Sting instead. He later played junior ice hockey with the Sarnia Sting in the Ontario Hockey League. As a youth, Murphy played in the 2006 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Ohio AAA Blue Jackets minor ice hockey team.
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