Carolina Hurricanes’ Ryan Murphy Maturing into NHL Role in Recent Weeks

January 14th, 2015 by Mark Jones Leave a reply »

Ryan Murphy saw Jordan Staal taking off on a counterattack, jumped into the two-on-two break and played playmaker on a beautiful give-and-go play to give Staal his first goal of the season and Murphy his first career three-game point streak.

The slick play gave the Carolina Hurricanes an early 1-0 lead over the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday, a game they went on to win 3-2 in the shootout to improve to 4-1-1 in 2015.



For Murphy, the past week's prolific production has been a long time coming.

After being drafted 12th overall in the 2011 NHL draft, Murphy tallied 102 points in 103 games for the OHL's Kitchener Rangers in the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons.

Then he turned pro. Then his scoring slowed down.

Murphy recorded five points in the 'Canes' first eight games of the 2013-14 season, but was held to just seven in his next 40 appearances. The season that was supposed to be his NHL breakout year eventually ended in the AHL.



But it's been Murphy's time with Charlotte in the AHL, both last spring and this past fall, that has reinvigorated his offensive pote ...

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