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Massachusetts Alumnus Murray Signs ELC With Dallas Stars
October 31, 2022 | Hockey
The former Minuteman netminder becomes the 13th player in head coach Greg Carvel’s UMass tenure to ink an NHL deal.
FRISCO, Texas – Former University of Massachusetts hockey goaltender Matt Murray has signed a one-year entry-level contract with the Dallas Stars for the 2022-23 season, the organization announced on Monday. Murray becomes the 13th player in head coach Greg Carvel's UMass tenure to ink an NHL deal and the ninth to do so after coming to Amherst undrafted.
The St. Albert, Alberta native has seen action in five games this season for the Texas Stars, the Star's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, posting a 2-2-0 record with one shutout. In his first professional season, Murray ranks fourth among rookie goaltenders and shares 10th in the league with a 2.00 goals-against average and ranks fourth among rookies and 16th in the league with a .926 save percentage. He joined Texas at the end of the 2021-22 season on an amateur tryout, logging a 5-1-0 record, a 1.68 goals-against average and a .947 save percentage over that stint.
Murray played five seasons with the Minutemen, winning a National Championship, two Hockey East Tournament titles and a Hockey East Regular Season crown. He appeared in 121 in his collegiate career and registered a 2.23 goals against average and a .917 save percentage with 2,850 career stops. He is UMass' all-time leader in wins (73) and shutouts (14) and first set the program's single-season wins record with 20 in 2018-19 before breaking that in 2021-22 with his 21st win in the Hockey East Championship game.
In 2020-21 Murray finished 11th nationally in goals against average (1.97), eighth in winning percentage (.714, 10-4-0) and tied for eighth in shutouts (3), while holding a .917 save percentage.
He capped his 2020-21 campaign with a 36-save performance against Minnesota Duluth in the National Semifinal, sending the Minutemen to the National Championship game with the 3-2 overtime victory over the Bulldogs.
As a graduate student in 2021-22, Murray received his first Hockey East All-Star nod of his career and went 14-7-2 in league action over 24 games with a 2.19 goals against average over 1,400 minutes in net and a 920 save percentage. The 2022 Hockey East All-Tournament Team honoree ended his final campaign in Amherst with a 21-12-2 record, 2.31 GAA and a .917 save percentage with three shutouts.
The St. Albert, Alberta native has seen action in five games this season for the Texas Stars, the Star's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, posting a 2-2-0 record with one shutout. In his first professional season, Murray ranks fourth among rookie goaltenders and shares 10th in the league with a 2.00 goals-against average and ranks fourth among rookies and 16th in the league with a .926 save percentage. He joined Texas at the end of the 2021-22 season on an amateur tryout, logging a 5-1-0 record, a 1.68 goals-against average and a .947 save percentage over that stint.
Murray played five seasons with the Minutemen, winning a National Championship, two Hockey East Tournament titles and a Hockey East Regular Season crown. He appeared in 121 in his collegiate career and registered a 2.23 goals against average and a .917 save percentage with 2,850 career stops. He is UMass' all-time leader in wins (73) and shutouts (14) and first set the program's single-season wins record with 20 in 2018-19 before breaking that in 2021-22 with his 21st win in the Hockey East Championship game.
In 2020-21 Murray finished 11th nationally in goals against average (1.97), eighth in winning percentage (.714, 10-4-0) and tied for eighth in shutouts (3), while holding a .917 save percentage.
He capped his 2020-21 campaign with a 36-save performance against Minnesota Duluth in the National Semifinal, sending the Minutemen to the National Championship game with the 3-2 overtime victory over the Bulldogs.
As a graduate student in 2021-22, Murray received his first Hockey East All-Star nod of his career and went 14-7-2 in league action over 24 games with a 2.19 goals against average over 1,400 minutes in net and a 920 save percentage. The 2022 Hockey East All-Tournament Team honoree ended his final campaign in Amherst with a 21-12-2 record, 2.31 GAA and a .917 save percentage with three shutouts.
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