ECHL Hires Murray As Coordinator Of Hockey Operations
September 3, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. - The ECHL announced that it has hired Mike Murray
as coordinator of hockey operations.
"With Mike's background, both on and off the ice, he already has great
credentials to serve our member clubs," said Senior Vice President of
Hockey Operations Rod Pasma. "We are excited to present Mike with his start
in the hockey business and I look forward to working with him in hockey
operations."
Murray will be responsible for the organization and release of team
rosters, including the daily monitoring of contracts, salary cap and player
background while also overseeing all transactions, including trades,
waivers, recalls and injuries. He will be responsible for the
administration and tracking of all player fines and will assist with league
and player immigration matters.
The 28 year old interned as a law clerk in the Labor Relations Department
for the Massachusetts Port Authority following two years at Pro Athletes
Management Inc., a law firm in Boston that represents professional
athletes, and one season as an assistant to the general manager of the
Lowell Lock Monsters of the American Hockey League.
The native of Dover, Mass. played hockey for four years at Dartmouth
College and two seasons as a professional including in the ECHL with
Augusta, Cincinnati, Reading and Trenton.
Murray received his bachelor's degree in history from Dartmouth College
and his juris doctor from Suffolk University Law School where he graduated
cum laude.
ECHL
ECHL began in 1988-89 with five teams in four states and has grown to be a
coast-to-coast league with 23 teams playing 828 games in 16 states and
British Columbia in 2008-09.
The league officially changed its name to ECHL on May
19, 2003.
The ECHL has affiliations with 26 of the 30 teams in the NHL, marking the
12th consecutive season that the league has had affiliations with at least
20 teams in the NHL.
There have been 355
former ECHL players who have gone on to play in the NHL after playing in
the ECHL, including a record 47 in 2005-06 and 26 in 2006-07 and 2007-08.
The ECHL is represented for the eighth consecutive year on the National
Hockey League championship team in 2008 by Aaron
Downey of the Detroit Red Wings.
Further information on the ECHL is available from its website at ECHL.com.
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