OHL Kitchener Rangers

Murphy Named to Team Canada Roster

December 13, 2012 - Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Kitchener Rangers News Release


Hockey Canada, in partnership with the Canadian Hockey League (CHL), announced Thursday that Kitchener Rangers Captain Ryan Murphy is one of the 23 players that will make up Canada's National Junior Team at the 2013 IIHF World Junior Championship in Ufa, Russia.

The announcement comes at the conclusion of Canada's National Junior Team selection camp, which ran from Dec. 10-13 at the Markin MacPhail Centre in Calgary. A total of 36 players attended camp.

"On behalf of Hockey Canada, I want to congratulate the players named to the final roster today, along with their club teams, parents and minor hockey coaches that have helped them reach this level," said Scott Salmond, Hockey Canada's senior director of hockey operations/national teams. "Canada is lucky to have many great young players, and these players should be very proud of their achievement today."

A four-year veteran of the Rangers' roster, Murphy was named Best Offensive Defenceman in last year's OHL Western Conference Coaches Poll and has recorded 22 points this season. The Aurora, ON native previously represented Canada at the 2012 Canada-Russia Challenge and at the 2011 IIHF World Under-18 Championship.

Canada's National Junior Team will depart for Europe on Dec. 15 and play in two pre-competition games in Helsinki, Finland prior to the 2013 IIHF World Junior Championship.

Canada will play its first game of the 2013 IIHF World Junior Championship on Boxing Day, Dec. 26 against Finland, a game that will be broadcast LIVE by TSN/RDS.

Canada has medalled at 14 consecutive IIHF World Junior Championships, including gold medal performances in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, silver medals in 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010 and 2011 and bronze medals in 2000, 2001 and 2012.

For more information on Canada's National Junior Team and the 2013 IIHF World Junior Championship, please visit www.hockeycanada.ca, and follow along via social media at www.facebook.com/hockeycanada, www.twitter.com/hockeycanada and www.twitter.com/hc_teamcanada.

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