Murray Named Rbk Hockey ECHL Goaltender of the Week
December 4, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL)
Ontario Reign News Release
ONTARIO, Calif. - Ontario Reign rookie John Murray is the Rbk Hockey ECHL Goaltender of the Week for Nov. 24-30.
The 21 year old was 3-0-0 with a goals-against average of 1.62 in three starts to help the Reign remain in second place in the Pacific Division.
After making a career-high 42 saves in a 4-2 win at Stockton on Nov. 26, Murray registered his first shootout win after making 21 saves in regulation and overtime and then stopping all four shooters in the shootout of a 2-1 victory against Bakersfield. He closed out the week making 23 saves in a 3-2 win against National Conference leader Alaska on Nov. 30.
Seeing extra playing time because of an injury to Jeff Zatkoff, Murray has improved to 4-3-1 and lowered his goals-against average to 2.49 while raising his save percentage to .922.
He played eight games for Reading in 2007-08 and was 3-3-1 with a shutout, a goals-against average of 3.36 and a save percentage of .883. He was named Rbk Hockey ECHL Goaltender of the Week for Mar. 17-23 after stopping all 38 shots he faced to record his first shutout with a 2-0 win at Elmira on Mar. 21 and then turned aside 27 of 28 shots in a 3-1 win against Trenton on Mar. 22.
The native of Lancaster, Pa. played in the Ontario Hockey League in 2006-07 and 2007-08 and was 52-24-4 with five shutouts, a goals-against average of 2.99 and a save percentage of .905 in 86 regular season games for Kitchener and Kingston.
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