2004-05 Honors: Team captain.
2003-04 (Jr):
| Power-Play Points |
1-8=9 |
t-10th |
not kept |
0-3=3 |
nr |
| Game-Winning Goals |
1 |
nr |
nr |
1 |
t-14th |
2003-04 Honors: Alternate Captain... Pre-Season Coaches First-Team All-CHA.
Suffered ankle injury vs Wayne State (12/5); surgery performed 12/6; returned to practice 1/26; missed 11 games with the injury, returned at Minnesota (2/6)... Scored in nine of 12 games after returning from injury.
Two assists vs Clarkson (10/17); 14th career multi-point game, seventh career multi-assist game; just fifth player in BSU’s Division I era (since 1999) with multiple assists in a season opener... Assist vs Minnesota State (10/24)... Scored 2-1=3 points in Findlay series (11/7-8); two goals in Game 1 in span of 2:37, second-fastest pair of goals scored by one player in BSU’s Division I era; assisted on empty-net goal in Game 2... Assist at Minn.-Duluth (11/15)... Assist at Merrimack (11/22)... Season-high 1-2=3 points at Connecticut (11/28); all three points came in second period, both assists were on power-play.
Goal, assist at No. 5 Minnesota (2/6-7) in strong return from 11-game injury absence... Scored BSU’s only goal on a breakaway in Game 1, had a power-play assist in Game 2... Game 2 assist was 70th career point; just fourth BSU Division I-era player to score 70 points... Goal, assist in St. Cloud State series; assist in Game 1, power-play goal in Game 2... Assisted on game winner in each game of Air Force series (2/27-28)... Assist vs Niagara (3/6)... Goal in CHA Tournament championship game vs Niagara (3/14); third career CHA Tournament goal.
2002-03 (So): Alternate Captain... Just the sixth sophomore captain in BSU history and second since 1968-69.
All games: 2nd on team, t-17th in CHA in scoring (9-18=27); led team, t-13th in CHA in assists (18); t-12th in CHA in power-play points (4-9=13); t-6th in CHA in short-handed goals (1); 2nd on team with 19 penalties... CHA games only: t-2nd on team, t-13th in CHA with 3-12=15 points; leads team, t-5th in CHA in assists (12); 2nd on team, t-10th in CHA in power-play points (1-5=6).
Two power-play goals in span of 3:54, including game-tying goal, vs Sacred Heart (10/19/02); third career game with two power-play goals... Fifth career multi-goal game... Third career game-winning goal at Findlay (11/8/02); helped BSU snap 14-game winless streak... Murray’s previous game-winner came in BSU’s last win before 14-game winless streak, Feb. 8, 2002 vs Air Force... Assist vs Wayne State (11/16/02)... Assist at Minn.-Duluth (12/6/02)... Career-high three assists at Niagara (12/14/02); assisted on all three BSU goals, was +4 for the series... Fourth career multi-assist game... Assist at North Dakota (12/28/02)... Assist at Ala.-Huntsville (1/17/03)... Assist vs Air Force (1/25/03); ninth career power-play goal... Assist in both games of Findlay series (1/31-2/1/03), extended scoring streak to three... Scoreless in Wayne State series (2/7-8/03); just second scoreless series this season... First career short-handed goal at Neb.-Omaha (2/14/03); just second goal in BSU’s last 20 games... Goal, two assists in series with Ala.-Huntsville (2/21-22/03)... Goal in Game 1, two assists in Game 2; second multi-assist game of the season, first since 12/14/02, fifth of career... Two assists vs Niagara (3/1/03); five assists in four games vs Niagara this year... Assist at Air Force (3/7/03).
Tied season high with two goals and 2-1=3 points in CHA Tournament quarterfinals against Findlay (3/14)... Became just second BSU player to score two goals in a CHA Tournament game (Dan Pelletier vs Ala.-Huntsville 2000)... Three points set BSU CHA Tournament single-game record.
2001-02 (Fr): Was one of the nation’s elite rookie players and a leading candidate for CHA Rookie of the Year honors... t-2nd in College Hockey America, 9th in the nation in freshman/rookie scoring (30 points / 0.94 ppg)... Overall, t-4th in CHA in scoring (15-15=30 points/0.86 ppg); t-7th in CHA in goal scoring (15)... First CHA rookie to score 15 goals in a season... Second only Findlay’s Rigel Shaw (18, 2001-02) all-time amongst CHA rookies... Became just second CHA freshman to score 30 or more points in a season; was later joined by teammate Riley Riddell (32) and Shaw (30)... In CHA games only, t-9th in power-play goals (3); t-4th in freshman scoring (17).
Only point in that span came at Niagara (2/14/02; assist)... Skid came on the heels of a 6-6=12-point run over a six-game stretch from 1/19/02 at Air Force to 2/8/02 vs Air Force... Two two-goal games, two two-assist games during that six-game run.
•CHA Rookie of the Week with two goals in MSU-Mankato series to open season (10/12-13/01); game-winning power-play goal in Game 1 for BSU’s first win over a WCHA team in its Division I era.
Seven-game point-scoring streak from 10/26/01 vs Connecticut to 11/16/01 vs Ala.-Huntsville... During the streak: four points in Connecticut series (10/26-27/01; 2g, 2a), two goals, assist in Game 1; three points in Union College series (11/2-3/01), goal, assist in Game 1; four points in Findlay series (11/9-10/01), goal, two assists in Game 1; two goals, assist vs Ala.-Huntsville (11/16/01)... Scored just three points in 12 games following seven-game scoring streak... Goal at Wayne State (12/1/01)... Assist at UM-Duluth (12/8/01)... Three points, scoring two first-period power-play goals and an assist, at Ferris State (1/26/02)... First multi-point game since Ala.-Huntsville (11/7/01; two goals, assist).
•CHA Rookie of the Week award for a dominant Game 1 performance in BSU’s weekend sweep of Niagara (2/1-2/02)... Career-high four points; tied career high with two power-play goals; tied career high with two assists... Second consecutive game with two power-play goals... Scored second career game-winning goal... Three points in BSU’s 5-1 win over Air Force (2/8/02)... Had a hand in three consecutive BSU goals; scored game-winner, then assisted on BSU’s next two goals.
Prior to BSU: Scored 103 points in 2000-01 for the Selkirk Steelers... 46 goals, 57 assists, 72 penalty minutes in 64 games... Led team in scoring and goals, second in assists... Scored 14 power-play goals, three short-handed goals and six game-winners, averaging 1.59 points per game... Was named Selkirk’s MVP, Best Local Player and Iron Man... Won Top Scorer Award and was a First-Team MJHL All-Star.
Personal: Andrew Murray... Born Nov. 6, 1981... Son of John and Bev Murray... Majoring in business administration.
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