Stanley Cup

Daily Training … getting ready for Canada!

June 10, 2009 By murphhockey 1 Comment

I am back at it! Wearing my Yotes beanie and shooting pucks daily, I’m getting ready for my first trip to Canada! When I get really good at knocking the targets off, I move them around to make it harder. I put about 150 pucks in the net today.

Playing in the Stampede Challenge is the highlight of my summer, and I am taking my family with me!

I spent some time on Monday, working with my old Coach (Dominic) and he taught me so many awesome moves. He totally ROCKS … he’s not so bad at NHL09 either:)

I love being back on my roller blades and shooting pucks, my neighbor has been playing goalie for me (Thanks Ethan)!

I cannot wait until Friday, final NHL game of the Stanley Cup Finals, GO WINGS and the Moose are looking for a WIN in Game 6 of the AHL Calder Cup!! Dusty Collins from Gilbert, AZ is playing!

I am looking forward to the 2009-10 hockey season! Phoenix Coyotes Fans … we have a NHL team in AZ … don’t let them go!

Let’s be heard: www.savethecoyotes.com & www.fanster.com!

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I Dream of Watching JR Lift the Cup

April 14, 2009 By murphhockey Leave a Comment

Roenick hopes Cup is career’s exclamation point

Tuesday, 04.14.2009 / 12:26 PM / 2009 Playoffs Conference Quarterfinals

By Dan Rosen - NHL.com Staff Writer

Jeremy Roenick was eating dinner with family and friends in an upscale Scottsdale restaurant on June 9, 2001. He vividly remembers the date, if not the meal, because that same night, roughly 850 miles away in Denver, Ray Bourque was playing for his first and only Stanley Cup.

So, if you were in Scottsdale that night, the guy you saw running back and forth between that swanky restaurant and the local bar three blocks away was good old J.R.

“The closest TV was three blocks from the restaurant,” Roenick told NHL.com. “I got up three different times and ran three blocks to see where it was in the game to make sure I got to see Ray Bourque raise the Stanley Cup. I specifically remember running three blocks, leaving my family and friends, to watch him do that.”

If Roenick gets his wish now, someone will be running to watch him raise the Cup for the first time ever this coming June. Read The Rest of the Article Here

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Murph Named Assistant Captain of Saints

June 18, 2008 By murphyhockey Leave a Comment

Murph Gets Game Puck

They say playing House Hockey over the summer is good fun and about building friendships, I believe this to be true. I however take it just as serious as playing travel hockey. My team “The Saints” has a great Coach, his name is Dominic Luzi. Coach Dominic is a hockey player from Detroit, MI and a BIG Detroit Red Wings fan! Our team did not look real good when we first started but with his coaching, the players are understanding their positions and learning the game of hockey. This is Dominic’s first time coaching a team, I am so excited to be a part of that.

Recently, Coach polled all the players in the locker room and they voted me Assistant Captain. I was so excited driving home, I called my Grandparents and family back in Pennsylvania to share the news. It was one of the biggest highlights for me as a hockey player. I get to wear an “A” on my jersey … what an honor! Just like me, NHL player Pavel Datsyuk is a Center and the Assistant Captain for the Red WIngs. I hope my season is as good as his! I have been using a Reebok Sickick Red “Datsyuk” hockey stick for a few months now. The Saints Captains even wear our jersey letters on the side that the Red Wings wear their letters! Hopefully that luck will lead us to the Championship at the end of the season … like the Red Wings winning the Stanley Cup.