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TERRY MURRAY
HEAD COACH
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Terry Murray was named head coach of the Kings on July 17, 2008. He joined the Kings with a wide range of NHL experience as a head coach, assistant coach, scout and player.

Formerly the head coach of the Washington Capitals, Florida Panthers and the Philadelphia Flyers, where he led that club to the 1997 Stanley Cup Finals, Murray is the 22nd head coach in Kings history. He had a 394-314-111 (entering 2009-10 - up-to-date record below) record during his 12 NHL seasons as a head coach. Before joining the Kings, Murray was an assistant coach with the Flyers for four seasons.

In 2008-09, Murray and his coaching staff helped the Kings improve in several categories from 2007-08 (wins, points, goals against, power play percentage and penalty kill percentage). The Kings allowed 32 fewer goals than the 2007-08 team and 49 fewer goals than the 2006-07 squad. Los Angeles’ penalty killing percentage went from 78 percent and 30th in the NHL in 2007-08 to 82.9 percent in 2008-09, seventh best in the NHL. The Kings also had the third-best road penalty killing unit in the NHL in 2008-09, clicking at 84.5 percent. The improved defensive trend was also evident in shots allowed, as the Kings allowed the fourth fewest shots in the NHL during the 2008-09 season (28.1/game). Other categories the Kings ranked high in were total hits (2,128, which was second most in the NHL) and faceoff percentage (52 percent, which was fourth highest in the league).

As the head coach of the Flyers for three seasons (1994-95 through 1996-97), Murray compiled a 118-64-30 record. In addition to the 1997 Stanley Cup Finals/Eastern Conference Championship, Murray coached the team to two Atlantic Division Championships (1995 and 1996).

He began his NHL head coaching career with Washington for five seasons (1989-90 through 1993-94) and compiled a 163-134-28 record with the Capitals. In his first season he helped lead the Capitals to the Eastern Conference Finals. Murray also coached Florida for three seasons (1998-99 through 2000-01) and compiled a 79-79-42 record, which included a franchise-record 98-point season and a team-record 43 wins in 1999-00. In all, Murray has guided his club to the playoffs in nine of his 12 seasons, and he has a 46-43 playoff record as a head coach.

Murray also served as an assistant coach with the Capitals (1983-84 through 1987-88); as head coach with the Baltimore Skipjacks of the American Hockey League (from 1988-89 through 1989-90); and as head coach with the Cincinnati Cyclones of the International Hockey League (1993-94).

As an NHL defenseman, Murray, 59 (7/20/50), played in 302 career NHL regular season games over eight seasons with Washington, Philadelphia (two stints), the Detroit Red Wings and the California Golden Seals/California Seals, who originally drafted Murray in the seventh round (88th overall) in the 1970 NHL Amateur Draft. In those 302 regular season games he accumulated 80 points (4-76=80) and 199 penalty minutes. Murray also played in 18 playoff games during his playing career, notching four points (2-2=4) and 10 penalty minutes.

A native of Shawville, Quebec, Terry and his wife Linda have two daughters, Meaghan and Lindsey.

      REGULAR SEASON
POSTSEASON
YEAR TEAM LEAGUE GAMES W-L-OT GAMES W-L
1983-84 Washington NHL Assistant Coach
1984-85 Washington NHL Assistant Coach
1985-86 Washington NHL Assistant Coach
1986-87 Washington NHL Assistant Coach
1987-88 Washington NHL Assistant Coach
1989-90 Washington NHL
34
18-14-2
15
8-7
1990-91 Washington NHL
80
37-36-7
11
5-6
1991-92 Washington NHL
80
45-27-8
7
3-4
1992-93 Washington NHL
84
43-34-7
6
2-4
1993-94 Washington NHL
47
20-23-4
--
--
1994-95 Philadelphia NHL
48
28-16-4
15
10-5
1995-96 Philadelphia NHL
82
45-24-13
12
6-6
1996-97 Philadelphia NHL
82
45-24-13
19
12-7
1998-99 Florida NHL
82
30-34-18
--
--
1999-00 Florida NHL
82
43-27-12
4
0-4
2000-01 Florida NHL
36
6-18-12
--
--
2003-04 Philadelphia NHL Assistant Coach
2005-06 Philadelphia NHL Assistant Coach
2006-07 Philadelphia NHL Assistant Coach
2007-08 Philadelphia NHL Assistant Coach
2008-09 Los Angeles NHL 82
34-37-11
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-
2009-10 Los Angeles NHL
23
13-8-2
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-
Totals
842
407-322-113
89
46-43


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WESTERN CONFERENCE
  TEAM GP W L OT GF GA PTS
1 SJS 24 15 5 4 82 60 34
2 COL 23 13 7 3 69 67 29
3 CHI 20 13 5 2 64 47 28
4 LAK 23 13 8 2 71 70 28
5 CGY 20 12 6 2 62 57 26
6 CBJ 20 12 6 2 62 68 26
7 PHX 22 12 9 1 56 54 25
8 DET 20 10 6 4 64 59 24
9 DAL 21 9 6 6 63 62 24
10 VAN 22 12 10 0 67 59 24
11 NSH 20 11 8 1 45 53 23
12 EDM 22 9 10 3 66 70 21
13 STL 19 7 8 4 44 49 18
14 MIN 22 8 12 2 54 68 18
15 ANA 20 7 10 3 58 70 17

STATS

2009-2010 REGULAR SEASON
SKATERS: GP G A +/- Pts
A. Kopitar 23 14 18 6 32
R. Smyth 22 9 14 5 23
J. Stoll 23 7 11 3 18
D. Brown 23 6 12 -2 18
D. Doughty 23 5 13 4 18
J. Williams 18 5 11 4 16
A. Frolov 22 4 12 -3 16
M. Handzus 23 6 5 -4 11
W. Simmonds 23 5 6 5 11
J. Johnson 23 2 4 -10 6
 
GOALIES: W L OT Sv% GAA
J. Quick 12 7 2 .897 2.69
E. Ersberg 1 1 0 .808 4.17
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