Kelly Murray
{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2023}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|4|26}}
| birth_place = Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
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| height_cm = 170
| weight_kg = 75
| position = Defence
| shoots = Left
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| played_for = {{ubl|SDE Hockey|Calgary Inferno|UBC Thunderbirds|Cornell Big Red}}
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{{MedalSport|Women's ice hockey}}
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{{MedalSilver|2017 Almaty|Ice hockey}}
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Kelly Murray (born April 26, 1994) is a Canadian ice hockey defenceman.
Playing career
During 2012 to 2014, Murray played college ice hockey with the Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey program in the ECAC Hockey and Ivy League conferences of the NCAA Division I. Injuries limited her number of games played and she appeared in only 37 games across two seasons with the Big Red, amassing a total of 12 points on a goal and 11 assists.{{Cite web |title=2013-14 Women's Ice Hockey Roster: 4 Kelly Murray |url=https://cornellbigred.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/roster/kelly-murray/34039 |access-date=2023-10-03 |website=Cornell University Athletics}}
Murray left Cornell to join the UBC Thunderbirds women's ice hockey program of Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS; renamed U Sports in 2016) ahead of the 2014–15 season.{{Cite web |date=2014-07-03 |title=Kelly Murray joins UBC women's hockey |url=https://gothunderbirds.ca/news/2014/7/3/ICEW_0703144724.aspx |access-date=2023-10-03 |website=University of British Columbia Athletics |type=Press release}} She played for the team until 2017, serving as an alternate captain for the team and recording 52 points in 80 games.{{Cite web |last=Beamish |first=Mike |date=2017-02-28 |title=UBC Stars of the Week: Kelly Murray driven to succeed in hockey homestretch |url=https://theprovince.com/sports/university/ubc-stars-of-the-week-kelly-murray-driven-to-succeed-in-hockey-homestretch |access-date=2023-10-03 |website=The Province}} She was named to the 2017 USports women's all-star team.{{Cite web|url=https://gothunderbirds.ca/news/2017/8/20/womens-hockey-kelly-murray-drafted-by-cwhls-calgary-inferno.aspx|title=Kelly Murray drafted by CWHL's Calgary Inferno|website=University of British Columbia Athletics}}{{Cite web|url=https://womenshockeylife.com/kelly-murray-marvels-in-sensational-all-canadian-season-with-ubc-thunderbirds/|title=Kelly Murray Marvels in Sensational All-Canadian Season with UBC Thunderbirds|first=Mark|last=Staffieri|date=June 11, 2017}}
She was drafted 12th overall by the Calgary Inferno in the 2017 CWHL draft.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/flames/news/inferno-select-13-players-in-cwhl-draft/c-290721444|title=INFERNO SELECT 13 PLAYERS IN CWHL DRAFT|website=NHL.com}} She signed her first professional contract with the Inferno ahead of the 2017–18 season. She would win the Clarkson Cup with the team the following year.{{Cite web|url=https://womenshockeylife.com/cwhl-kelly-murray-calgary-inferno-2019-clarkson-cup-champion/|title=CWHL Tribute: Kelly Murray | Calgary Inferno | 2019 Clarkson Cup champion|first=Mark|last=Staffieri|date=July 9, 2019}}
After the collapse of the CWHL in May 2019, she left North America to sign with SDE Hockey in Sweden.{{Cite web|url=https://hockeysverige.se/2019/06/26/kelly-murray-klar-for-sde|title=Kanadensisk back klar för SDHL-klubben - Hockeysverige|website=Kanadensisk back klar för SDHL-klubben - Hockeysverige}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.norrortssporten.se/2019/06/sde-fortsatter-pa-det-nordamerikanska-sparet/|title=SDE fortsätter på det nordamerikanska spåret|first=Mikael|last=Einarsson|date=June 28, 2019}} She served as an alternate captain for the team in her first SDHL season, during which she scored 13 points in 34 games as SDE made the playoffs for the first time in history. She scored her first SDHL goal in a 6–0 victory against Göteborg HC on November 17, 2019.
= International =
Murray represented Canada in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2017 Winter Universiade in Almaty. She contributed 5 assists in five games to Canada's silver medal effort.
Personal life
Her sister, Eden Murray, also played professionally with the Inferno.{{Cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/5065547/calgary-inferno-canadian-womens-hockey-league-championship/|title=Calgary Inferno set to battle for Canadian Women’s Hockey League championship|website=Global News}} Her uncle, Andy Murray, is a former NHL head coach, her cousins Brady Murray and Jordy Murray both played professional hockey in Switzerland, and her cousin Sarah Murray was head coach of the unified Korean team at the 2018 Winter Olympics.{{Cite web|url=https://womenshockeylife.com/kelly-murray-sde/|title=Kelly Murray joins former Inferno teammates on Sweden's SDE|first=Mark|last=Staffieri|date=June 17, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/news/murray-sisters-face-off-at-selection-camp|title=Murray vs. Murray|website=www.hockeycanada.ca}}
References
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External links
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Category:Calgary Inferno players
Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden
Category:Competitors at the 2017 Winter Universiade
Category:Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey players
Category:Ice hockey people from Medicine Hat
Category:UBC Thunderbirds ice hockey players
Category:Winter World University Games medalists in ice hockey
Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for Canada