University of North Dakota Athletics

Murphy was a two-time All-America selection that anchored a blue line at North Dakota from 1994-98, helping usher in a new era of winning for the hockey program. He helped the Fighting Sioux win their first NCAA championship in over a decade in 1997, earning NCAA All-Tournament Team honors in the process.  

After capturing the national title, he was named a Hobey Baker Finalist and the Western Collegiate Hockey Association's (WCHA) Player of the Year in 1998, with the latter being the first for the program since 1987. He ranks second all-time at UND in goals by a defenseman with 32, seventh for points by a defenseman with 118 and his 86 assists are ninth at UND among blue liners.  

As a team, Murphy helped the Sioux snap a seven-year postseason drought in 1997, culminating in the program's sixth national title. The team went on to reach the NCAA Tournament again in 1998 as a senior and has since missed the postseason only three times. He won two of what-proved-to-be three straight MacNaughton Cups in his final two seasons, with those teams joining the 2020-2022 squads as the only to win three consecutive conference crowns.  

Following his collegiate playing days, Murphy went on to enjoy a 17-year professional career where he won two Calder Cups, a Spengler Cup with Team Canada and an EBEL title in Austria.