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Dana Murzyn

Position: D
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-2    Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: December 9, 1966 in Calgary, Alberta

Drafted by the Hartford Whalers in the 1st round (5th overall) of the 1985 NHL Entry Draft.

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1985-86 19 HAR NHL 78 3 23 26 8 1 125 3 0 0 1 79 3.8
1986-87 20 HAR NHL 74 9 19 28 10 17 95 8 1 0 0 135 6.7
1987-88 21 TOT NHL 74 7 11 18 7 1 139 6 1 0 1 107 6.5
1987-88 21 HAR NHL 33 1 6 7 2 -8 45 0 1 0 0 49 2.0
1987-88 21 CGY NHL 41 6 5 11 5 9 94 6 0 0 1 58 10.3
1988-89 22 CGY NHL 63 3 19 22 7 26 142 2 0 1 1 91 3.3
1989-90 23 CGY NHL 78 7 13 20 7 19 140 6 1 0 0 97 7.2
1990-91 24 TOT NHL 29 1 2 3 1 -7 38 1 0 0 0 40 2.5
1990-91 24 CGY NHL 19 0 2 2 1 -4 30 0 0 0 0 25 0.0
1990-91 24 VAN NHL 10 1 0 1 1 -3 8 1 0 0 0 15 6.7
1991-92 25 VAN NHL 70 3 11 14 5 15 147 2 0 1 0 99 3.0
1992-93 26 VAN NHL 79 5 11 16 6 34 196 5 0 0 2 82 6.1
1993-94 27 VAN NHL 80 6 14 20 7 4 109 5 0 1 0 79 7.6
1994-95 28 VAN NHL 40 0 8 8 2 14 129 0 0 0 0 29 0.0
1995-96 29 VAN NHL 69 2 10 12 4 9 130 2 0 0 0 68 2.9
1996-97 30 VAN NHL 61 1 7 8 2 7 118 1 0 0 0 70 1.4
1997-98 31 VAN NHL 31 5 2 7 3 -3 42 5 0 0 2 29 17.2
1998-99 32 VAN NHL 12 0 2 2 1 1 21 0 0 0 0 7 0.0 180 15:02
Career NHL 838 52 152 204 70 138 1571 46 3 3 7 1012 5.1 180 15:02

NHL Miscellaneous

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus Point Shares
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC PIM S G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- OPS DPS PS
1985-86 19 HAR NHL 78 0.04 0.29 0.33 0.10 1.60 1.01 2 18 20 6 80 8 76 5 1 0.4 3.9 4.4
1986-87 20 HAR NHL 74 0.12 0.26 0.38 0.14 1.28 1.82 8 16 24 9 88 4 70 3 17 1.3 4.9 6.2
1987-88 21 TOT NHL 74 0.09 0.15 0.24 0.09 1.88 1.45 6 9 15 6 72 3 78 10 1 0.3 3.6 3.9
1987-88 21 HAR NHL 33 0.03 0.18 0.21 0.07 1.36 1.48 1 5 6 2 23 3 28 0 -8 -0.1 1.8 1.7
1987-88 21 CGY NHL 41 0.15 0.12 0.27 0.11 2.29 1.41 5 4 9 4 49 0 50 10 9 0.4 1.7 2.1
1988-89 22 CGY NHL 63 0.05 0.30 0.35 0.11 2.25 1.44 2 16 18 5 60 6 43 15 26 0.6 4.6 5.2
1989-90 23 CGY NHL 78 0.09 0.17 0.26 0.09 1.79 1.24 6 11 17 6 80 1 82 22 19 0.4 4.8 5.3
1990-91 24 TOT NHL 29 0.03 0.07 0.10 0.04 1.31 1.38 1 2 3 1 21 0 33 5 -7 -0.3 0.9 0.6
1990-91 24 CGY NHL 19 0.00 0.11 0.11 0.03 1.58 1.32 0 2 2 1 13 0 19 2 -4 -0.2 0.5 0.3
1990-91 24 VAN NHL 10 0.10 0.00 0.10 0.06 0.80 1.50 1 0 1 1 8 0 14 3 -3 -0.1 0.3 0.3
1991-92 25 VAN NHL 70 0.04 0.16 0.20 0.07 2.10 1.41 3 10 13 4 67 3 68 19 15 -0.1 4.6 4.5
1992-93 26 VAN NHL 79 0.06 0.14 0.20 0.07 2.48 1.04 4 9 13 5 83 1 74 26 34 -0.1 4.9 4.9
1993-94 27 VAN NHL 80 0.08 0.18 0.25 0.09 1.36 0.99 5 13 18 6 66 0 100 38 4 0.5 4.0 4.6
1994-95 28 VAN NHL 40 0.00 0.20 0.20 0.05 3.23 0.73 0 14 14 4 35 0 29 8 14 -0.1 2.8 2.7
1995-96 29 VAN NHL 69 0.03 0.14 0.17 0.06 1.88 0.99 2 10 12 4 62 0 88 35 9 -0.1 3.4 3.2
1996-97 30 VAN NHL 61 0.02 0.11 0.13 0.04 1.93 1.15 1 7 8 2 55 0 68 20 7 -0.4 2.8 2.4
1997-98 31 VAN NHL 31 0.16 0.06 0.23 0.11 1.35 0.94 6 2 8 4 23 1 41 16 -3 0.6 0.8 1.4
1998-99 32 VAN NHL 12 0.00 0.17 0.17 0.05 1.75 0.58 0 2 2 1 7 0 7 1 1 0.0 0.5 0.5
Career NHL 838 0.06 0.18 0.24 0.08 1.87 1.21 46 139 185 63 799 27 857 223 138 3.1 46.5 49.6

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1985-86 19 HAR NHL 4 0 0 0 2 10 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
1986-87 20 HAR NHL 6 2 1 3 -2 29 1 1 0 1 19 10.5
1987-88 21 CGY NHL 5 2 0 2 2 13 2 0 0 0 6 33.3
1988-89 22 CGY NHL SC 21 0 3 3 2 20 0 0 0 0 33 0.0
1989-90 23 CGY NHL 6 2 2 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 14 14.3
1990-91 24 VAN NHL 6 0 1 1 -1 8 0 0 0 0 8 0.0
1991-92 25 VAN NHL 1 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0
1992-93 26 VAN NHL 12 3 2 5 4 18 3 0 0 0 16 18.8
1993-94 27 VAN NHL 7 0 0 0 -4 4 0 0 0 0 7 0.0
1994-95 28 VAN NHL 8 0 1 1 -1 22 0 0 0 0 9 0.0
1995-96 29 VAN NHL 6 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
Career NHL 1 82 9 10 19 4 166 8 1 0 1 116 7.8

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1982-83 16 Calgary Spurs AJHL 34 7 20 27 78
1983-84 17 Calgary Wranglers WHL 65 11 20 31 135
1984-85 18 Calgary Wranglers WHL 72 32 60 92 233
1989-90 23 Calgary Flames Fr-Tour 4 1 0 1 6
1998-99 32 Syracuse Crunch AHL 20 2 4 6 -11 37 1 1 0 0 48 4.2
Career 1 Season AHL 20 2 4 6 -11 37 1 1 0 0 48 4.2
Career 1 Season AJHL 34 7 20 27 78
Career 1 Season Fr-Tour 4 1 0 1 6
Career 2 Seasons WHL 137 43 80 123 368

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1983-84 17 Calgary Wranglers WHL 2 0 0 0 10
1984-85 18 Calgary Wranglers WHL 8 1 11 12 16
Career 2 Seasons WHL 10 1 11 12 26

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 14 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Dana Murzyn 6.2 5.3 5.2 4.9 4.6 4.5 4.4 3.9 3.2 2.7 2.4 1.4 0.6 0.5
Gilles Marotte 94.9 6.5 6.2 5.4 5.0 5.0 4.7 4.6 4.1 3.7 3.1 2.6 1.8
Sylvain Lefebvre 94.0 5.8 5.2 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.4 3.7 3.4 2.8 2.4 2.3 0.5 0.1
Curt Giles 93.0 5.7 5.2 5.1 4.8 4.8 4.4 4.0 4.0 3.8 3.7 2.0 1.6 1.4 0.4
Leo Boivin 92.0 5.1 5.0 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.3 4.1 3.7 2.8 2.5 2.1 1.8 0.2
Chris Phillips 91.6 6.8 6.2 5.6 5.1 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.2 4.1 4.1 3.3 1.2 0.9
Randy Moller 91.4 6.3 5.1 4.8 4.6 4.5 4.0 3.8 3.6 3.5 2.7 2.1 1.7 0.7
Warren Godfrey 91.3 5.0 4.7 4.7 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.1 3.9 3.7 1.6 1.4 0.6 0.1
Keith Brown 90.9 5.9 5.6 5.5 4.8 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.1 3.2 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.4 1.8
Kyle McLaren 90.7 6.5 5.1 5.1 5.1 4.8 4.6 4.5 3.8 3.4 2.5 1.1 0.9
Tommy Albelin 90.6 5.6 4.7 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.2 4.0 4.0 3.7 2.6 2.1 1.5 1.2 0.6
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Dana Murzyn 6.2 5.3 5.2 4.9 4.6 4.5 4.4 3.9 3.2 2.7 2.4 1.4 0.6 0.5
Gilles Marotte 94.9 6.5 6.2 5.4 5.0 5.0 4.7 4.6 4.1 3.7 3.1 2.6 1.8
Sylvain Lefebvre 94.0 5.8 5.2 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.4 3.7 3.4 2.8 2.4 2.3 0.5 0.1
Curt Giles 93.0 5.7 5.2 5.1 4.8 4.8 4.4 4.0 4.0 3.8 3.7 2.0 1.6 1.4 0.4
Chris Phillips 91.6 6.8 6.2 5.6 5.1 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.2 4.1 4.1 3.3 1.2 0.9
Randy Moller 91.4 6.3 5.1 4.8 4.6 4.5 4.0 3.8 3.6 3.5 2.7 2.1 1.7 0.7
Warren Godfrey 91.0 5.0 4.7 4.7 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.1 3.9 3.7 1.6 1.4 1.0 0.6 0.1 0.0
Kyle McLaren 90.7 6.5 5.1 5.1 5.1 4.8 4.6 4.5 3.8 3.4 2.5 1.1 0.9
Greg Smith 90.3 5.8 5.1 5.0 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.1 3.9 3.6 3.1 1.9 1.8 0.1
Kjell Samuelsson 89.1 6.2 5.9 5.4 4.8 4.4 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.1 2.7 2.5 1.5 1.2 0.3
Doug Lidster 89.0 6.3 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.1 4.6 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.8 2.7 2.0 1.8 0.6 0.3 -0.1

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Honors

1985-86 NHL NHL All-Rookie Team (1st)

Championships

(Minimum 1 playoff game)

1989 Calgary Flames (NHL)

Plus/Minus

1992-93 NHL 34 (7)

Transactions

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January 3, 1988: Traded to Calgary by Hartford with Shane Churla for Neil Sheehy, Carey Wilson and the rights to Lane MacDonald, January 3, 1988.

March 5, 1991: Traded to Vancouver by Calgary for Ron Stern and Kevan Guy, March 5, 1991.

December 27, 1997: Missed majority of 1997-98 due to knee injury vs. Dallas, December 27, 1997.

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