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  Ben Murphy

Ben Murphy

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
North Andover, Mass.

Height / Weight:
5-9 / 182

Position:
Forward

Birthdate:
11/21/1981

Last Team:
Cushing Academy

2003-04: Played in 41 games, missing three games due to injury ... Finished the season with three goals and eight assists for 11 points ... Recorded three assists against Holy Cross (10/18) ... Scored his first goal of the season at St. Lawrence (10/24) ... Had an unassisted goal at Providence (11/22) ... Assisted on John Ronan's shorthanded goal against Merrimack (3/13) in the Hockey East quarterfinals ... Scored the game winning goal in the third overtime of the Hockey East Championship against Massachusetts (3/20) ... Recipient of the Bruce Griffin Memorial Unsung Hero Award. 2002-03: Saw action in 32 games ... Notched two goals and nine assists for 11 points ... Scored goals in back-to-back games vs. Mercyhurst (11/1 and 11/2) ... Dished out two assists in Maine's 8-1 win over Lake Superior State University (10/12 )... Notched two assists versus Merrimack (1/17). 2001-02: Led all freshmen in scoring with seven goals and nine assists for 16 points in 39 games ... Centered the "freshman line" the second half of the season, a line made up of three freshman that was very productive down the stretch ... Had an assist in the NCAA semifinal win over New Hampshire (4/4) ... Scored a goal in the first Hockey East playoff game against Boston College (3/7) and added an assist the next night ... Scored a goal and dished out an assist versus Massachusetts (2/22) and Boston University (3/1) ... Registered first collegiate goal in win over Quinnipiac (11/18).

BEFORE MAINE: Led the Hockey Night in Boston (HNIB) summer tournament in scoring in both 1999 and 2000 ... Selected HNIB 2000 Most Valuable Player Award winner ... Tallied 58 points (19-39-58) in only 23 games as a senior at Cushing Academy ... Captain for head coach Steve Jacobs his senior campaign ... Was the 2001 Cushing Academy Most Valuable Player Award recipient ... Team was 2001 New England Prep School East league champions ... First team all-league selection ... 2001 E.G. Watkins Tournament Most Valuable Player Award winner ... Scored 51 points (25-26-51) his junior season.

PERSONAL: Born November 21, 1981 ... Son of Ellen and Fran Murphy ... Brother Dan is a member of the Harvard men's ice hockey team ... The two faced each other for the first time in the NCAA Tournament in 2004 ... A political science major.