Dana Murzyn

Dana Murzyn was born December 9, 1966 in Calgary, Alberta. The 1st choice, 5th overall selection of the Hartford Whalers in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft, Murzyn is a graduate of the Western Hockey League's Calgary Wranglers.

The Calgary, Alberta native spent two seasons with the Wranglers earning WHL First Team All-Star honours in 1985 before making his NHL debut with Hartford the following year.

Named to the NHL's All-Rookie Team in 1986, Murzyn finished his inaugural season in Hartford with 26 points. Following his rookie season, Murzyn spent two more years in Hartford before being traded by the Whalers to the Calgary Flames midway through the 1987-88 season.

In 1988-89, Murzyn was key component on Calgary's blue line as the Flames defeated the Montreal Canadiens in six games to capture their first Stanley Cup in franchise history.

Prior to the beginning of the 1989-90 season, Murzyn and the Flames held their training camp in the Soviet Union as part of the NHL-Soviet Friendship Tour. The Tour was a four game exhibition series between the Flames the Soviets. Just past the midway point of the 1990-91 season, Murzyn was dealt to the Vancouver Canucks where he spent eight seasons, returning to the Stanley Cup Finals for a second time in his career in 1994, loosing in seven games to the New York Rangers.

After missing the majority of the 1997-98 season recovering from a knee injury, Murzyn returned to the Canucks line up the following year only to play in 12 games while playing 20 with Vancouver's American Hockey League affiliate in Syracuse.

Throughout his career Dana Murzyn played in over 900 NHL games, scoring 61 goals while adding 162 assists for 223 points.