Jan. 17: The Stars returned Murray to AHL Texas this morning, per a team release.
Jan. 16: The Dallas Stars have recalled goaltender Matt Murray from the Texas Stars of the AHL as they navigate the uncertainty of the injury suffered by backup Scott Wedgewood. Dallas Stars radio analyst Bruce LeVine believes that Murray will see more action during this NHL recall as Dallas is proceeding with caution when it comes to Jake Oettinger and still doesn’t know what the issue is with Wedgewood, who left Saturday’s game with an injury.
Murray’s recall likely means that Wedgewood will be unavailable for Dallas when they take on the Los Angeles Kings tomorrow tonight, although no official announcement has been made as of yet.
Murray has played a single NHL game this season, and it came in the form of his first career shutout against the Minnesota Wild back on January 8th. The 25-year-old made 23 saves in a 4-0 win for the Stars. He didn’t fare so well last season in the NHL, dressing in three games and going 1-2 with a .844 save percentage to go along with a 3.39 goals-against average.
In the AHL, the St. Albert, Alberta native has had a bit of a down season as he is 8-5-1 with a .908 save percentage and a 2.80 goals-against average. Murray was terrific last year for Texas as he appeared in 34 games and posted a record of 18-10-5 with a .911 save percentage and a 2.37 goals-against average.
Murray has been on a yoyo the last few weeks with Oettinger’s injury and now the potential injury to Wedgewood. Just last week, Murray was reassigned twice and recalled once, with his most recent AHL assignment happening five days ago.
So if this guy gets famous, does the other Matt Murray become Matt Murray (not that one)?
At least they’re not on the same team. VAN has two Elias Petterssons under contract, though the younger one is a teenage defenseman on loan in Sweden.
Johnny “Lam” Jones; Johnny “Ham” Jones and A.J. “Jam” Jones: Lam and Ham showed up at Texas in 1976 with the same name. So the halfback from Hamlin, Texas, went by Ham, and the halfback from Lampasas, Texas, went by Lam. Then two years later, A.J. showed up and bested them both. In three games against OU, Jam Jones gained 295 yards on 81 carries.