Former Stanley Cup champion, NHL broadcaster, dies at 63

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7 March 2026 at 20:22

Troy Murray, who spent the majority of his 15 NHL seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks before becoming a fixture in the team’s broadcast booth, died Saturday following a years-long battle with cancer. He was 63.

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“The Chicago Blackhawks are deeply heartbroken today as we mourn the loss of Troy Murray, our beloved ‘Muzz,'”‘ and our love and support go out to his family,” team chairman and CEO Danny Wirtz said in a statement released by the Blackhawks. “Troy was the epitome of a Blackhawk, so far beyond his incredible playing career with a presence felt in every corner of our organization over the last 45 years.”

In addition to his work as an analyst on the Blackhawks’ television and radio broadcasts since 1998, Murray remained connected to the franchise through his work with the Blackhawks Alumni Association.

Murray joined the Blackhawks when they drafted him in the third round (57th overall) of the 1980 NHL draft, after he led North Dakota to an NCAA title.

Murray would go on to play for Chicago from 1982-91, debuting in the 1982 Stanley Cup playoffs. He scored 196 regular season goals and 15 more in the playoffs in his first stint with the Blackhawks. He won the Selke Trophy as the NHL’s best defensive forward in 1986.

From 1991-96, Murray played for five teams to finish his career — the Winnipeg Jets, the Blackhawks again, the Ottawa Senators, the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Colorado Avalanche.

Murray won a Stanley Cup with the Avalanche in 1996 in his final NHL season.

“He jumped at every call to support our local community with our Foundation,” Wirtz wrote in the statement. “He never missed a chance to say ‘hello’ in our press box and always knew the perfect time for a joke just when someone around the office needed it most.” And he absolutely loved bringing Blackhawks hockey to you, our fans, night after night with a dedication to his craft that never wavered to the very end.”