Longtime Blackhawks great and broadcaster Troy Murray dies at 63, team says

Former Chicago Blackhawks standout Troy Murray, who transitioned to the broadcast booth aft his playing career, has died, the squad announced Saturday. He was 63.

The Blackhawks said helium died earlier successful the day.

It’s unclear wherever Murray spent his last moments. Murray publically disclosed his crab diagnosis successful August 2021. While helium revealed helium had been undergoing chemotherapy, details astir the benignant of crab helium was warring were kept private.

Murray, affectionately known arsenic "Muzz," continued to look connected Blackhawks broadcasts during his crab battle, though his appearances yet tapered off. He stepped distant from the booth wholly up of the 2025-26 NHL season.

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Troy Murray is honored during Hockey Fights Cancer nighttime during a crippled betwixt the Chicago Blackhawks and the San Jose Sharks astatine United Center Nov. 28, 2021, successful Chicago. (Chase Agnello-Dean/NHLI via Getty Images)

For much than a decade, Murray starred astatine halfway for the Blackhawks. CEO Danny Wirtz said the nonaccomplishment of 1 of the franchise's astir respected leaders near the squad "deeply heartbroken."

"Troy was the epitome of a Blackhawk truthful acold beyond his unthinkable playing career, with his beingness felt successful each country of our enactment implicit the past 45 years," Wirtz said.

"During his agelong and hard conflict with cancer, it was often said that Troy didn't person immoderate 'give up' successful him," Wirtz added. "While our beforehand bureau won't beryllium the aforesaid without him, we volition transportation that tone guardant each time successful his honor. We'll miss you, Troy."

Troy Murray, a erstwhile subordinate for the Chicago Blackhawks, is honored during the "One More Shift" run anterior to a crippled against the Ottawa Senators astatine the United Center Feb. 21, 2018, successful Chicago.  (Chase Agnello-Dean/NHLI via Getty Images)

After 12 seasons with the Blackhawks, Murray finished his NHL vocation with the Colorado Avalanche, winning the 1996 Stanley Cup.

After spending the pursuing play with the International Hockey League Chicago Wolves, Murray stayed successful the metropolis to statesman his broadcasting vocation successful 1998. Murray was besides named the president of the Blackhawks alumni association.

"Troy Murray is remembered for not lone his contributions connected the ice, but for his professionalism and humility and dedication to the metropolis of Chicago," the squad said successful a release. "He leaves down a lasting bequest wrong the Blackhawks household and the broader hockey world."

Chicago Blackhawks vigor announcers John Wiedeman and Troy Murray deterioration lavender ties successful grant of Hockey Fights Cancer nighttime during a crippled against the Vancouver Canucks Oct. 20, 2010, astatine the United Center successful Chicago.   (Bill Smith/NHLI via Getty Images)

From Calgary, Alberta, Murray topped 20 goals 5 times, but helium besides became known for his antiaircraft play. In 1986, helium became the Blackhawks' archetypal subordinate to triumph the NHL's Frank J. Selke Trophy, the grant for the league's apical antiaircraft forward.

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Murray finished with 197 goals successful 688 games implicit 2 stints with the Blackhawks and besides played for the Winnipeg Jets, Ottawa Senators and Pittsburgh Penguins. Overall, helium had 230 goals successful 915 vocation games.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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