Position: | Defence |
Shoots: | Left |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 10 |
Weight Lb: | 175 |
Played For: | Washington Capitals |
Birth Date: | 1949 8, mf=yes |
Birth Place: | The Pas, Manitoba, Canada |
Draft: | 44th overall |
Draft Team: | Montreal Canadiens |
Draft Year: | 1969 |
Career Start: | 1970 |
Career End: | 1977 |
Murray Craig Anderson (born August 28, 1949) is a Canadian former ice hockey defenceman. He played 40 games in the National Hockey League with the Washington Capitals during the 1974–75 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1970 to 1977, was spent in the minor leagues.
Anderson was drafted in 1969 by the Montreal Canadiens, but spent his career in the minors. He was claimed by the Washington Capitals during the 1974 NHL Expansion Draft. He played 40 games in the team's inaugural season, and then another two seasons in the minors before retiring.
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
1966–67 | Selkirk Steelers | MJHL | 47 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1967–68 | Flin Flon Bombers | WCHL | 55 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 87 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 19 | ||
1968–69 | Flin Flon Bombers | WCHL | 53 | 17 | 30 | 47 | 120 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
1969–70 | Flin Flon Bombers | WCHL | 50 | 5 | 23 | 28 | 150 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 20 | ||
1970–71 | Rochester Americans/Montreal Voyageurs | AHL | 52 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1971–72 | Nova Scotia Voyageurs | AHL | 64 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 35 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
1972–73 | Nova Scotia Voyageurs | AHL | 71 | 1 | 24 | 25 | 52 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 22 | ||
1973–74 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 76 | 9 | 34 | 43 | 79 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
1974–75 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 40 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 68 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1974–75 | Richmond Robins | AHL | 33 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 56 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
1975–76 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 75 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1976–77 | Tulsa Oilers | CHL | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
AHL totals | 373 | 27 | 99 | 126 | 332 | 45 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 34 | ||||
NHL totals | 40 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 68 | — | — | — | — | — |