Rangers Select Ryan Murphy In First Round

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Head Coach and General Manager of the Kitchener Rangers Hockey Club Steve Spott has announced the team’s first round pick in the 2009 Priority Selection is blueliner Ryan Murphy of the York Simcoe Express.

Last month Murphy led the Express with nine points (four goals, five assists) in five games in the OHL Cup – good enough for fifth in overall scoring. Two of his goals were game-winners. In game 17 vs. London, Ryan was named first star after netting a wrist shot at the 2:27 mark of the overtime period to give his team the win.

Murphy tallied 30 goals and 65 assists in 73 games for the Express during the regular season.

Rangers Associate Coach and Assistant General Manager Paul Fixter had this to say of Murphy, “Ryan Murphy is a dynamic, smooth skating, highly skilled offensive defenseman. He has exceptional skills and plays with a tremendous amount of confidence. Ryan will be an extremely entertaining addition to the hockey club.”

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RYAN MURPHY
YORK SIMCOE EXPRESS
RIGHT DEFENCE
5’10”
160 lbs.

Selected second round for the Rangers is defenceman John Moore. Moore played the 2008-09 season with the Chicago Steel. He tallied 14 goals and 25 assists in 57 games. Moore is a highly skilled, smooth skating defenceman who should be a high pick in this year’s NHL draft.

JOHN MOORE
CHICAGO STEEL
DEFENCE
6’02"
180 lbs.

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With the Rangers first of two, third round selections, Ben Fanelli was selected. This swift skating mobile defenceman has great vision and is solid at both ends of the ice.

BEN FANELLI
MISSISSAUGA SENATORS
DEFENCE
6’1"
175 lbs.

Also selected in the third round is skilled forward Keli Grant from the Kingston Jr. Frontenacs. He is a goal scorer who is very mobile. He will take you out of your seats.

KELI GRANT
KINGSTON JR. FRONTENACS
FORWARD
5’11’
155 lbs.

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