Murphy was signed as an undrafted free agent by the
Minnesota Wild in on June 18, 2001, and he played one game in the
National Hockey League with the Wild in the
2002–03 season. Murphy was a member of
Team Canada at the
2007 Spengler Cup. He has won two
American Hockey League Calder Cups, one in 2003 with the
Houston Aeros and one in 2004 with the
Milwaukee Admirals. Murphy moved to Europe in 2007, signing for
SC Langnau in the
Swiss Nationalliga A. In 2011, he moved to the
Erste Bank Eishockey Liga in
Austria and signed for
EHC Black Wings Linz. ==Career statistics==