Bentley Names Ben Murphy Assistant Coach

Bentley Names Ben Murphy Assistant Coach

Courtesy of Bentley Sports Infomation

WALTHAM, Mass. - Eighth-year head hockey coach Ryan Soderquist has announced that Ben Murphy has been named an assistant coach. Murphy comes to Bentley after spending the 2008-09 season as a graduate assistant coach at Castleton State College in Castleton, Vermont. He played collegiately at the University of Maine.

While on the Spartans’ coaching staff, Murphy helped Castleton State to a 15-9-2 record overall and an 11-6-2 record in the ECAC Division III East conference, which was good for second place and the best regular season finish in school history.

While at Castleton State, Murphy was responsible for coaching the defense and the second power play unit. He also worked with the team’s goaltenders, coordinated scouting reports and video on upcoming opponents, helped with recruiting and was responsible for all video breakdown of game film among other duties.

Prior to his time at Castleton State, Murphy was an assistant coach with the Wichita Thunder of the professional Central Hockey League for the 2006-07 season. Murphy played for the Thunder during the 2005-06 season, appearing in 55 games.

While playing for Maine, he helped the Black Bears to the NCAA Tournament in each of his four years, and to the NCAA Championship game in 2002 and 2004. As a junior in 2004, he scored the game-winning goal in triple overtime of the Hockey East Championship game against the University of Massachusetts. Murphy played in 141 games over four years for Maine and registered 15 goals and 33 assists for 48 points. He was also awarded the Howard Griffin Unsung Hero Award as a junior.

Murphy joins a team that went 19-17-2 last season and advanced to the Atlantic Hockey semifinals. The Falcons open their season on October 16th at Northeastern.