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Donald Walter Murdoch (born October 25, 1956 in Cranbrook, British Columbia) is a retired former professional ice hockey player. After a standout junior career with the Medicine Hat Tigers, Murdoch made the New York Rangers as a 20-year-old and had an impressive rookie scoring 56 points in 59 games his rookie season. A torn Achilles tendon ended his season in February. In the offseason in 1977 after his first season, Murdoch was caught by customs agents in Toronto with 4.5 grams of cocaine stashed in his socks. He was suspended by the league and later admitted to having a drinking and drug problem.〔(Murdoch's biography ) at Hockey Draft Central〕 He played 320 career games in the NHL but never regained the form of his first season, and retired after stops with the Edmonton Oilers and Detroit Red Wings. Murdoch had a reputation as a partier since his rookie year, and was once even romantically linked with Margaret Trudeau.〔Future Greats and Heartbreaks, Gare Joyce, 2007, pg.8〕 After his playing career, Murdoch worked as a scout for the Tampa Bay Lightning, under general manager Phil Esposito. Distant cousin of former Ranger Murray Murdoch. http://rangers.nhl.com/club/atrplayer.htm?id=8449735 ==Legacy== In the book ''100 Ranger Greats'' (John Wiley & Sons, 2009) by Russ Cohen, John Halligan and Adam Raider, the authors ranked Murdoch No. 99 on the all-time list of New York Rangers. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Don Murdoch」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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