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  • Finding Murph

  • How Joe Murphy Went from Winning a Championship to Living Homeless in the Bush
  • By: Rick Westhead
  • Narrated by: Brandon Massey
  • Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (2 ratings)
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Finding Murph

By: Rick Westhead
Narrated by: Brandon Massey
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Summary

Joe Murphy had it all. 

In 1986, he became the first college-educated hockey player ever selected first overall in the NHL entry draft. He won a Stanley Cup in Edmonton four years later. But since then, his life has taken a tragic turn, largely due to the untreated brain injuries he suffered as a player. 

Murphy’s life didn’t begin on a track that would lead to homelessness. He was smart, dedicated to hockey, and was a key player for the Oilers, Red Wings, and Blackhawks, among other teams. But one vicious body check changed his life forever. Despite being shaken by the hit, Murphy was cleared to return to the game. Soon after, his entire life seemed to change. Murphy became a journeyman, moving from team to team. Along the way, other NHLers said they noticed something different about him, too. Murphy wasn’t acting like himself and soon found himself out of the NHL entirely. Eventually, Murphy became homeless. 

In the spring of 2018, Murphy made his way to Kenora, Ontario, where he lived in the bush, spending his days outside a local convenience store, muttering to himself and taking handouts of food and drinks from passersby. The player who had once set the NHL aflame now slept by the side of the road in the unforgiving North. 

In Finding Murph, Rick Westhead traces the true story of Joe Murphy and examines the role of the NHL in the downward spiral of one of the league’s most promising players.

©2020 Rick Westhead (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers

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Why do they never get the pronunciation right!

The story itself is a fascinating one and a must for any hockey fan. But as a hockey fan it seems that every narrator of hockey books (unless narrated by the actual author) gets the pronunciation of so many people’s names wrong. I don’t understand why a producer would allow this to happen, it really takes you out of the moment when listening, not to mention the fact it’s fairly insulting as these are real people, not characters in a fiction audio book.

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