Murray Flegel (born February 13, 1948) is a former

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defenceman Defence or defense (in American English) in ice hockey is a player position that is primarily responsible for preventing the opposing team from Goal (ice hockey), scoring. They are often referred to as defencemen, D, D-men or blueliners (the l ...

who played 10 seasons of professional hockey from 1967 to 1977. Flegel played professionally in the

American Hockey League The American Hockey League (AHL) is a professional ice hockey league in North America that serves as the primary developmental league of the National Hockey League (NHL). The league comprises 32 teams, with 26 in the United States and 6 in Cana ...

with the Cleveland Barons, Montreal Voyageurs,

Baltimore Clippers The Baltimore Clippers were a minor league professional ice hockey team from in Baltimore, Maryland, playing in the Baltimore Civic Center. The Clippers were members of the American Hockey League from 1962 to 1976, and then played one season i ...

Nova Scotia Voyageurs The Nova Scotia Voyageurs were a professional ice hockey team, based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. They played in the American Hockey League, from 1971 to 1984. Originally chartered as the Omaha Knights of the Central Professional Hockey Leagu ...

, and

Springfield Indians The Springfield Indians were two separate minor professional ice hockey franchises, originally based in West Springfield, Massachusetts and later Springfield, Massachusetts. The original Indians were founding members of the American Hockey Leagu ...

. During the 1976–77 season Flegel was the

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of the Kimberley Dynamiters in the

WIHL The Western International Hockey League (WIHL) was a senior hockey, senior level ice hockey league that featured teams from the Western United States and Western Canada. It operated from 1946–62 and 1963–88. It grew out of the West Kootena ...

Awards

The IHL twice awarded Flegel the

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as the league's most outstanding defenceman during the 1974–75 and 1975–76 seasons when he was a member of the

Muskegon Mohawks The Muskegon Mohawks were a minor league professional ice hockey team in the International Hockey League from 1965 to 1984. Muskegon were Turner Cup champions in 1968. This team was originally named the Muskegon Zephyrs. After the completion of ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Flegel, Murray 1948 births Baltimore Clippers players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Canadian ice hockey defencemen Cleveland Barons (1937–1973) players Houston Apollos players Kansas City Blues (ice hockey) players Kimberley Dynamiters players Living people Montreal Voyageurs players Muskegon Mohawks players Nova Scotia Voyageurs players Omaha Knights (CHL) players Regina Pats players Salt Lake Golden Eagles (WHL) players Seattle Totems (WHL) players Ice hockey people from Moose Jaw Springfield Indians players 20th-century Canadian sportsmen