Murray Heatley (born November 7, 1948) is a Canadian former ice hockey player. Heatley played professional hockey for the

Minnesota Fighting Saints The Minnesota Fighting Saints was the name of two professional ice hockey teams based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, that played in the World Hockey Association. The first team was one of the WHA's original twelve franchises, playing from 1972 to 1976 ...

and the

Indianapolis Racers The Indianapolis Racers were a major league ice hockey team that played in the World Hockey Association (WHA) from 1974 to 1978. They competed in four full seasons before folding 25 games into the 1978–79 season. They played at Market Square ...

in the

World Hockey Association The World Hockey Association () was a professional ice hockey major league that operated in North America from 1972–73 WHA season, 1972 to 1978–79 WHA season, 1979. It was the first major league to compete with the National Hockey League (N ...

. He also played seven seasons in Germany, playing for

SC Riessersee SC Riessersee is a professional ice hockey team based in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Oberbayern, Germany. They currently play in the Oberliga (ice hockey), Oberliga, the third level of ice hockey in Germany. Prior to the 2013–14 season, they played ...

and ERC Freiburg.Murray Heatley - Munzinger Online
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Personal life

Heatley is the father of

Dany Heatley Daniel James Heatley (born January 21, 1981) is a German-born Canadian former professional ice hockey winger (ice hockey), winger. Originally drafted by the Atlanta Thrashers second overall in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, he won the Calder Memorial ...

who played 13 seasons in the

National Hockey League The National Hockey League (NHL; , ''LNH'') is a professional ice hockey league in North America composed of 32 teams25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. The NHL is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Cana ...

for five different teams and was a three-time NHL All-Star. Another son, Mark Heatley, is also a professional ice hockey player who played extensively in Germany.

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* 1948 births Living people Canadian ice hockey right wingers Ice hockey people from Calgary Indianapolis Racers players Minnesota Fighting Saints players Mohawk Valley Comets players EHC Olten players Phoenix Roadrunners (WHL) players SC Riessersee players Tulsa Oilers (1964–1984) players Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey players 20th-century Canadian sportsmen {{canada-icehockey-winger-1940s-stub