Terry Murray, Los Angeles Kings Reach Agreement

The Los Angeles Kings are to hold a press conference today to welcome their 22nd Head Coach in franchise history. The successor to Marc Crawford is expected to be Flyers Assistant Coach Terry Murray. Murray is no stranger to the head coaching position. He has coached in 737 games with three different teams.

Murray's last season as head coach was back in 2000-2001 season with the Florida Panthers before being fired that offseason. He has a 360-288-89 regular-season record and a 46-43 postseason record as a head coach with Philadelphia, Washington and Florida.

The Kings certainly went for experience with the signing of their new coach as Murray will turn 58 this Sunday 

He started his coaching career back in 1983 with the Capitals as an assistant. After a couple of seasons down in the AHL as the head coach, he was asked to come up to coach in the Big League. The Capitals made the playoffs in the next two seasons under Murray, but didn't advance past the second round in either year and Murray was fired midway through the next season.

Murray then went on to coach Philadelphia for three seasons. In just three years, he was able to get his team to the conference finals, the conference semifinals, and the Stanley Cup finals. Despite the success, Murray was given the boot after his Flyers were swept out the Stanley Cup Finals by the Detroit Red Wings.

The Florida Panthers asked Murray to take on the GM position, and in his second season with the Panthers they asked him to take over coaching duties. He had two full seasons with Florida and made the playoffs in the second year, but lost out in only the first round.

Murray went back to the Flyers and has been working there as assistant coach since the 2003 season. The Kings are hoping his much needed experience will help their team of young players develop and reach their potential to pull out a very rare playoff appearance.