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Bryan Murray coaching the Ottawa Senators in the fifth game of the N.H.L. Eastern Conference finals against the Buffalo Sabres in 2007. The Senators won, and went on to the Stanley Cup finals, where they lost to the Anaheim Mighty Ducks.
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Bryan Murray
Died on August 12, 2017 at age 74
Murray was the longtime N.H.L. coach and executive who took the Florida Panthers and Mighty Ducks of Anaheim to surprising berths in the Stanley Cup finals as their general manager and coached the Ottawa Senators to the finals as well.
Notable Deaths 2017
Remembering Mary Tyler Moore, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lewis, David Rockefeller, Trisha Brown, Glen Campbell, Dick Gregory, Edith Windsor, Sam Shepard, Tom Petty and many others who died this year.