Michael (Mike) Morrison

BIOGRAPHY

BORN: Medford, Massachusetts, July 11, 1979.

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HEIGHT: 6'3".

WEIGHT: 194 lbs.

UNIFORM #: 1 (Toronto AHL, Edmonton, Phoenix, San Antonio), 30 (Ottawa, Edmonton AHL), 33 (Bridgeport, NY Islanders).

CATCHES: Left

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• Selected by Edmonton Oilers in seventh round (186th overall) during National Hockey League entry draft, June 27, 1998.
• Agreed on one-year contract with Edmonton, August 24, 2004.
• Claimed off waivers by Ottawa Senators, March 9, 2006.
• Signed as unrestricted free agent by Phoenix Coyotes, July 2, 2006.
• Invited to training camp by New York Islanders, September 12, 2007.
• Assigned to Bridgeport (AHL), September 26, 2007.

ACCOLADES:

• Named to Hockey East All-Star First Team, 2001-02.

INJURIES:

FIRSTS:

• Michael made his National Hockey League debut on Monday, November 7, 2005, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. With the Oilers trailing the hometown Stars by a 4-0 count early in the third period, Morrison was inserted in place of starter Jussi Markkanen. Morrison faced a mere three shots on net in the remainder of the period, but he stopped them all.
• Mike made his first league start, and earned his first league win, on November 14, 2005 at the Pepsi Center in Denver. Morrison made thirty-one saves, staving off a sixty-five second five-on-three Colorado opportunity in the second period, as the Oilers defeated the hometown Avalanche by a 5-2 count.

PENALTY SHOTS:

• Stopped penalty shot (Marco Sturm), April 11, 2006.

NHL SHOOTOUTS:

• November 21, 2005 - defeated San Jose, 2-1 (Niko Dimitrakos save, Jonathan Cheechoo save, Marco Sturm goal).
• November 25, 2005 - defeated Calgary, 1-0 (Tony Amonte save, Jarome Iginla save, Dion Phaneuf save, Chuck Kobasew save).
• January 19, 2006 - defeated San Jose, 2-1 (Nils Ekman goal, Joe Thornton save, Patrick Marleau save).
• January 29, 2006 - defeated Phoenix, 2-1 (Mike Comrie save, Ladislav Nagy save, Shane Doan goal, Oleg Saprykin save, Jamie Lundmark save, Mike Johnson save).
• February 6, 2006 - defeated Anaheim, 1-0 (Chris Kunitz save, Teemu Selanne save, Corey Perry save).
• February 12, 2006 - lost to St. Louis, 0-1 (Jay McClement save, Keith Tkachuk save, Dennis Wideman goal).
• March 7, 2006 - lost to Dallas, 0-2 (Sergei Zubov goal, Jussi Jokinen goal).
• 2005-06 season to date: 5 wins, 2 losses, 18 saves on 24 chances.

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SEASON RECORDS:

REGULAR SEASON
Year  Team                        GP    Min   W   L   T  OL     GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS
98-99 University of Maine H-EAST  11    347   3   0   1         10   1.73                    1   0   0     0
99-00 University of Maine H-EAST  13    613   7   2   1         27   2.64     254   .894     0   0   1     0
00-01 University of Maine H-EAST  10    490   2   3   3         16   1.96     210   .924     0   0   0     0
01-02 University of Maine H-EAST  30   1645  20   3   4         60   2.19     756   .921     0   0   1     0
02-03 Columbus Cottonmouths ECHL  38   1948   9  18   6        113   3.48    1043   .892     1   0   1     6
03-04 Toronto Roadrunners AHL     27   1309  12   8   2         55   2.52     632   .913     3   0   0     0
04-05 Greenville Grrrowl ECHL     26   1576  13  10   2         72   2.74     946   .924     1   0   0     2
      Edmonton Roadrunners AHL    14    728   2   5   5         21   1.73     347   .939     2   0   0     4
05-06 Greenville Grrrowl ECHL      9    548   7   2       0     20   2.19     257   .922     0   0   1     0
      Edmonton Oilers NHL         21    891  10   4       2     42   2.83     361   .884     0   0   0     2
      Ottawa Senators NHL          4    207   1   0       1     12   3.48      96   .875     0   0   1     0
06-07 Phoenix Coyotes NHL          4    127   0   3       0     13   6.14      62   .790     0   0   0     0
      San Antonio Rampage AHL      2     60   0   1       0     11  11.00      41   .732     0   0   0     0
      Phoenix Roadrunners ECHL    27   1423   9  12       3     80   3.37     803   .900     1   0   1     2
TWO (2) NHL SEASONS               29   1226  11   7       3     67   3.28     519  0.871     0   0   1     2

POST-SEASON
Year  Team                        GP    Min   W   L   GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS
04-05 Greenville Grrrowl ECHL      3    150   1   1    9   3.60      84   .893     0   0   0     0

NHL GAME DIRECTORY:

• Selected by Edmonton Oilers in National Hockey League entry draft, 1998.
• 11/07/05: - (18m12s, 3/3) 0-4 defeat at Dallas (Turco) [Replaced Markkanen].
• 11/14/05: W (59m57s, 31/33) 5-2 victory at Colorado (Aebischer).
• 11/19/05: - (15m16s, 4/4) 3-4 defeat vs. Chicago (Anderson) [Replaced Markkanen].
• 11/21/05: W (64m55s, 21/22) 2-1 SO victory (2/3) vs. San Jose (Nabokov).
• 11/23/05: W (59m58s, 22/25) 4-3 victory at Minnesota (Roloson).
• 11/25/05: W (64m58s, 27/28) 2-1 SO victory (4/4) at Calgary (Kiprusoff).
• 11/29/05: L (58m34s, 14/17) 2-3 defeat vs. Colorado (Aebischer).
• 12/08/05: W (59m53s, 30/32) 3-2 victory at Philadelphia (Niittymaki).
• 12/17/05: - (7m04s, 2/4) 5-4 OT victory at Vancouver (Ouellet) [Replaced by Markkanen].
• 12/19/05: - (25m40s, 7/10) 5-4 victory vs. Calgary (Kiprusoff) [Replaced by Markkanen].
• 01/19/06: W (64m44s, 27/29) 3-2 SO victory (2/3) at San Jose (Toskala).
• 01/23/06: L (58m57s, 18/21) 1-3 defeat vs. Calgary (Kiprusoff).
• 01/26/06: W (59m56s, 25/28) 5-3 victory at Los Angeles (Garon).
• 01/29/06: W (64m04s, 12/15) 4-3 SO victory (5/6) at Phoenix (Joseph).
• 02/04/06: W (59m48s, 16/17) 3-1 victory vs. Vancouver (Auld).
• 02/06/06: W (17m35s, 7/7) 6-5 SO victory (3/3) vs. Anaheim (Giguere) [Replaced Markkanen].
• 02/07/06: L (59m51s, 30/35) 2-5 defeat at Colorado (Aebischer).
• 02/10/06: L (39m57s, 19/24) 3-6 defeat vs. Minnesota (Roloson) [Replaced by Conklin].
• 02/12/06: SOL (13m29s, 3/5) 4-5 SO defeat (2/3) vs. St. Louis (Sanford) [Replaced by Markkanen, replaced Markkanen].
• 03/01/06: - (18m41s, 1/2) 2-4 defeat vs. St. Louis (Sanford) [Replaced Markkanen].
• 03/07/06: SOL (0m, 0/0) 3-4 SO defeat (0/2) vs. Dallas (Turco) [Replaced Conklin].
• Claimed off waivers by Ottawa Senators.
• 03/25/06: - (50m59s, 29/31) 3-6 defeat at Philadelphia (Niittymaki) [Replaced Emery].
• 04/08/06: - (33m41s, 7/9) 2-6 defeat vs. Buffalo (Miller) [Replaced Emery].
• 04/11/06: W (60m16s, 18/21) 4-3 OT victory vs. Boston (Thomas).
• 04/13/06: OTL (62m21s, 30/35) 4-5 OT defeat vs. Florida (Luongo).
• Signed as free agent by Phoenix Coyotes.
• 10/09/06: L (59m56s, 24/29) 1-5 defeat at Columbus (Leclaire).
• 10/11/06: - (20m, 9/11) 2-9 defeat at Detroit (Hasek) [Replaced Joseph].
• 10/19/06: L (20m, 10/13) 0-4 defeat vs. Los Angeles (Garon) [Replaced by Joseph].
• 10/24/06: L (27m16s, 6/9) 1-6 defeat at Calgary (Kiprusoff) [Replaced by Joseph].

AHL GAME DIRECTORY:

• Recalled to Toronto Roadrunners, November 2003.
• 11/15/03: W (60m, 22/24) 3-2 victory at Cleveland (Patzold).
• 11/21/03: T (65m, 31/35) 4-4 OT tie vs. Cleveland (Kotyk).
• 11/22/03: L (59m03s, 22/24) 0-3 defeat at Rochester (Miller).
• 11/23/03: L (60m, 29/32) 1-3 defeat vs. Grand Rapids (Lamothe).
• 11/26/03: W (60m, 18/19) 3-1 victory vs. Hamilton (Fichaud).
• 11/28/03: L (60m10s, 27/30) 2-3 OT defeat at Hamilton (Damphousse).
• 11/29/03: W (60m, 31/33) 4-2 victory at Manitoba (Auld).
• 12/05/03: W (60m, 23/24) 2-1 victory vs. Syracuse (Leclaire).
• 12/06/03: L (62m40s, 23/26) 2-3 OT defeat at Syracuse (Goehring).
• 12/18/03: - (12m03s, 3/3) 1-3 defeat vs. Philadelphia (Little) [Replaced Valiquette].
• 12/19/03: L (58m57s, 29/34) 3-5 defeat vs. St. John's (Tellqvist).
• 01/14/04: W (60m, 36/38) 5-2 victory at Wilkes-Barre (Chiodo, Brochu, Chiodo).
• 01/16/04: W (62m09s, 27/33) 7-6 OT victory at Syracuse (Leclaire).
• 01/17/04: - (10m32s, 7/9) 2-6 defeat at Rochester (Miller) [Replaced Valiquette, replaced by Valiquette].
• 01/23/04: W (60m, 24/24) 4-0 victory at Manitoba (Auld).
• 01/24/04: - (1m41s, 1/3) 2-4 defeat at Manitoba (Moss) [Replaced by Valiquette].
• 01/29/04: T (65m, 24/26) 2-2 OT tie vs. Syracuse (Leclaire).
• 02/04/04: W (20m, 6/7) 4-3 victory vs. Binghamton (Emery) [Replaced Valiquette].
• 02/06/04: W (60m, 36/38) 5-2 victory vs. St. John's (Tellqvist).
• 02/07/04: W (60m, 23/23) 1-0 victory vs. Rochester (Askey).
• 02/11/04: L (25m24s, 5/9) 2-5 defeat at Wilkes-Barre (Chiodo) [Replaced by Belitski].
• 02/19/04: W (60m, 28/29) 4-1 victory vs. Cleveland (Kotyk).
• 02/25/04: L (60m, 31/34) 1-3 defeat at Syracuse (Goehring).
• 03/26/04: - (13m15s, 10/11) 2-5 defeat at Cleveland (Schaefer) [Replaced Moss].
• 03/27/04: W (60m, 21/21) 3-0 victory vs. Hamilton (Damphousse).
• 04/02/04: L (58m24s, 38/40) 1-3 defeat vs. Cleveland (Schaefer).
• 04/04/04: - (14m58s, 2/3) 0-6 defeat vs. Grand Rapids (MacDonald) [Replaced Moss, replaced by Moss].
• Recalled to Edmonton Roadrunners, January 2005.
• 01/06/05: SOL (65m, 33/33) 0-1 SO defeat (4/6) vs. Rochester (Miller).
• 01/09/05: SOL (65m, 32/33) 1-2 SO defeat (2/5) at Manitoba (Auld).
• 01/10/05: - (0m11s, 0/0) 0-3 defeat vs. St. John’s (Aubin) [Replaced Moss].
• 01/15/05: L (59m20s, 21/23) 1-2 defeat at San Antonio (Scott).
• 01/19/05: L (58m22s, 34/36) 0-2 defeat at Houston (Smith).
• 01/27/05: - (18m13s, 13/13) 3-1 victory vs. Grand Rapids (MacDonald, MacIntyre) [Replaced Moss].
• 02/01/05: W (65m, 22/23) 2-1 SO victory (3/4) at Utah (LeNeveu).
• 02/04/05: W (60m, 19/19) 1-0 victory vs. Utah (Pelletier).
• 02/09/05: SOL (40m46s, 12/12) 4-5 SO defeat (2/4) at Cleveland (Patzold) [Replaced Moss].
• 02/10/05: L (60m, 29/33) 1-4 defeat at Cleveland (Schaefer).
• 02/11/05: L (47m47s, 20/23) 4-7 defeat at Hamilton (Danis) [Replaced Moss, replaced by Moss, replaced Moss].
• 02/26/05: L (58m41s, 27/31) 3-4 defeat vs. Cleveland (Schaefer).
• 03/12/05: SOL (65m, 31/33) 2-3 SO defeat (2/4) at St. John’s (Tellqvist).
• 03/16/05: SOL (65m, 33/35) 2-3 SO defeat (3/4) at Chicago (Lehtonen).
• Assigned to San Antonio Rampage, October 26, 2006.
• 11/11/06: L (39m58s, 25/33) 3-9 defeat at Hartford (Valiquette) [Replaced by Sauve].
• 11/25/06: - (20m, 5/8) 3-5 defeat vs. Grand Rapids (Howard) [Replaced by Tordjman].
• Assigned to Bridgeport Sound Tigers, September 26, 2007.
• 10/19/07: W (60m, 25/27) 4-2 victory vs. Hershey (Cassivi).
• 10/20/07: L (60m, 29/35) 1-6 defeat vs. Wilkes-Barre (Conklin).
• 11/03/07: W (60m, 42/43) 4-1 victory at Hershey (Cassivi, Machesney).
• 11/04/07: W (59m36s, 22/22) 3-0 victory vs. Norfolk (Munce).
• 11/07/07: L (59m46s, 27/31) 2-4 defeat vs. Worcester (Greiss).
• 11/21/07: L (58m58s, 26/28) 1-2 defeat at Hershey (Cassivi).
• 11/24/07: L (60m, 21/26) 2-5 defeat at Albany (Leighton).
• 12/01/07: SOW (65m, 21/24) 4-3 SO victory (3/4) vs. Lowell (Doyle).
• 12/07/07: W (60m, 19/21) 7-2 victory at Springfield (Deslauriers, Dubnyk).
• 12/12/07: L (58m22s, 25/29) 3-4 defeat vs. Albany (Peters).
• 12/15/07: W (59m54s, 32/33) 2-1 victory vs. Binghamton (Elliott).
• 12/16/07: W (60m, 23/26) 4-3 victory vs. Albany (Leighton).
• 12/19/07: W (60m, 22/22) 3-0 victory vs. Norfolk (Boutin).
• 12/22/07: L (20m19s, 6/9) 1-5 defeat vs. Manchester (Ersberg) [Replaced by MacDonald].
• 12/28/07: L (59m19s, 24/28) 2-4 defeat vs. Providence (Rask).
• 12/29/07: W (59m52s, 35/35) 2-0 victory vs. Hartford (Montoya).
• 12/31/07: W (60m, 33/35) 3-2 victory at Binghamton (Elliott).
• 01/04/08: SOW (65m, 30/33) 4-3 SO victory (3/4) at Norfolk (Denis).
• 01/06/08: L (60m, 22/28) 2-6 defeat at Philadelphia (Munroe).
• 01/11/08: L (59m08s, 29/32) 2-3 defeat at Binghamton (Glass).
• 01/12/08: W (60m, 26/28) 4-2 victory vs. Springfield (Dubnyk).
• 01/16/08: W (59m33s, 33/35) 3-2 victory at Norfolk (Denis).
• 01/26/08: SOW (64m46s, 30/33) 4-3 SO victory (4/4) vs. Philadelphia (Boucher).
• 02/01/08: L (57m41s, 30/35) 3-5 defeat at Wilkes-Barre (Curry).
• 02/08/08: W (60m, 24/26) 3-2 victory vs. Lowell (Doyle).
• 02/09/08: L (6m54s, 5/6) 2-5 defeat vs. Portland (McKenna) [Replaced MacDonald].
• 02/13/08: W (60m, 41/41) 3-0 victory vs. Worcester (Greiss).
• 02/16/08: W (60m, 40/40) 4-0 victory vs. Wilkes-Barre (Curry).
• 02/20/08: W (60m, 28/31) 4-3 victory vs. Norfolk (Denis).
• 02/24/08: SOL (65m, 26/27) 1-2 SO defeat (4/5) vs. Albany (Leighton).
• 03/02/08: W (60m, 33/34) 3-1 victory at Lowell (Doyle).
• 03/07/08: L (59m42s, 32/37) 0-5 defeat at Portland (Aubin).
• 03/12/08: L (59m25s, 35/40) 3-6 defeat vs. Binghamton (Elliott).
• 03/14/08: - (7m38s, 2/2) 1-4 defeat vs. Wilkes-Barre (Curry, Brown) [Replaced MacDonald].
• 03/15/08: W (59m49s, 30/32) 4-2 victory vs. Philadelphia (Munroe, Houle).
• 03/19/08: L (58m13s, 20/24) 2-4 defeat at Worcester (Patzold).
• 03/21/08: OTW (64m25s, 31/35) 5-4 OT victory at Worcester (Patzold).
• 03/26/08: W (59m47s, 34/36) 3-2 victory at Wilkes-Barre (Brown).
• 03/29/08: L (59m10s, 26/30) 2-4 defeat vs. Wilkes-Barre (Curry).
• 04/02/08: L (59m47s, 30/35) 1-5 defeat at Manchester (Quick).
• 04/06/08: L (58m49s, 33/38) 4-5 defeat at Philadelphia (Teslak).
• 04/11/08: W (59m47s, 27/28) 6-1 victory vs. Lowell (Caruso).
• 04/13/08: L (59m09s, 31/34) 2-3 defeat vs. Hartford (Wiikman).