Iconic Calgary Flames trainer Jim ‘Bearcat’ Murray passes away at 89

Beloved Calgary Flames athletic therapist and creator Jim “Bearcat” Murray died on the age of 89, in line with the hockey group.

In accordance with a information launch, Murray died Tuesday morning.

“A lifelong Albertan, Murray was born in Vulcan in 1933 and moved to Okotoks in 1937, the place he and his household rapidly established themselves as devoted group members,” the Calgary Flames wrote.

Inside Okotoks, you can even discover the Murray Enviornment, named after the Calgary Flames alumnus who joined the hockey group in 1980 as the pinnacle athletic coach.

Bearcat, who was self-taught in line with the Flames information launch, held the place with the Flames till 1996 when he retired. Earlier to that, he was a coach for the Calgary Centennials and Wranglers of the Western Hockey League. He then would go on to work with the Calgary Cowboys of the World Hockey Affiliation and labored as an assistant coach for the Calgary Stampeders earlier than making his NHL debut.

Successful the Stanley Cup with the workforce in 1989 was a profession spotlight for the Albertan, together with being inducted into the Hockey Corridor of Fame within the athletic coach class in 2009.

The Flames say that after his retirement, Murray served as a group ambassador in Calgary.

3:23Bearcat Murray excursions the Corral