Mike Morrison

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This article is about the American ice hockey player. For other persons of the same name, see Michael Morrison.

Position	Goaltender
Catches	Left
Nickname(s)	Batman
Height Weight	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 203 lb (92 kg/14.5 st)
AHL Team F. Teams	Bridgeport Sound Tigers Phoenix Coyotes Edmonton Oilers Ottawa Senators
Nationality	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Born	July 11 1979 (1979-07-11) (age 30), Medford, MA, U.S.
NHL Draft	186th overall, 1998 Edmonton Oilers
Pro Career	2002 – present

Mike Morrison (born July 11, 1979 in Medford, Massachusetts) is a professional ice hockey goaltender. He currently plays for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the American Hockey League.

[edit] Playing career

Morrison was drafted in the 7th round, 186th overall by the Edmonton Oilers in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft.

Morrison then played for the University of Maine for 4 years he spent time playing for the ECHL's Columbus Cottonmouths, Greenville Grrrowl and the AHL with the Edmonton Road Runners.

After the NHL lockout, Morrison was given a chance to play in the NHL when goaltenders Ty Conklin and Jussi Markkanen were unable to carry for the Edmonton Oilers. In Morrison's first career NHL start, he stopped 31 shots to put his team on top 5-2 against the home team, the Colorado Avalanche. After that great performance in Denver, he earned more respect from teammates and coaches and received more starts. He had a great run and quietly became the Oiler's starting goaltender. After a few weeks of great play, his magic started wearing down and proved to be hot and cold like his teammates, Conklin and Markkanen, also known as the Conkkanen duo. On March 7th 2006, Oilers head coach Craig MacTavish made a controversial decision of replacing Conklin with Morrison before heading into a shootout during a game against the rival Dallas Stars. The Oilers ended up losing that game by a shootout goal by Jussi Jokinen. On March 8th, 2006 the Edmonton Oilers had finally gotten their goaltending solution by trading their 1st round pick in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft to the Minnesota Wild for goaltender Dwayne Roloson.

As Edmonton had to unload a goaltender and couldn't find a trade partner, they had placed Mike Morrison on waivers. He was picked up by the Ottawa Senators to back up Ray Emery.

On July 2, 2006, he was signed as a free agent by the Phoenix Coyotes to back up former Oilers starter Curtis Joseph and work with former Oiler greats, head coach Wayne Gretzky, and goalie coach Grant Fuhr.

After posting a 0-3 record, a 6.14 Goals Against Average and a .790 Save Percentage, Morrison was placed on waivers once again. He wasn't picked up and was sent to the minors.

He will be a Restricted Free Agent on July 1st 2007.

[edit] Regular season


Season	Team	League	GP	W	L	T	MIN	GA	SO	GAA
1997-98	Exeter Academy	High School	27	15	11	2	1632	64	1	2.35
1998-99	University of Maine	Hockey East	11	3	0	1	347	10	1	1.73
1999-00	University of Maine	Hockey East	12	7	2	1	608	27	1	2.66
2000-01	University of Maine	Hockey East	10	2	3	3	490	16	1	1.96
2001-02	University of Maine	Hockey East	30	20	3	4	1645	60	2	2.19
2002-03	Columbus Cottonmouths	ECHL	38	9	18	6	1948	113	1	3.48
2003-04	Toronto Roadrunners	AHL	27	12	8	2	1309	55	3	2.52
2004-05	Greenville Grrrowl	ECHL	26	13	10	0	1576	72	1	2.74
2004-05	Edmonton Road Runners	AHL	14	2	5	5	728	21	2	1.73
2005-06	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	20	10	4	2	891	42	0	2.83
2005-06	Ottawa Senators	NHL	4	1	0	1	207	12	0	3.48
2006-07	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL	4	0	3	0	127	13	0	6.13
2006-07	San Antonio Rampage	AHL	2	0	1	0	60	11	0	11.01
2006-07	Phoenix RoadRunners	ECHL	27	9	12	3	1423	80	1	3.73
NHL career totals			29	11	7	3	1226	67	0	3.27