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| Troy Murray |
“I want to let everyone know of the challenge that I’m currently facing,” Murray said in a statement. “I have been diagnosed with cancer. With the love and support of my family, friends, the Wirtz family, the Chicago Blackhawks organization and radio WGN 720 AM, I’m confident that together we will beat this.
“I look forward to being in the booth calling Blackhawk games in front of the most passionate and energetic fans in all of hockey. My family and I appreciate privacy during this time as we fight this challenge.”
Neither Murray nor the Hawks specified what type of cancer he has or provided any other details about his current condition.
Hawks CEO Danny Wirtz said in the team’s release that “Troy Murray has the full support of the Chicago Blackhawks organization as he begins his treatments. He was a tough player on the ice and is as passionate as they come in the broadcast booth. We know he will fight cancer with the same vigor that has endeared himself to so many.
“The entire Blackhawks family will be right beside Troy, offering whatever support and care that he, his wife, Konnie, and his children, Blake, Julia and Phoebe, need every step of the way.”
Murray will enter his 22nd year as a Hawks broadcaster and 14th as a radio color analyst. He and on-air partners John Wiedeman and Judd Sirott won the Illinois Broadcasters Association’s Silver Dome Awards for “best radio play-by-play” in the Chicago market in 2011, ‘14, ‘15 and ‘17.
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