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{{short description|American ice hockey player}}
{{for|the Roman Catholic priest|Paul K. Hurley}}
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{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = 
| caption = 
| image_size = 230px
| played_for = [[Boston Bruins]]<br>[[New England Whalers]]<br>[[Edmonton Oilers]]<br>[[Calgary Cowboys]]
| ntl_team = United States
| position = [[Defenceman|Defense]]
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 11
| weight_lb = 185
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|07|12}}
| birth_place = [[Melrose, Massachusetts|Melrose]], [[Massachusetts]], [[United States|U.S.]]
| career_start = 1969
| career_end = 1977
}}
'''Paul Michael Hurley''' (born July 12, 1946) is an American professional [[ice hockey]] player who played 477 games in the [[World Hockey Association]] and 1 game in the [[National Hockey League]] between 1969 and 1977. He also played for the [[United States men's national ice hockey team|American national team]] at the [[1968 Winter Olympics]].

==High school==
At Melrose High School, he was a 3-time Middlesex all-star, 2-time first-team all-scholastic, 2-time first-team high school all-American, and 2-time award winner as the outstanding defenseman for the New England schoolboy tournament. Paul was part of the school's undefeated 1962 team that won the Middlesex league, State, and New England schoolboy hockey champions. During 1963 at Melrose High School, Paul tied for the league scoring championship while playing defense. He was first-team Middlesex all-star, all-State, and New England tournament all-star (for 2 years straight), scoring 26 goals. Paul was inducted into the first Melrose High School Sports Hall of Fame.

Paul went to Deerfield Academy for 1-year postgraduate in 1964. He had 31 goals as a defenseman and was recognized as a first-team all-prep all-star.

==College==
During his freshman year at Boston College, he led the freshman Boston College Eaglets with 22 goals in 18 games as a defenseman. During his junior year, the only year he played forward, Hurley scored 32 goals in 28 games and had 6 [[hat trick]]s. During his college career, he was an All-New England, All-East, and first-team All-American award recipient.  During his senior year, Paul was recognized as the Boston College team MVP and was a first-team All-American defenseman. Paul was later inducted into the Boston College Sports Hall of Fame.

==International==
While playing hockey at Boston College, Hurley was also a member of the [[United States men's national ice hockey team]] for two years, playing in the [[1967 Ice Hockey World Championships]] and the [[Ice hockey at the 1968 Winter Olympics|1968 Winter Olympics]].

==National Hockey League==
At the end of his senior year of college hockey, Hurley was signed as a free agent by the [[Boston Bruins]]. He played his first and only NHL professional hockey game on March 30, 1969. During that game, Hurley and [[Ron Murphy]] assisted on [[Phil Esposito]]'s 48th goal of the season making the Bruins the first team to reach 300 goals in a season; they finished with 303 goals.

==World Hockey Association==
Paul started his WHA career with the [[New England Whalers]] in 1972-1973 and was part of the team's [[AVCO Cup]] champions of the World Hockey Association. In 1975, while with the Whalers, Paul won the team's Unsung Hero Award.

He played for the [[New England Whalers]], [[Edmonton Oilers]] and [[Calgary Cowboys]].

==Career statistics==
===Regular season and playoffs===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! colspan="5"|[[Regular season]]
! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! colspan="5"|[[Playoffs]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! [[Season (sports)|Season]]
! Team
! League
! GP !! [[Goal (ice hockey)|G]] !! [[Assist (ice hockey)|A]] !! [[Point (ice hockey)|Pts]] !! [[Penalty (ice hockey)|PIM]]
! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM
|-
| 1962–63
| [[Melrose High School (Massachusetts)|Melrose High School]]
| HS-MA
| — || — || — || — || —
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1963–64
| [[Deerfield Academy]]
| HS-MA
| — || — || — || — || —
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1964–65 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season|1964–65]]
| [[Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey|Boston College]]
| [[ECAC Hockey|ECAC]]
| 18 || 22 || 13 || 35 || —
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1965–66 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season|1965–66]]
| Boston College
| ECAC
| 27 || 9 || 26 || 35 || 22
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1966–67 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season|1966–67]]
| Boston College
| ECAC
| 28 || 32 || 23 || 55 || 12
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1966–67
| Concord Coachmen
| Exhib
| 4 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 6
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| 1966–67
| [[United States men's national ice hockey team|United States National Team]]
| Intl
| 21 || 9 || 7 || 16 || 6
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1967–68
| Concord Eastern Olympics
| NEnHL
| 21 || 9 || 7 || 16 || 6
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1968–69 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season|1968–69]]
| Boston College
| ECAC
| 26 || 14 || 28 || 42 || 22
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1968–69 CHL season|1968–69]]
| [[Oklahoma City Blazers (1965–1977)|Oklahoma City Blazers]]
| [[Central Professional Hockey League|CHL]]
| 6 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 4
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1968–69 NHL season|1968–69]]
| [[Boston Bruins]]
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1969–70 CHL season|1969–70]]
| Oklahoma City Blazers
| CHL
| 69 || 6 || 26 || 32 || 109
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1970–71 CHL season|1970–71]]
| Oklahoma City Blazers
| CHL
| 43 || 5 || 12 || 17 || 47
| 5 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 8
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1971–72 AHL season|1971–72]]
| [[Boston Braves (AHL)|Boston Braves]]
| [[American Hockey League|AHL]]
| 74 || 7 || 28 || 35 || 65
| 9 || 0 || 4 || 4 || 8
|-
| [[1972–73 WHA season|1972–73]]
| [[New England Whalers]]
| [[World Hockey Association|WHA]]
| 78 || 3 || 15 || 18 || 58
| 15 || 0 || 7 || 7 || 14
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1973–74 WHA season|1973–74]]
| New England Whalers
| WHA
| 52 || 3 || 11 || 14 || 21
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1974–75 WHA season|1974–75]]
| New England Whalers
| WHA
| 75 || 3 || 26 || 29 || 36
| 6 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 4
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1975–76 WHA season|1975–76]]
| New England Whalers
| WHA
| 46 || 0 || 14 || 14 || 20
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1975–76 WHA season|1975–76]]
| [[Edmonton Oilers]]
| WHA
| 26 || 1 || 4 || 5 || 14
| 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1976–77 WHA season|1976–77]]
| [[Calgary Cowboys]]
| WHA
| 34 || 0 || 6 || 6 || 32
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | WHA totals
! 311 !! 10 !! 76 !! 86 !! 181
! 25 !! 0 !! 8 !! 8 !! 18
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals
! 1 !! 0 !! 1 !! 1 !! 0
! — !! — !! — !! — !! —
|}

===International===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" ID="Table3" style="text-align:center; width:40em"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Year
! Team
! Event
! rowspan="102" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM
|-
| [[Ice hockey at the 1968 Winter Olympics|1968]]
| [[United States men's national ice hockey team|United States]]
| [[Ice hockey at the Olympics|OLY]]
| 7 || 3 || 3 || 6 || 0
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="4"| Senior totals
! 7 !! 3 !! 3 !! 6 !! 0
|}

== Awards and honors ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Award
! Year
|-
| All-[[ECAC Hockey]] [[List of All-ECAC Hockey Teams#First Team|First Team]]
| [[1968–69 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1968–69]]
|-
| [[American Hockey Coaches Association|AHCA]] [[List of Division I AHCA All-American Teams|East All-American]]
| [[1968–69 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1968–69]]
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[List of players who played only one game in the NHL]]

==References==
*{{icehockeystats|legends=13044}}

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[[Category:1946 births]]
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[[Category:AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans]]
[[Category:American men's ice hockey defensemen]]
[[Category:Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey players]]
[[Category:Boston Braves (AHL) players]]
[[Category:Boston Bruins players]]
[[Category:Calgary Cowboys players]]
[[Category:Edmonton Oilers (WHA) players]]
[[Category:Ice hockey people from Middlesex County, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Ice hockey players from Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Ice hockey players at the 1968 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:New England Whalers players]]
[[Category:Oklahoma City Blazers (1965–1977) players]]
[[Category:Olympic ice hockey players for the United States]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Everett, Massachusetts]]