Matt Murray finished a set of lunges, his legs wobbly and exhausted, and ventured outside for a breath of fresh air. The gym where Murray works out here, in Thunder Bay, sits along the Kaministiquia River, near the base of Mount McKay, a postcard-perfect view.

The gym itself is bare bones — located in the basement of an old warehouse next to a scrap yard — but its simple design in such a beautiful location provides a dichotomy that isn’t all that dissimilar to what Murray has encountered in his NHL career thus far..........

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