Bryan Murray is facing the toughest fight of his life. And he’s determined to battle this one head-on.

Speaking for the first time publicly in a glimpse at his cancer treatment with TSN’s Michael Farber, the Senators GM confirmed in a segment that aired on Thursday night that he is battling Stage 4 colon cancer.

Murray also has spots on his lung and liver. The doctors are hopeful the treatments will lengthen his life.

“There is no cure for me at this point,” Murray said in the powerful five-minute story that aired on TSN5’s pre-game show before the Senators-Oilers match last night. “The word is we’ll keep doing chemo and, hopefully, reduce the tumours and the effect and I’ll get some time out of that.”

Accompanied by Farber, a former Sports Illustrated columnist and a cancer survivor himself, to one of his regular chemotherapy treatments at The Ottawa Hospital, Murray opened up about his disease.

“It’s a battle. There’s no question,” Murray said. “There’s a lot of emotion involved in it. There’s a lot of down days. You try not to have too many.

“There are a lot of good days and you try to have more of them.”

Following the game Thursday, Senators coach Paul MacLean was asked about the revelations made by Murray regarding his battle with cancer.

"The team obviously has tremendous respect for Bryan, and the fight he has in front of him and is going through," said MacLean. "The team stands behind him 100%.

"We're all going to be there with him and help him as best we can. I think the story he told (on TV), we haven't been able to see it ourselves yet, but we know the type of person that he is ... it was very well done. We're all there and we're all standing behind him."

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Murray was given the news by doctors on June 23, only four days before the NHL entry draft was held on June 27-28 in Philadelphia.

“The doctor told me very matter of factly that I had ... colon cancer, it was in my liver and I had some on my lung. It was very serious and I had to get into treatment right away,” Murray said.

A father of two, Murray said the doctors told him he may have had cancer for seven-to-10 years.

“The frustrating part — and I’ve said this to several doctors since then — is, ‘How come there were no signs?’ ” Murray said.

“When you hear that you’ve had cancer for possibly up to 10 years and there were no signs ... Obviously, because of the Stage 4, it had moved through my body.”

The diagnosis has also been difficult for Murray to swallow because Farber notes this may have been prevented had he underwent a colonoscopy.

Murray sent a message to those who haven’t had one to go to their doctors.

“I didn’t have a colonoscopy, which I should have had,” he said.

“I don’t know why I didn’t. One of the comments that came back to me on a regular basis were, ‘You’re healthy, you’re from a family that hasn’t had any disease whatsoever, we can maybe wait.’

“But that’s also my fault in that I should have demanded (one) or at least asked for it, but like a lot of men do, I put it off.”

Murray then reiterated the importance of the checkup.

“A simple colonoscopy, in my case, probably would have solved the problem that I have,” he said.

Murray, who is at the rink regularly and is actively involved in day-to-day operations of the team, is shown sitting at a computer in the hospital answering questions.

“Every time we come in for chemo, we do this. It gives the nurse and the doctor an impression of what you’re all about,” Murray said. “Am I depressed? Not with you guys here (the TSN crew), I’m not depressed.”

Murray said he will try to serve as a spokesman for the disease.

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“We want to be part of the solution. People in hockey are affected by cancer as well as outside of it and we want the message to get to people,” said Murray.

“You’ve got to be aware of what’s going on with your body. People should get checked by the doctor regularly, should have their medicals, should have a colonoscopy that will at least give you the signs of helping you prevent it.”

Murray, who will turn 72 next month, won’t complain about his situation.

“When you go to the clinic on a regular basis and you see the young people who haven’t really had their life or haven’t really had the time they need or deserve, how can you really feel sorry for yourself?” Murray asked.

Farber noted that Murray has never been a fan of the shootout, so his best bet is to push this battle to overtime.

“That’s all you can do — and I hate shootouts,” said Murray. “Let’s go to extra overtime and keep playing like the game that we played (against the Islanders) many years ago and it went to four overtime periods.

“Let’s keep it going as long as we can and be as healthy as we can for that time and enjoy what we have as we do it.”

Brave words from a brave man.

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