Abbey Murphy

Abigail Murphy (born April 14, 2002) is an American college ice hockey player for the Seattle Torrent of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She was previously the captain for the University of Minnesota of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

As a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team, Murphy is a two-time World Championship gold medalist (2023, 2025), 2022 Olympic silver medalist and 2026 Olympic gold medalist. At the 2023 IIHF Women's World Championship, Murphy set the tournament record for fastest goal in history, scoring seven seconds into a game against Switzerland.

In college hockey, she ranks among Minnesota's all-time leaders in goals and holds the program record for most career game-winning goals. In January 2026, she produced a widely acclaimed assist against Minnesota State that went viral, batting a bouncing puck through a defender's legs at full speed before feeding her teammate for a goal. Murphy was selected second overall in the 2026 PWHL Draft by the Seattle Torrent.

Early life Murphy was born in Evergreen Park, Illinois, to Lynne and Edward Murphy. Her mother played college softball and her two older brothers, Patrick and Dominic, also competed in college athletics.

Murphy began playing hockey at the age of seven after watching her neighbor, Tom Pratl, play the sport in his backyard. She asked her parents to buy her roller blades, and Pratl taught her how to skate. She first joined the St. Jude Knights Hockey Club in Crestwood, Illinois, where she was one of just a handful of girls on the team. At age 10, she joined the Chicago Mission, a USA Hockey Tier I AAA program in Woodridge, Illinois. Murphy often practiced with older teams and her father would bring her to the rink and stay as long as she wanted. Murphy played for the Chicago Mission for about seven or eight years. A multi-sport athlete, she also played baseball, softball, lacrosse, volleyball, and basketball growing up.

Playing career College Murphy began her college ice hockey career at the University of Minnesota in 2020, playing for the Gophers. In her freshman season, Murphy appeared in all 20 games and recorded eight goals and 10 assists for 18 points, ranking second on the team in both categories. She scored a hat trick against St. Cloud State on November 22, 2022, She led the nation in game-winning goals with seven and in shots with 242. Murphy became a top-10 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award. She earned her second consecutive WCHA Forward of the Month Award after she finished the month with six goals, four assists and 10 points to lead the league in scoring during December. On March 7, 2024, Murphy scored her 100th career goal in the WCHA Final Faceoff Semifinal against Ohio State. She was named team captain for the 2024–25 season. The play was called "the greatest assist of all time" by hockey analyst John Buccigross and went viral across social media. On June 29, 2026, it was announced that Murphy, along with Chloe Primerano and Caitlin Kraemer, would be attending the development camp of the National Hockey League's Edmonton Oilers alongside the team's prospects and other camp invites.

International play

Murphy has represented the United States at both the youth and senior national team levels.

Junior Murphy represented the United States at the 2018, 2019, and 2020 IIHF World Women's U18 Championships, scoring a total of 13 points in 15 games and winning gold twice and silver once. At the 2020 event, she became the second player in history to score a goal in three consecutive World U18 Championship gold medal games, after Kendall Coyne Schofield.

Senior World Championships Murphy made her senior debut for the United States at the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship, earning a silver medal. The goal broke the previous record of 13 seconds set in 1994. After Abby Roque won the opening faceoff, Murphy sped past two Swiss defenders and fired a shot past goaltender Saskia Maurer.

At the 2024 IIHF Women's World Championship in Utica, New York, Murphy recorded three goals and five assists for eight points over seven games as the United States earned the silver medal. She scored a goal and added an assist in a 5–3 victory over Finland in group play on April 6. In the quarterfinals on April 11, Murphy scored two goals in a 10–0 victory over Japan.

Murphy helped the United States win the gold medal at the 2025 IIHF Women's World Championship in České Budějovice, Czech Republic, defeating defending champion Canada 4–3 in overtime (the longest overtime game in tournament history). On April 11, 2025, Murphy scored two goals in the United States' 4–0 victory over host Czechia before a sellout crowd of 5,859 at Budvar Arena. Murphy opened the scoring with a power-play one-timer from the left circle with 5:02 remaining in the first period, and added her second goal at 6:58 of the second period by collecting her own rebound. The tournament set an all-time attendance record with 122,331 fans over 12 days. At age 19, she was the youngest forward on the U.S. team. Murphy recorded one assist in seven games as the United States won the silver medal.

On January 2, 2026, Murphy was named to Team USA's roster to compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics. On February 10, Abbey Murphy had three assists in a 5-0 win versus Canada, marking the first time that Canada have been shutout in women's ice hockey at the Olympic Games.

Rivalry Series

Murphy competed in the 2025–26 Rivalry Series against Canada in November and December 2025, recording five goals and eight points across four games as the United States swept the series 4–0. On November 6, 2025, she scored a hat trick in a 4–1 victory in Cleveland, with all three goals assisted by Taylor Heise. It was the first hat trick by an American against Canada since Hilary Knight in the 2023 World Championship gold medal game. On December 11, 2025, Murphy recorded two goals in a 10–4 victory over Canada in Edmonton, Alberta, marking the first time the Canadian women's national ice hockey team allowed 10 goals in a loss to the United States.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2020–21 University of Minnesota WCHA 20 8 10 18 26 — — — — — 2022–23 University of Minnesota WCHA 38 29 21 50 59 — — — — — 2023–24 University of Minnesota WCHA 39 33 29 62 118 — — — — — 2024–25 University of Minnesota WCHA 42 33 32 65 87 — — — — — NCAA totals 139 103 62 195 290 — — — — —

International

Awards and honors Honors Year RefCollege WCHA All-Rookie team 2021 WCHA All-Tournament Team 2023 All-WCHA third team 2023 All-WCHA second team 2024