Hannah Murphy

Hannah Murphy (born August 3, 2003) is a Canadian ice hockey goaltender for the Seattle Torrent of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She played college ice hockey at Colgate, where she became the program's all-time leader in shutouts and set records for best goals-against average and save percentage.^[1]

Murphy was selected 15th overall by Seattle in the 2025 PWHL Draft, becoming the first goaltender chosen.^[2] She made her PWHL debut on December 3, 2025, recording 23 saves in Seattle's first franchise victory, a 2–1 win over the New York Sirens.^[3] She was the first rookie goaltender to debut in the PWHL's 2025–26 season and only the second rookie goaltender in league history to win their debut game.^[4]

Internationally, Murphy represented Canada on the National Women's Development Team for three consecutive years (2022–2024), earning a silver medal at the 2024–25 Women's Euro Hockey Tour and recording her first international shutout against Czechia.

Born in Kingston, Ontario, to parents Rebecca and Paul Murphy, Hannah was raised about an hour north of Toronto in Bradford, Ontario.^[5][6] She has one older sister, Emily, who was also a goaltender and served as a role model for Murphy.^[7][8]

Murphy began playing hockey at age four and became a goaltender almost immediately, volunteering to play the position when her team's goalie was injured or sick, and never took the pads off since.^[9] She attended Bradford District High School where she was a multi-sport athlete, competing in hockey, volleyball, and track and field.^[10] She played in the Ontario Provincial Women's Hockey League prior to college, playing seven seasons with the Aurora Panthers and five seasons with the Napanee Crunch.^[1] She also played AA hockey with the Central York Panthers and the Toronto Arrows.^[11]

Murphy played four years of NCAA Division I hockey with Colgate University on a full athletic scholarship. She helped win three ECAC Hockey tournament championships and a regular season championship. She led ECAC in save percentage her final three seasons, achieving a career-best .947 SV% in her senior year, while making 30.2 saves per game (the highest in the conference).^[1]

Murphy received the Goalie of the Month award for the week of February 1, 2024 for boasting a 5-0-0 record with 98 saves, allowing only 3 goals, and achieving 3 shutouts in 4 games.^[12] She was named to the Women's Hockey Commissioners Association Goalie of the Year Watchlist three seasons in a row (2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25)..^[1][13][10]

Murphy graduated holding the Colgate program records for shutouts (15), wins in a season, best goals against average (season and career), and best save percentage (season and career). She served as the captain her senior year.^[1][14]

Murphy declared for the 2025 PWHL Draft and was considered a top goalie prospect.^[1][15] She was drafted in the second round, fifteenth overall, by PWHL Seattle.^[16] On July 16, 2025, she signed a two-year contract with Seattle.^[17] On November 28, 2025, the Torrent played their inaugural home opener at Climate Pledge Arena against the Minnesota Frost, drawing a record crowd of 16,014 fans. This broke the attendance record for the largest crowd at a women's hockey game in a U.S. arena and set the highest attended home venue game in PWHL history.^[18][19]

Murphy made her professional debut on December 3, 2025 during a mid-week home game against the New York Sirens in front of 8,622 fans. She made 23 saves in the Torrent's first franchise win, a 2-1 victory.^[20][21] Murphy allowed only one goal, scored by Paetyn Levis at 3:15 of the first period, and faced her former Colgate teammate Kayle Osborne in the opposing net.^[22] The Seattle crowd chanted Murphy's name throughout the game in recognition of her performance.^[23] Murphy said of the experience: "It was an awesome experience, starting in the locker room with all the girls being so supportive, and then coming out to the Seattle fanbase was unbelievable and unlike anything I've ever experienced. To cap it off with the win was awesome."^[24] With the victory, Murphy became the first rookie goaltender to debut in the PWHL's 2025-26 season and the second rookie goaltender in PWHL history to win their first game, following Boston's Emma Söderberg on January 17, 2024.^[25] The Torrent won the game with two power play goals in the final 1:24 of the third period, scored by Alex Carpenter and Hilary Knight.^[26]

Murphy was selected to Canada's National Women's Development Team for three consecutive years beginning in 2022.^[27] In August 2022, Murphy attended Hockey Canada's National Women's Program selection camp in Calgary.^[28] During the 11-day camp, she played alongside and against the Canadian women who had won Olympic gold just months earlier^[29] and earned a spot on the National Women's Development Team and competed in a three-game series against the United States in August 2022 at WinSport's Canada Olympic Park, where she made one appearance and stopped 32 shots with a .889 save percentage.^[30][31] Murphy returned to the development team in August 2023 for the Collegiate Select Series against the United States, making two starts and recording 69 saves with a .884 save percentage.^[32] In August 2024, Murphy was named to Canada's National Women's Development Team for a third consecutive year for a three-game series against the United States in Lake Placid, New York.^[33][34]

Following the summer series, she was selected to represent Canada at the 2024–25 Women's Euro Hockey Tour Six Nations Tournament in Tampere, Finland in December 2024.^[35][36] Murphy achieved her first international career shutout against Czechia at the tournament, where Canada won a silver medal.^[11][37][38] Prior to the tournament, Murphy recorded 78 saves in two games against the United States in August 2024.^[39]

NCAA

• ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team – 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24^[40]
• ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week – November 29, 2021^[41]
• ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Month – February 2022^[42]
• ECAC Hockey All-Tournament Team – 2022–23^[43]
• ECAC Hockey Second Team – 2022–23^[44]
• Women's Hockey Commissioners Association Goalie of the Year Watchlist – 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25^[1][45]
• ECAC Hockey Goalie of the Week – January 10, 2023^[46]
• ECAC Hockey All-Third Team – 2023–24^[47]
• ECAC Hockey Goalie of the Week – January 3, 2024^[48]
• ECAC Hockey Goalie of the Month – January 2024^[49]
• Hockey Commissioners Association Goalie of the Month – January 2024^[50]
• Women's Hockey Commissioners Association Goalie of the Year Semifinalist – 2024^[51]
• ECAC Hockey Goalie of the Week – March 4, 2025^[52]
• ECAC Hockey Second Team – 2024–25^[53]

• Women's Euro Hockey Tour – Silver Medal (2024)^[54]

• Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or ThePWHL.com
• Hannah Murphy at Colgate Raiders