Hannah Murphy

Hannah Murphy's professional debut arrived before most rookies even unpack their bags. On December 3, 2025, the Kingston, Ontario native stepped into net for the Seattle Torrent and turned aside 23 shots in a 2–1 victory over the New York Sirens — the first win in franchise history. 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.

Murphy grew up in Kingston and came to the game through a familiar path: an older sister who played goal. Once she pulled on the pads herself, she never wanted to take them off. As a child, she trained in the Greater Toronto area — where access to goaltending coaches was plentiful — and deliberately delayed specializing in hockey, spending her earlier years playing basketball, volleyball, and other sports throughout high school. She grew up watching Carey Price, and on episode 341 of the InGoal Radio podcast she described what drew her to him: "I just loved his style of play... I love his calmness in the net. Just his execution on the most technical things is unbelievable." ^[1]

At Colgate University, Murphy became the program's all-time leader in shutouts and set records for best goals-against average and save percentage. The numbers Kevin Woodley cited on the InGoal podcast — a .937 save percentage and a 73-16-1 record — arrived in the context of a question about how Murphy shared the crease with fellow goaltender Kaley Osborne, herself a future professional ^[1]. Murphy described the arrangement as a growth opportunity rather than a competition, noting she learned from watching Osborne in practice the same way she would later learn from watching her Seattle teammates. For her final season at Colgate, Murphy served as team captain — an uncommon role for a goaltender, though she noted that media timeouts gave her windows to stay connected to the bench, and that her approach to managing the pace of play helped a younger roster find its footing.

Puck handling became a signature part of her game at Colgate under then-head coach Greg Fargo, himself a former goaltender, who built it into the team's systems and encouraged Murphy to embrace the skill even through mistakes. She worked with goalie coach Chris Cobb of Top Prospect Goaltending during her college years.

Murphy was selected 15th overall by Seattle in the 2025 PWHL Draft — the first goaltender chosen that year. The pick took her across the continent from her Ontario hometown to the Pacific Northwest. Internationally, she represented Canada on the National Women's Development Team for three consecutive years from 2022 to 2024, earning a silver medal at the 2024–25 Women's Euro Hockey Tour and recording her first international shutout against Czechia.

In Seattle, Murphy works with goalie coach Sheldon, whom she had encountered previously during her time with the national development team. Her Torrent crease-mates — identified in the podcast as CJ and Schroeds — bring different physical profiles to the position, and Murphy described studying all three approaches as part of her ongoing development ^[1]. Facing teammates like five-time Olympian Hillary Knight in practice, she told InGoal, provides a daily measuring stick. When asked about the biggest adjustment from college to the PWHL, she pointed to net-front play and the ability of professional players to change angles and elevate shots off rebounds in ways that college players typically do not ^[1].

On episode 341, Murphy also talked about the mental scaffolding she brings into each game — three technical focal points she identifies before a start, the role of routines in staying grounded in loud buildings, and why she describes her own game as "a pretty calm technical goaltender" who plays a positional style but will set that aside when compete demands it ^[1]. The conversation ranged from her childhood sporting background and goaltending idols to her one admitted piece of gear customization: a floating tee modification on her catching glove, sourced through a company called Goaliemod, that she described as making her glove close "like butter."

InGoal Magazine has covered Hannah Murphy in one podcast appearance.