{"id":87119,"date":"2026-02-14T11:01:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T14:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/usas-abbey-murphy-at-center-of-chippy-olympic-hockey-win-vs-italy\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T11:01:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T14:01:29","slug":"usas-abbey-murphy-at-center-of-chippy-olympic-hockey-win-vs-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/usas-abbey-murphy-at-center-of-chippy-olympic-hockey-win-vs-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"USA’s Abbey Murphy at center of chippy Olympic hockey win vs. Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"


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MILAN — The U.S. women’s hockey team knows that as heavy Olympic favorites, things can get chippy on the ice — and Team USA isn’t afraid to fight back.<\/p>\n

Abbey Murphy was once again in the middle of the action, drawing and taking penalties as Team USA cruised to a 6-0 win over host Italy<\/a> to advance to its seventh straight Olympic semifinal.<\/p>\n

“A little spicy,” U.S. forward Taylor Heise said. “I don’t want to say too much about it, but I think at the end of the day, we had to play a specific style of hockey, and we’re willing to form to whatever we need to do to be successful.”<\/p>\n

It was a pattern of antics that annoyed the U.S. players, as well as coach John Wroblewski, who, at one point, got into a jawing match with the Italian coaches. Later, he griped about the officials not giving his team a fair shake.<\/p>\n