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Evergreen Park Cheers On Native Olympic Hero Abbey Murphy And Team USA In Gold Medal Win In Women's Hockey
Before she skated for Team USA, she was a little girl on an all-boys team – the St. Jude Knights – coached by Kruzich and Reardon.
February 20, 2026
All eyes were glued to the TVs at a pizzeria in Evergreen Park on Thursday as fans cheered on hometown Olympian Abbey Murphy and Team USA in a thrilling overtime win in the gold medal game against Canada in women's hockey.
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Next to an ice rink in Milan, Barraco's Pizza in Evergreen Park might be the best place to watch women's Olympic hockey. Murphy is an Evergreen Park native who grew up just blocks away from Barraco's.
She was already a silver medalist after the 2022 Winter Olympics, so it was no surprise some of her biggest fans got together at Barraco's on Thursday to cheer her on.
