Now she will get the chance to do so again — 16 months after the Ice Fernz’ last foray on to the rink.
The side’s Auckland-based captain will be one of the stars on show during Saturday’s intrasquad game at the Dunedin Ice Stadium.
It will be part of a camp which also includes the New Zealand under-18 and under-20 women’s ice hockey teams.
It will be the first time the group has been together since the world championships in February last year.
It will also be a rare opportunity to see New Zealand's top women’s players on the ice all at once.
Murray (30) said the women’s game was steadily growing in junior grades throughout New Zealand.
Encouraging girls to get into the sport was a focus and games such as this weekend’s could help with that.
‘‘I don’t think it’s the type of sport girls would typically look at and think, ‘I want to play that’,’’ Murray said.
‘‘I think it is something you have to see other women and girls playing and think, ‘Oh, that looks really cool’.
‘‘It’s just getting it out there so people can see it’s not just a men’s sport, and we have just as much fun and speed and skill doing it, too.’’
Breaking down stereotypes could be key to that.
Ice hockey has a reputation as a physical, sometimes violent, game.
However, Murray said it was not as scary as it was perceived to be and it was a fun and exciting game.
The women’s game in particular does not have the checks, or open ice hits, that the men’s game has.
Murray began playing at the age of 18, coming from an inline hockey background — a similar game played on rollerskates.
She first made the Ice Fernz in 2013 and became captain three years later.
She plays for Auckland in the national league, and has played in Washington DC at what she said was a ‘‘pretty high level’’.
It is her work as a neuroscientist — which she does through the University of Auckland — that led her to spend time in the United States.
Murray’s current research centres on a form of dementia linked to repetitive head injuries.
Much had been made of the issue in American football.
Murray was looking at it from a New Zealand perspective and contact sports played in this country, such as rugby.
She said it was important as it was unknown exactly what the long-term risks of repeated head knocks and concussions were.
Despite that, she said sports were moving in the right direction in terms of safety measures, but there was still more work to do.
This weekend’s game begins at 5.50pm. Entry is free.
