As a new fan to the NHL and the Utah Mammoth I explore the sport and well as the people involved. I am in my infancy as a hockey fan but I am a 25 year veteran of genealogy research. I have researched players, coaches, broadcasters, and journalists to learn more about them and their families. I found so much great information I wanted to share.
Megan Keller's Historic OT Winner: More Than Just a Goal
Megan Keller scored the overtime winner that won Olympic gold for Team USA — the first American ever to do it in a gold medal game. But this episode isn't about the highlight reel. I dug into her family tree to answer a question I keep getting asked: is Megan Keller actually related to NHL star Clayton Keller? The answer traces back through a Pennsylvania lumber boomtown, a WWII Navy veteran, Polish immigrants, a surprise Canadian crossing — and, it turns out, a direct line to Polish and Lithuanian royalty.
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19 Sept 2026
Hockey Related: Year Two — Questions, Updates & What's Next
Why does Hockey Related only feature American and Canadian players? What happens when a featured player's family says no? And how did Mikhail Sergachev end up married in under ten minutes, the day he flew back for training camp?
In this Year Two preview, I answer the questions I get askedmost, share the story behind Sean Durzi's family — who trace back to a city under Ottoman rule before it became part of Israel in 1948 — and catch you up on the Hockey Related alumni: Clayton Keller's whirlwind year, Alex Kerfoot'snew baby, Keith Tkachuk's Hockey Hall of Fame election, and Eddie Olczyk's decision to step away from the broadcast booth.
This isn't just an update. It's a look behind the research.
It's Hockey Related.
In this episode you'll hear:
Why the show has focused on North American players so far and where that's headed
The Sergachev wedding story, from a two-day plan to a 2026 baby announcement
Sean Durzi's family history and the limits of thegenealogical record
How I choose who to feature — and the one person who asked me not to
Updates on Clayton Keller, Alex Kerfoot, Keith Tkachuk, and Eddie Olczyk
What's coming in Season Two
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10 Apr 2026
Nick Olczyk: Between the Benches
What kind of family produces an NHLlegend (“Edzo”), NHL executives and scouts—and a broadcaster who’s fearlessenough to stand between the benches?
In this episode of Hockey Related,we dive into the story of Nick Olczyk—Utah Mammoth ice‑level analyst andone of hockey’s most fascinating new voices.
You’ll hear how Nick went from callingvideo games and junior hockey to a defining moment in 2022—when he jumped intoan NHL TV broadcast at the last second for his father and didn’t miss a beat.
But the Olczyk story starts long beforethe NHL. We trace the family back through a 1943 arrest in Poland, a displacedpersons camp in Germany, and a 1951 crossing to America aboard the GeneralC.C. Ballou—then forward into Chicago’s Polish community and, surprisingly,a Mayflower connection.
This isn’t just a hockey story.
It’s a broadcast story.
It’s a family story.
It’s Hockey Related.
In this episode you’ll hear:
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