Anders Lee spent more than a decade as captain of the New York Islanders, and this summer he brought that leadership to the Utah Mammoth. But the "Lee" on his jersey isn't the common English surname you'd expect.

In this episode of Hockey Related, genealogist Mat Trotter traces the family from Norway's old patronymic naming system to the farms of Shelby County, Iowa; meets Mathias Moes, a Luxembourg-born postmaster who rebuilt after the deadly 1876 Rockdale flood; and follows Herman Pape into the German heart of Carroll County — then reveals the one family choice that decided what Anders's jersey says today.

In this episode you'll hear:
🏒 From the 152nd pick in 2009 to Islanders captain — and now Utah
🔢 The 9 → 27 → 72 number story
🇳🇴 How Norwegian surnames worked — and when they were finally frozen
🌊 Mathias Moes and the Rockdale flood
🏪 Herman Pape, a general store, and German Iowa
🐕 Gordie, Howie, and life off the ice

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Vincent Trocheck just won Olympic gold with Team USA and joined the Utah Mammoth — but his own last name is amystery even his family's records can't solve.

In this episode of Hockey Related, genealogist Mat Trotter follows the Trocheck family from a Slovak village on the map since 1423 to the coal mines of Fayette County, Pennsylvania; from Sicilian "birds of passage" running a fruit standin America to Calabrian roots shaped by the 1908 Messina earthquake — and reveals the surprising meaning hidden inside the name.

In this episode you'll hear:
🏒 His path from the 2011 draft through Florida, Carolina, and New York — to Utah
🥇 Olympic gold in Milan alongside Mammoth captain Clayton Keller
⛏️ John Trocheck's 1896 journey to Pennsylvania coal country
🍋 The Fazio family's fruit stand and their many ocean crossings
🌊 Calabria, pedigree collapse, and the 1908 earthquake
🍝 Grandma's legendary Italian dinners for the entire team

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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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