(File Photo: Source for Photo: Photo Coutesy of Len Redkoles/NHLI via Getty Images, Caption for Photo: PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA – JANUARY 17: Vincent Trocheck #16 of the New York Rangers skates against the Philadelphia Flyers at the Xfinity Mobile Arena on January 17, 2026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) One of the members of the U.S. men’s hockey team that won a gold medal on Sunday at the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympic Games in Italy was Pittsburgh native Vincent Trocheck. Trochek played youth hockey with the Pittsburgh Hornets. Trochek plays for the NHL’s New York Rangers, whose head coach is former Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan. Sullivan also won a gold medal as the U.S. men’s hockey team’s head coach.