Is Clayton Keller related to Megan Keller? How Team USA hockey stars are connected at Olympics
The last name Keller got a lot more famous in the hockey world this weekend.
Megan Keller scored the game-winning overtime goal for the Team USA women’s squad to defeat Canada on Friday.
On Sunday, Clayton Keller is playing in the men’s hockey gold medal game for the United States.
What are the odds of that? Well, it’s quite the coincidence.
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Is Clayton Keller related to Megan Keller?
No, Clayton Keller is not related to Megan Keller.
They share a last name and are both great hockey players, but that’s about it.
Megan Keller is from Farmington Hills, Michigan.
Clayton was born in Missouri and raised in Illinois.
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These days, Megan plays for the Boston Fleet in the PWHL after attending Boston College.
Intriguingly, Clayton Keller went to Boston University. Now, he plays for the Utah Mammoth.
Clayton certainly wouldn’t mind a chance at the same kind of heroics as Megan.
But in any form, two Keller gold medals would be better than one.
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