Mahomes Reacts to Team USA’s Historic Gold Medal

Emotional tribute to Gaudreau

Kansas City’s franchise quarterback also noticed Team USA’s emotional tribute to the late Johnny Gaudreau. The Americans proudly raised Gaudreau’s sweater on the ice at Santaguilia Arena in Milan Cortina, Italy. A longtime NHL and Team USA winger, the 31-year-old died tragically when a drunk driver struck him in August of 2024. Mahomes turns 31 later this year.

Mahomes also supported the Team USA women’s hockey team on Thursday, when Megan Keller’s overtime goal won the gold medal for the Americans – another dramatic win over Team Canada.

Kelce, Mahomes as owners of Kansas City NHL team?

Travis Kelce said a year ago this week he’d be excited to help bring an NHL franchise to Kansas City. The tight end also said his quarterback would help, too.

“Pat’s here for any competitive sport,” Kelce said on a 2025 edition of New Heights, courtesy of Kansas City Star writer Pete Grathoff. “He’s here for it all. I don’t know if he’s ever been to a game but he definitely got fired up for the 4 Nations, that’s for sure. He was watching that one.”

The 4 Nations Face-Off actually wound up as an exciting preview to Sunday’s Winter Olympics gold medal game. Just two weeks after the Chiefs lost the Super Bowl to the Eagles, Team Canada and Team USA had three fights in the game’s first nine seconds.

Mahomes also has shown interest in helping bring a WNBA franchise to Kansas City, which has the T-Mobile Center available for either hockey or basketball.

Kelce’s brother, Jason, and the tight end’s sister-in-law, Kylie, were in Italy to watch the historic game. Jason played both football at hockey as a prep while attending Cleveland Heights (Ohio) High School. Unlike Mahomes, who began college as a two-sport star – playing both football and baseball at Texas Tech – Jason opted to focus on football when he got to the University of Cincinnati.

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Jason registered 22 goals as a junior and 21 as a junior.

Travis played hockey, too, for the Cleveland Heights Tigers. The future Pro Football Hall of Famer reportedly gave up hockey in eighth grade to focus on football.

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