MILANO, Italy - Saint Michael's College men's ice hockey alumnus Brent Hill '04 helped the U.S. Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Team win gold on Thursday at the Milan-Cortina Olympic Winter Games. Hill was one of four assistant coaches chosen for head coach John Wroblewski's staff.
 
"Coaching at the Olympics for the first time is something I'll cherish forever," said Hill, a long-time coach and camp instructor with USA Hockey. "This gold medal belongs to every athlete, staff member, and supporter who believed in the process. I'm honored to be part of something so special."
 
Team USA ran roughshod through its first six games, going undefeated while accumulating a 31-1 scoring margin, before meeting Canada in an instant-classic gold medal game, their fifth consecutive match-up in the finale. The Americans needed a goal from Hilary Knight, the country's all-time leading scorer at the Olympics, with 2:04 left in regulation to force overtime, where Megan Keller struck for the winner with 4:07 gone. The 2-1 victory left Team USA 7-0 during the 2026 Olympic Winter Games and gave the Americans their third gold medal, also downing their neighbors to the north for gold in 1998 and 2018. The countries were both finalists for the seventh time in eight Olympic Games. Visit here for more information.
 
Now in his fifth season as an assistant coach with the Division I Quinnipiac University's women's ice hockey program, Hill also helped the U.S. Women's National Team take gold at world championships in 2023 and 2025 and silver in 2024 as an assistant coach, facing rival Canada in the finale each year. Hill has served on the United States-Canada Rivalry Series coaching staff since 2023. Team USA swept the four-game series in late 2025 by an aggregate 20-7 scoring advantage while playing in Buffalo, N.Y., Cleveland, and Edmonton.
 
A native of Saint Albert, Alberta, Hill posted 44 points in 86 games as a Purple Knight defenseman, helping the squad win postseason crowns each of his final three seasons, including claiming the inaugural Northeast 10 Conference Championship in 2003-04, when Hill was the team's lone captain. He was twice named all-conference and, in 2004, earned the College's Victor V. LeMieux '35 Award, which honors loyalty and leadership.