Meet Brooke Hogan’s husband, retired NFL player Steven Oleksy: from his professional ice hockey career to winning the Stanley Cup and defending his wife in her feud with mum Linda Hogan ...

Apr 1 , 2025

Steven Oleksy married Brooke Hogan in 2022. Photos: @stevenoleksy/Instagram

Oleksy, who played for the Washington Capitals and Pittsburgh Penguins, has weighed in on the argument between his wife – Hulk Hogan’s daughter Brooke – and her mum Linda

Hulk Hogan’s daughter Brooke may be feuding with her mother Linda, but she has her husband Steven Oleksy’s support to keep her strong.

Recently, Linda claimed on her Instagram Story that her family is “the worst mess” and that her daughter Brooke is estranged from her, per People. “Brooke doesn’t talk to us. She had twins, she got married [and] she didn’t tell us,” Linda alleged.

Brooke shared her response via an Instagram post, agreeing that she had cut ties with her parents before explaining that she was allegedly “extremely verbally and mentally abused since childhood”. Linda hit back, calling Brooke “a narcissist just like her dad” who was once “so drunk she broke my collarbone and cut my lip and insisted everyone take her to the hospital because she was poisoned and she wasn’t”.

Now, Oleksy has stepped in to defend his wife in an Instagram statement of his own. Calling her the “most amazing person”, the former NHL athlete asserted that the claims made by his mother-in-law, whom he only refers to as “Jane Doe” or “the individual” in his post, are false. He maintained that his wife couldn’t have drunkenly harmed Linda because she’s not a “party girl” and that he had most certainly met “Jane Doe” before, despite Linda’s claim that she didn’t even know his name.

So, who is Steven Oleksy?

What’s his background?

Steven Oleksy is the founder of ESE Hockey. Photo: @stevenoleksy/Instagram

Oleksy hails from Chesterfield, Michigan, where he was born to Andrew and Susan Oleksy, per People and his NHL bio. He attended L’Anse Creuse High School-North, graduating in 2004, per his school’s alumni page. He then pursued a business management and marketing degree from Lake Superior State University, graduating in 2009.