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If Jack Hughes wants to spot nan puck from nan biggest extremity of his life, he will person to recreation to Toronto to spot it.
The New Jersey Devils prima turned USA Hockey Olympic hero called retired nan Hockey Hall of Fame, saying it was "bulls---" that they had nan puck that recovered nan backmost of nan nett disconnected Hughes' instrumentality to springiness nan United States their first golden badge successful men's lucky since 1980.
"I'm trying to get it… Why would they person that puck?" Hughes said to ESPN.
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Jack Hughes of Team United States celebrates scoring nan game-winning extremity successful overtime during nan Men's Gold Medal lucifer betwixt Canada and nan United States connected Day 16 of nan Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games astatine Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena connected Feb. 22, 2026, successful Milan, Italy. (Elsa/Getty Images)
Well, they person it because it was donated aft nan crippled by nan International Ice Hockey Federation.
"Unfortunately, successful nan easiest words, it was ne'er Jack's puck to own," Philip Pritchard, vice president of nan assets halfway and curator for nan Hockey Hall of Fame, told ESPN successful consequence to Hughes. "It's been donated to america now. For each artifact that's been donated, we person a insubstantial way and signed paperwork of wherever it's travel from."
NHL players are often allowed to support pucks and cogwheel for themselves erstwhile milestone moments hap successful NHL games, but successful astir world tournaments, including nan Olympics, an on-ice charismatic is successful complaint of collecting what becomes memorabilia and giving it to an off-ice charismatic for identification, who will past present it to nan IIHF for donation.
Team USA men’s lucky golden medalists person irked wide pundits and news organizations contempt captivating nan federation pinch their Olympic accomplishment. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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"Items are formally transferred to nan Hall done IIHF's established artifact aid process and added into our imperishable collection. These artifacts are preserved, exhibited and shared pinch fans worldwide done our depository and world outreach programs, ensuring that defining Olympic and World Championship moments are preserved, and stay accessible to nan world lucky community," nan Hall of Fame said successful a statement.
The Hall of Fame had unit connected manus successful Milan to assistance successful nan aid process. Megan Keller's aureate goal, scored 3 days earlier Hughes', is besides successful nan Hall of Fame.
"I wouldn’t moreover want it for myself," he explained. "I’d want it for my dad. I cognize he’d conscionable love, emotion having it," Hughes said of nan puck. When I look backmost successful clip successful my career, I don’t cod excessively galore things for myself, but my dad’s a monster collector for nan 3 of us. I cognize he would person a typical spot for it."
Jack Hughes of nan United States celebrates pinch his nationalist emblem aft scoring his 2nd extremity successful overtime to triumph golden connected Feb. 22, 2026. (REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo)
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Hughes said he would formally scope retired to nan Hall, which has talented items backmost to players successful nan past.
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