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New Jersey Devils prima and Olympic golden medalist Jack Hughes clarified his comments astir nan position of nan golden medal–winning puck aft his first remarks sparked a frenzy involving nan Toronto-based Hockey Hall of Fame.
In an exclusive question and reply pinch ESPN, Hughes expressed his disappointment erstwhile he learned that nan Olympic puck was now connected show successful nan Canadian-based museum.
Jack Hughes #86 of nan New Jersey Devils skates during warm-ups earlier nan NHL regular play crippled astatine nan Prudential Center connected Feb. 25, 2026 successful Newark, New Jersey. (Andrew Maclean/NHLI via Getty Images)
"I'm trying to get it. Like, that's bulls--- that nan Hockey Hall of Fame has it, successful my opinion. Why would they person that puck?" he told the outlet.
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"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. 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."
The irony of nan puck domiciled successful Canada was not mislaid connected fans, arsenic Team USA defeated Team Canada for nan apical spot connected nan podium.
Jack Hughes of United States celebrates pinch his nationalist emblem aft scoring their 2nd extremity successful overtime to triumph golden connected Feb. 22, 2026. (REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo)
HOCKEY HALL OF FAME GIVES JACK HUGHES TOUGH NEWS ON OLYMPIC GOLDEN GOAL PUCK REQUEST
Following Hughes’ honorable guidance to learning that nan puck had been donated by nan International Ice Hockey Federation, Philip Pritchard, vice president of nan assets halfway and curator for nan Hockey Hall of Fame, told ESPN that nan puck "was ne'er Jack’s puck to own.
Days aft nan backmost and forth, Hughes clarified his remarks telling reporters that nan Hall of Fame is "the astir typical spot successful hockey."
"Obviously honored that nan pucks there. It’s for illustration nan astir typical spot successful hockey, truthful I’m honored that it’s there," he admitted. "Obviously I deliberation things were taken — you know, crazy.
Jack Hughes during nan men's lucky crippled betwixt nan United States and Slovakia connected Day fourteen of nan Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games astatine Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena connected Feb. 20, 2026 successful Milan, Italy. (Stefano Guidi/Getty Images)
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"That’s conscionable nan measurement I felt, and I didn’t cognize wherever nan puck was. So, it is what it is."
The U.S. swept men's, women's and Paralympic sled lucky gold, beating Canada successful each last to triumph each 3 for nan first clip successful nan aforesaid year. Megan Keller scored nan women's aureate goal, besides successful OT, and that puck was likewise donated to nan Hall of Fame.
Fox News Digital's Ryan Morik and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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