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U.S. hockey’s Jack Hughes trades teeth for Olympic gold
I’m ready. Can you still play hockey though? I mean, you know, you gotta play the Bruins today, you know what I mean. Well, you can’t lose it if you never had it. They had it 15 years ago, and it came together in one glorious Olympic tournament. For us it was really just, you know, trying to beat the best team in the world, and we were able to do that for one night. I wouldn’t say it would have happened any other night, but for that night it happened. It was one of those moments that everyone remembers exactly where they were when Aruzzioni scored the goal, when the Olympic hockey team won the gold medal. None more so than each one of the players. It was really something that, you know, I don’t know how you could ever duplicate it. Their captain today, their captain back then, Mike Eruzioni, the man who scored the winning goal against the Russians. I said to Eruzioni, I always tease him. I said, 3 inches to the left, you’ll be pumping gas and wind. And I’ll be right with him. My kids are here. I just want to get one goal, that’s all. And today still with the captaincy on his jersey number 21, he scored on *** sequence strikingly similar to the Russian game scores the first goal. Thank you, Reggie. Thanks. Reggie is Reggie Lemelin, one of the goalies. Jim Craig was the one for Team USA, the same one who gave us the unforgettable, Where’s my father? Yeah, the number 30, USA on there. You know, you, you, you played in the National League, but you’ll always be Team USA’s goalie, you know. Yeah, and didn’t play very well in the National League. That’s probably why.
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Jack Hughes traded his teeth for Olympic gold. The 24-year-old center for the U.S. men’s hockey team scored the gold-medal-winning goal less than 2 minutes into overtime Sunday for a 2-1 victory over Canada at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.Above video: Miracle on Ice players relive a defining Winter Olympics moment in 1995And it was a goal that almost didn’t happen. Earlier in the third period, Hughes took a stick to the face, leaving several teeth on the ice. But instead of coming out of the game, Hughes didn’t miss a shift, sticking around in the third period and overtime to secure a gold medal for the U.S.Hughes, a center for the New Jersey Devils, deposited his winner past Jordan Binnington off the rush, with an assist from Zach Werenski, during the 3-on-3 OT.”We’re USA. We’re so proud to be Americans. Tonight was all for the country,” Hughes said after the game.”I’m lucky I’m from the greatest country in the world. We have great dentists there. They’re going to fix me right up,” he added.Hughes’s golden goal led the U.S. to its first gold medal in men’s hockey since the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” team.It marked just the third time the U.S. and Canada have faced off for Olympic gold with NHL players participating. Canada claimed the previous two matchups, winning in 2002 and again in 2010. 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
Jack Hughes traded his teeth for Olympic gold.
The 24-year-old center for the U.S. men’s hockey team scored the gold-medal-winning goal less than 2 minutes into overtime Sunday for a 2-1 victory over Canada at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.
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Above video: Miracle on Ice players relive a defining Winter Olympics moment in 1995
And it was a goal that almost didn’t happen.
Earlier in the third period, Hughes took a stick to the face, leaving several teeth on the ice. But instead of coming out of the game, Hughes didn’t miss a shift, sticking around in the third period and overtime to secure a gold medal for the U.S.
Hughes, a center for the New Jersey Devils, deposited his winner past Jordan Binnington off the rush, with an assist from Zach Werenski, during the 3-on-3 OT.
“We’re USA. We’re so proud to be Americans. Tonight was all for the country,” Hughes said after the game.
“I’m lucky I’m from the greatest country in the world. We have great dentists there. They’re going to fix me right up,” he added.
Hughes’s golden goal led the U.S. to its first gold medal in men’s hockey since the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” team.
It marked just the third time the U.S. and Canada have faced off for Olympic gold with NHL players participating. Canada claimed the previous two matchups, winning in 2002 and again in 2010.
