Team USA's Jack Hughes shares patriotic message after Olympic thriller

Jack Hughes was flooded with American pridefulness arsenic his extremity gave Team USA the golden medal successful men’s crystal hockey successful overtime against Canada connected Sunday.

Hughes buried 1 down Canadian goaltender Jordan Binnington, giving the Americans their archetypal golden medal successful the athletics since 1980 – which was won by the "Miracle connected Ice" squad that upset the Soviet Union 46 years to the time Team USA defeated Canada.

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Jack Hughes (86) of the United States celebrates aft scoring the game-winning extremity to decision Canada successful the men's crystal hockey golden medal crippled during the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games astatine Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena connected Feb. 22, 2026. (Amber Searls/Imagn Images)

"This is each astir our state close now. I emotion the USA. I emotion my teammates. It’s unbelievable. The U.S. are a hockey brotherhood. It’s truthful beardown and we had truthful overmuch enactment from ex-players. I’m truthful arrogant to beryllium American today," Hughes told NBC portion missing a fewer teeth.

The New Jersey Devils prima mislaid a fewer teeth and was bloodied erstwhile helium was deed with a stick, drafting a Canadian punishment successful the 3rd period.

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Jack Hughes of the United States celebrates with his nationalist emblem aft scoring their 2nd extremity successful overtime to triumph golden connected Feb. 22, 2026. (REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo)

He gave Team USA goaltender Connor Hellebuyck his flowers too. Hellebuyck had 40 saves.

"Unbelievable crippled by Hellebuyck," Hughes said. "He was our champion subordinate contiguous by a mile. Unbelievable game. Unreal crippled by our team. It’s conscionable a ballsy, gutsy win. That’s American hockey close there. That’s a large Canadian team, but we’re USA. We’re truthful arrogant to beryllium American. Tonight was each for the country."

Hughes told Fox News Digital past period helium was "fired up" to correspond the Stars and Stripes astatine the Olympics.

Now, helium tin telephone himself a golden medalist.

United States' Jack Hughes (86), right, celebrates with teammates aft scoring the crippled winning extremity against Canada successful abrupt decease overtime during the men's crystal hockey golden medal crippled astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics, successful Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026.  (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

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The revenge triumph comes much than a twelvemonth aft Canada defeated the U.S. successful overtime successful the 4 Nations Face-Off. The strength of that tourney acceptable the signifier for Sunday’s crippled betwixt the 2 teams.

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