Hockey Hall of Fame gives Jack Hughes tough news on Olympic golden goal puck request

If Jack Hughes wants to spot the puck from the biggest extremity of his life, helium volition person to question to Toronto to spot it.

The New Jersey Devils prima turned USA Hockey Olympic leader called retired the Hockey Hall of Fame, saying it was "bulls---" that they had the puck that recovered the backmost of the nett disconnected Hughes' instrumentality to springiness the United States their archetypal golden medal successful men's hockey 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 the game-winning extremity successful overtime during the Men's Gold Medal lucifer betwixt Canada and the United States connected Day 16 of the 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 due to the fact that it was donated aft the crippled by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

"Unfortunately, successful the easiest words, it was ne'er Jack's puck to own," Philip Pritchard, vice president of the assets halfway and curator for the Hockey Hall of Fame, told ESPN successful effect 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 planetary tournaments, including the Olympics, an on-ice authoritative is successful complaint of collecting what becomes memorabilia and giving it to an off-ice authoritative for identification, who volition past present it to the IIHF for donation.

Team USA men’s hockey golden medalists person irked wide pundits and quality organizations contempt captivating the federation with their Olympic accomplishment. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

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"Items are formally transferred to the Hall done IIHF's established artifact donation process and added into our imperishable collection. These artifacts are preserved, exhibited and shared with fans worldwide done our depository and planetary outreach programs, ensuring that defining Olympic and World Championship moments are preserved, and stay accessible to the planetary hockey community," the Hall of Fame said successful a statement.

The Hall of Fame had unit connected manus successful Milan to assistance successful the donation process. Megan Keller's aureate goal, scored 3 days earlier Hughes', is besides successful the Hall of Fame.

"I wouldn’t adjacent privation it for myself," helium explained. "I’d privation it for my dad. I cognize he’d conscionable love, emotion having it," Hughes said of the 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 the 3 of us. I cognize helium would person a peculiar spot for it."

Jack Hughes of the United States celebrates with 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 helium would formally scope retired to the Hall, which has talented items backmost to players successful the past.  

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