Jack Hughes clarifies remarks on Olympic gold medal puck after Hall of Fame says it’s staying put

New Jersey Devils prima and Olympic golden medalist Jack Hughes clarified his comments astir the presumption of the golden medal–winning puck aft his archetypal remarks sparked a frenzy involving the Toronto-based Hockey Hall of Fame.

In an exclusive interrogation with ESPN, Hughes expressed his disappointment erstwhile helium learned that the Olympic puck was present connected show successful the Canadian-based museum. 

Jack Hughes #86 of the New Jersey Devils skates during warm-ups earlier the NHL regular play crippled astatine the 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 the Hockey Hall of Fame has it, successful my opinion. Why would they person that puck?" helium told the outlet. 

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"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. 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."

The irony of the puck residing successful Canada was not mislaid connected fans, arsenic Team USA defeated Team Canada for the apical spot connected the podium. 

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

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Following Hughes’ honorable absorption to learning that the puck had been donated by the International Ice Hockey Federation, Philip Pritchard, vice president of the assets halfway and curator for the Hockey Hall of Fame, told ESPN that the puck "was ne'er Jack’s puck to own.

Days aft the backmost and forth, Hughes clarified his remarks telling reporters that the Hall of Fame is "the astir peculiar spot successful hockey."

"Obviously honored that the pucks there. It’s similar the astir peculiar spot successful hockey, truthful I’m honored that it’s there," helium admitted. "Obviously I deliberation things were taken — you know, crazy.

Jack Hughes during the men's hockey crippled betwixt the United States and Slovakia connected Day fourteen of the 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 the mode I felt, and I didn’t cognize wherever the puck was. So, it is what it is." 

The U.S. swept men's, women's and Paralympic sled hockey gold, beating Canada successful each last to triumph each 3 for the archetypal clip successful the aforesaid year. Megan Keller scored the women's aureate goal, besides successful OT, and that puck was likewise donated to the Hall of Fame.

Fox News Digital's Ryan Morik and The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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