{"id":547847,"date":"2026-03-20T00:09:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T00:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/547847\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T00:09:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T00:09:07","slug":"sidney-crosby-speaks-on-olympic-puck-and-makes-jack-hughes-look-rather-petty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/547847\/","title":{"rendered":"Sidney Crosby speaks on Olympic puck and makes Jack Hughes look rather petty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He might be the nicest dude amongst current NHL stars.<\/p>\n<p>Sidney Crosby is a beloved figure across the league for a myriad of reasons. He took less on his current contract to help the Pittsburgh Penguins. The 38-year-old has also gone viral for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@bardown\/video\/7415316887170518277\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">hand-delivering season tickets<\/a> to Penguins fans.<\/p>\n<p>And everyone who\u2019s crossed him in the locker room talks about how he\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/olympic-men-hockey\/longform\/inside-sidney-crosbys-evolution-into-captain-canada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the most welcoming and friendly guy<\/a> you could meet.<\/p>\n<p>Leave it to the NHL\u2019s definition of a \u201cgood guy\u201d to put Jack Hughes in his place.<\/p>\n<p>Although, judging by his personality, taking a shot at the American ice hockey hero probably wasn\u2019t his intention.<\/p>\n<p>Hughes <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/vancouver\/canada-has-usas-olympic-golden-goal-puck-hughes-livid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">made headlines earlier this week<\/a> when he complained that he didn\u2019t have possession of the puck that signified his golden goal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s bullsh*t that the Hockey Hall of Fame has it,\u201d Hughes told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/story\/_\/id\/48232450\/jack-hughes-wants-golden-goal-puck-back-hockey-hof\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ESPN\u2019s Greg Wyshynski<\/a>. \u201cWhy would they have that puck?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Well, the Hockey Hall of Fame gave him a somewhat sassy response the next day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, in the easiest words, it was never Jack\u2019s puck to own,\u201d Philip Pritchard from the Hockey Hall of Fame <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/story\/_\/id\/48241628\/hockey-hall-fame-give-golden-goal-puck-jack-hughes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">told ESPN on Wednesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been donated to us now. For every artifact that\u2019s been donated, we have a paper trail and signed paperwork of where it\u2019s come from.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Crosby added further perspective to Hughes\u2019 comments about when he was asked about his 2010 golden goal on Wednesday, and whether or not he should have gotten the puck.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t even think about it that way, to be honest with you,\u201d Crosby <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7128337\/2026\/03\/18\/jack-hughes-olympic-puck-hockey-hall-of-fame\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">told\u00a0The Athletic\u00a0on Wednesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was just happy that I scored the goal. I was happy that the puck was going to the Hall of Fame.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For a guy who\u2019s been answering questions in the media ever since he was a teenager, that might have been the most Crosby-esque answer of all time.<\/p>\n<p>After the response from the Hockey Hall of Fame, Hughes did backtrack on his comments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cListen, I\u2019m obviously honored that the puck\u2019s there,\u201d he told reporters on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously, things were taken crazy,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s just the way I felt. I didn\u2019t know where the puck was. So it is what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hughes was asked about the puck back in February, which is when he first mentioned that he was unaware of its whereabouts.<\/p>\n<p>And after originally telling ESPN he wanted to reach out to the Hockey Hall of Fame about the puck, Hughes had a different answer on Wednesday when asked if he would still reach out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDude, I\u2019ve been playing hockey, right? That\u2019s where my head is at,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He might be the nicest dude amongst current NHL stars. 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