{"id":532305,"date":"2026-03-19T06:37:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T06:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/532305\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T06:37:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T06:37:11","slug":"hockey-hall-of-fame-says-it-wont-give-olympic-golden-goal-puck-to-jack-hughes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/532305\/","title":{"rendered":"Hockey Hall of Fame says it won\u2019t give Olympic golden goal puck to Jack Hughes"},"content":{"rendered":"

The puck New Jersey Devils and Team USA center Jack Hughes buried in the net<\/a> to give the United States a 2-1 overtime win over Canada<\/a> and the Olympic gold medal in men\u2019s ice hockey now resides at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.<\/p>\n

Hughes wants it. The curator of the Hall says it was never his to begin with and the puck is staying right where it is.<\/p>\n

The kerfuffle started with an interview the 24-year-old Hughes gave to ESPN<\/a> on Tuesday in which he said of the puck: \u201cI\u2019m trying to get it. Like, that\u2019s bulls\u2014 that the Hockey Hall of Fame has it, in my opinion. Why would they have that puck?\u201d<\/p>\n

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Hughes\u2019 shot last month gave the Americans their first men\u2019s hockey gold since the Miracle on Ice in 1980. The golden goal puck was unveiled this week at the Hall, alongside a similar one from Megan Keller, who scored in overtime to beat Canada in the women\u2019s gold medal game.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t see why Megan Keller or I shouldn\u2019t have those pucks,\u201d Hughes said.<\/p>\n

Philip Pritchard, the Hall of Fame\u2019s curator, was blunt when addressing the issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, in the easiest words, it was never Jack\u2019s puck to own,\u201d Pritchard told ESPN<\/a> on Wednesday. \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

In an interview on TNT on Feb. 26, when asked by former NHL player and coach Tony Granato, Hughes admitted he wasn\u2019t aware of the location of the golden goal puck. He also wasn\u2019t aware he wouldn\u2019t be receiving it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI honestly don\u2019t know where that puck went. I know who doesn\u2019t have it, is me. I sure as hell don\u2019t have it,\u201d Hughes said in the interview.<\/p>\n

Amid initial concern about the whereabouts of the puck, a spokesperson for the International Ice Hockey Federation told Sportico<\/a> in late February that it had been immediately collected and \u201cdesignated for archival preservation with the HHOF to ensure its long-term safekeeping and historical recognition.\u201d<\/p>\n

Weeks later, the puck is part of a larger display about the 2026 Olympic Games and is featured alongside other memorabilia.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese donated items represent defining moments on the world\u2019s biggest stage and carry powerful stories of national pride and hockey history at its highest level,\u201d said Jamie Dinsmore, president and CEO of the Hockey Hall of Fame, in a statement<\/a> on Monday. \u201cThe Olympics \u201926 display will help ensure that these unforgettable Olympic moments are preserved for our guests from around the world to experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Hall of Fame said in a statement on Wednesday that it commemorates key moments in global hockey history by securing \u201chistoric artifacts\u201d through its relationship with the IIHF, including Sidney Crosby\u2019s \u201cgolden goal\u201d puck from the 2010 Olympics.<\/p>\n

When asked on Wednesday about his reaction to Hughes\u2019 comments about wanting the puck back, Crosby gave the equivalent of a verbal shrug.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t even think about it that way, to be honest with you,\u201d Crosby told The Athletic on Wednesday. \u201cI was just happy that I scored the goal. I was happy that the puck was going to the Hall of Fame. I didn\u2019t even think about it that way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hughes said he hasn\u2019t gotten around to asking the Hall of Fame for the puck yet, but he wants it returned so he can gift it to his father, Jim, a former assistant coach for the Boston Bruins and director of player development for the Toronto Maple Leafs.<\/p>\n

Hughes said his father collects memorabilia from his three sons\u2019 careers. Jack\u2019s brothers, Luke (New Jersey Devils) and Quinn (Minnesota Wild), are both NHLers, and Quinn, a defenseman, was also on the historic U.S. 2026 Olympic team.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I look back in time in my career, I don\u2019t collect too many things for myself, but my dad\u2019s a monster collector for the three of us. I know he would have a special place for it,\u201d Hughes said.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Josh Yohe and Larry Holder contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The puck New Jersey Devils and Team USA center Jack Hughes buried in the net to give the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":532306,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[17801,4822,385,99],"class_list":["post-532305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-memorabilia-collectibles","tag-new-jersey-devils","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/532306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}