Whereas two Hughes brothers have been profitable gold in Milan for USA hockey, the third was again in New Jersey.
Luke Hughes, a defenseman with the Devils, was blown away by the efficiency of brothers Quinn and Jack, particularly the latter’s extra time winner versus Canada in Sunday’s gold medal sport.
“For me, I used to be simply in shock,” Luke instructed reporters Sunday. “I used to be leaping up and down, and everybody was celebrating. I’m simply so pleased and so happy with these guys. It’s such a terrific accomplishment. I feel we’re all nonetheless in shock that they gained it in that vogue.”
“(Jack’s) an unbelievable participant, and clearly he’s had loads of adversity the final couple years, however he’s a game-time participant,” Luke added about Jack, his teammate on the Devils. “It’s simply nice to see guys in your nation win a gold like that. I don’t even know what to say.”
In Milan, Jack and Quinn stole the present, tying for the workforce lead with seven factors apiece.
Simply 1:41 into three-on-three extra time play towards Canada, Jack slotted house the game-winner to present the U.S. its first males’s hockey gold since 1980.
Jack and Quinn weren’t the one Hughes members of the family to win gold in Milan, both. Their mom, Ellen-Weinberg Hughes, is a participant growth marketing consultant for the U.S. ladies’s hockey workforce, which additionally gained gold.
Fittingly, the ladies’s squad additionally claimed gold over Canada in extra time on Megan Keller’s rating.
Luke gave reward to his mom as effectively.
“I’m simply so happy with her and the work that she’s put in with these ladies. I do know they actually make the most of her and she or he’s a giant half, but in addition it’s an honor for each groups to deliver house the gold,” Luke stated Sunday.
Luke, in his fourth 12 months with New Jersey, has 5 targets and 21 assists in 49 video games, versus Jack’s 12 and 24. Quinn, a defender for the Wild, has racked up 52 assists as effectively.
Luke is rehabbing from a dislocated shoulder, so he talked about Sunday that he watched a few of Workforce USA’s video games “from the sofa” throughout his day without work.
With Workforce USA’s two hockey medals, the U.S. slotted in second behind Norway with 12 golds and 33 whole medals within the remaining rely.
And the Hughes brothers have been a significant factor in that success.
