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“Extra persons are going to be taking a look at his medal than his enamel.”
MILAN (AP) — Jack Hughes misplaced some enamel earlier than he received Olympic gold for the US.
The ahead who put the puck within the web in additional time to offer the People a 2-1 victory over Canada within the males’s hockey closing Sunday did so with a bloody mouth and fewer of a chunk than he started the sport with. That’s as a result of Hughes was spittin’ chiclets after taking a follow the mouth from Sam Bennett within the third interval.
“Extra persons are going to be taking a look at his medal,” mentioned Matt Boldy, who scored the opposite U.S. objective, “than his enamel.”
The 24-year-old Hughes is a ahead for the New Jersey Devils within the NHL. He scored previous Canadian goalie Jordan Binnington after a little bit greater than 1 1/2 minutes of additional time.
Hughes’ brother, Quinn, is a defenseman for the People, who received the nation’s first gold in males’s hockey for the reason that 1980 “Miracle on Ice” group that upset the closely favored Soviet Union at Lake Placid.
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