U.S. Olympic Hockey Star Jack Hughes Demands Return of Gold Medal Puck

New Jersey Devils star Jack Hughes is pushing to get back the puck from his Olympic gold medal-winning goal at the Milano Cortina Games. The Hockey Hall of Fame currently displays the historic puck in Toronto, but Hughes believes it should belong to him and his family.

New Jersey Devils forward Jack Hughes is demanding the Hockey Hall of Fame give back the puck from his overtime goal that clinched Olympic gold for Team USA, according to a Tuesday report from ESPN.

The historic puck, which delivered America’s first men’s Olympic hockey championship since the 1980 Miracle on Ice, currently sits in a display case at the Toronto museum. It’s featured in the Hall of Fame’s “Olympics ’26” exhibition next to the puck from Megan Keller’s overtime game-winner that secured gold for the U.S. women’s squad.

“I’m trying to get it. Like, that’s bulls — that the Hockey Hall of Fame has it, in my opinion. Why would they have that puck?” Hughes said during his ESPN interview Tuesday.

The 23-year-old center expressed frustration that both he and Keller are missing these precious mementos from their career-defining moments. Hughes revealed his plan to present the puck to his father, Jim Hughes, who maintains a memorabilia collection for Jack and his hockey-playing brothers.

Hall of Fame officials defended their possession of the items, stating the donated artifacts capture pivotal moments in hockey’s history and serve to preserve these memories for future museum visitors.

A representative from the International Ice Hockey Federation previously explained to Sportico that officials collected Hughes’s puck immediately following the championship game, with plans to archive it permanently at the Hall of Fame.

Both the Hockey Hall of Fame and USA Hockey have yet to respond to requests for additional comment regarding Hughes’s demands.