46 Years, One OT Goal. Jack Hughes Just Ended America's Longest Hockey Drought.
Jack Hughes scored at 1:41 of 3-on-3 overtime to give the U.S. men's hockey team its first gold medal since the 1980 Miracle on Ice. With Connor Hellebuyck making 41 saves against a McDavid-led Canada, this wasn't a lucky bounce — it was a generation of American hockey development paying off at once.
