Pat McAfee sends message to Hockey Hall of Fame about Jack Hughes
It’s not unusual for the Hockey Hall of Fame to collect and display objects that tell the story of the most important moments in hockey’s history. One might say that is even the reason for the Toronto museum’s existence. MORE: Legendary NHL broadcaster announces sudden retirement Still, the puck Jack Hughes deposited behind Canadian goaltender Jordan Binnington to win the gold medal in men’s hockey at the Milan-Cortina Olympics on Feb.
22 is something of a lightning rod. Is it a piece of hockey history? Undoubtedly.
Is it living its best life in Toronto, where the majority of visitors to the exhibits were surely rooting for Canada to beat the United States in the gold-medal game? Probably not. Multiple stories this week have chronicled the dichotomy surrounding the puck — a story that reached the ultimate crossover into mainstream sports discourse when ESPN personality Pat McAfee weighed in with his thoughts.
“Let’s get Jack Hughes his puck back,” McAfee wrote March 18 on X. The International Ice Hockey Federation secured the puck after the U. S.
won Olympic gold and gave it to the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. Now, Hughes says he wants the puck for his father, who collects memorabilia for his three NHL -playing sons. “I’m trying to get it.