Jack Hughes’ Olympic glory mirrors eerie coincidence from 1980’s ‘Miracle on Ice' team

Jack Hughes walked truthful Jack Hughes could run.

The New Jersey Devils prima is America's leader aft scoring the aureate extremity against Canada successful Sunday's Olympic final. It was the United States' archetypal golden medal since 1980, cementing the "Miracle connected Ice."

However, arsenic the 2004 movie "Miracle" has skyrocketed successful streams implicit the past mates of weeks, fans person noticed an eerie coincidence.

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Team USA leader Jack Hughes shares the sanction of a subordinate that was chopped from the 1980 "Miracle connected Ice" team. (Gregory Shamus, Steve Babineau/Getty Images)

The movie shows a subordinate named Jack Hughes getting chopped from the 1980 Olympic team. While plentifulness of movies based connected existent stories are dramatized, this really happened.

Jack Hughes was a subordinate of the U.S. nationalist squad portion playing for Harvard and tried retired for the Olympics successful 1979 but was cut.

In different chaotic coincidence, the elder Hughes played 46 games for the Colorado Rockies, which became the Devils.

The Devils moved from Colorado successful 1982 aft six seasons — they were antecedently the Kansas City Scouts from 1974 to 1976.

United States' Jack Hughes (86), who scored the winning overtime goal, celebrates aft defeating Canada successful the men's crystal hockey golden medal crippled astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics successful Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026.  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Colorado's hockey squad is present the Avalanche, who were formerly the Quebec Nordiques from 1972 to 1995.

The 2 men are not related.

The newer Jack Hughes has lived up to the billing arsenic the 2019 No. 1 wide pick. Drafted by the Devils retired of the United States National Team Development Program, Hughes has made 2 All-Star Games and was besides connected past year's 4 Nations team. His older brother, Quinn, scored an overtime extremity against Sweden to bring the U.S. to the semifinals, and his younger brother, Luke, is besides connected the Devils. There's been wide speculation that Quinn could articulation the Devils arsenic a escaped agent.

The lone happening stopping Hughes from going to the adjacent level has been injuries — helium adjacent missed clip with nervus harm earlier this play from what was dubbed a "freak accident" astatine a Chicago steakhouse.

Jack Hughes of United States celebrates with his nationalist emblem aft scoring their 2nd extremity successful overtime to triumph golden connected Feb. 22, 2026. (REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo)

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