{"id":471243,"date":"2026-02-25T14:09:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/471243\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T14:09:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:09:12","slug":"jack-quinn-hughes-grew-up-in-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/471243\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack, Quinn Hughes grew up in Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jack Hughes, sporting several damaged front teeth, was filled with patriotic emotion after delivering the U.S. its first Olympic gold medal in men\u2019s hockey since 1980 by scoring the winning goal in overtime against Canada<\/a> in Milan on Sunday.<\/p>\n

But the star forward for the NHL\u2019s New Jersey Devils cut his proverbial hockey teeth in Toronto, where he and his brothers grew up and began developing their world-class skills.<\/p>\n

\"\"United States’ Jack Hughes (86) poses with teammates after a men’s ice hockey gold medal game between Canada and the United States at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. (AP Photo\/Petr David Josek) United States’ Jack Hughes (86) poses with teammates after a men’s ice hockey gold medal game between Canada and the United States at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. (AP Photo\/Petr David Josek) <\/p>\n

All born in the U.S., Jack, 24, Quinn, 26, and Luke Hughes, 22, relocated to the Greater Toronto Area in 2006 as young children when their father Jim took a coaching job with the Toronto Maple Leafs\u2019 AHL affiliate Toronto Marlies<\/a>.<\/p>\n

They lived in Canada until 2017, when the family moved to Michigan<\/a>, where the three brothers would join the U.S. National Team Development Program (NTDP) en route to the NHL.<\/p>\n

While in Toronto, the Hughes brothers played junior hockey for the Toronto Marlboros of the Greater Toronto Hockey League, whose notable alumni include Connor McDavid and Sam Bennett, both of whom were on this year\u2019s Canadian Olympic men\u2019s hockey team.<\/p>\n

Jim Hughes told NHL.com that the strong hockey culture present in Toronto helped all three of his sons to excel at the sport from an early age. \u201cWhen they weren\u2019t playing it, they were watching it. It was everywhere. And they loved it,\u201d he told staff writer Mike Zeisberger<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In addition to near-daily games or practices at local Toronto arenas, the Hughes brothers reportedly spent time playing outdoor hockey in the winter at Etobicoke\u2019s Wedgewood Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jim\u2019s role within the Maple Leafs organization also gave the Hughes brothers access to some of the world\u2019s best NHLers, who they\u2019d one day play against. Leafs star William Nylander lived with the family briefly<\/a> after he was drafted by the team in 2014.<\/p>\n

The U.S. men\u2019s national hockey team dispatched of Nylander and Sweden in their Olympic quarterfinal match last week, with a game-winning overtime goal scored by Quinn Hughes.<\/p>\n

Jack and Quinn will now return to their professional squads; the Devils for Jack, where his brother Luke also plays, and the Minnesota Wild for Quinn, where they\u2019ll finish out the NHL season.<\/p>\n

But all three will likely also have their sights set on playing for the U.S. national team in other international tournaments, where they\u2019re sure to face off against Canada again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jack Hughes, sporting several damaged front teeth, was filled with patriotic emotion after delivering the U.S. its first…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":471244,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[4759,5,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-471243","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-nhl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116131671128751169","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/471244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}