{"id":477151,"date":"2026-02-28T14:27:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T14:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/477151\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T14:27:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T14:27:26","slug":"jack-hughes-golden-puck-from-2026-olympics-has-been-located","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/477151\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Hughes\u2019 Golden Puck From 2026 Olympics Has Been Located"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tWhen Jack Hughes<\/a> scored the game-winning goal for Team USA at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics<\/a>, he tossed his stick and gloves in the air, ripped off his helmet and skated toward the penalty box, where he was mobbed by his teammates. But one important piece of memorabilia was overlooked.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHonestly, I have no idea where that puck went,\u201d Hughes said on TNT\u2019s NHL<\/a> Postgame show earlier this week<\/a>. \u201cI know who doesn\u2019t have it is me. I sure as hell don\u2019t have it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHughes finally has an answer. A spokesperson for the International Ice Hockey<\/a> Federation has confirmed that the puck that scored the game-winning goal from the U.S.-Canada gold medal game in Milan is currently at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. The Hall of Fame confirmed it was in its possession, as well as the puck from Megan Keller\u2019s game-winning goal in the women\u2019s gold medal game and jerseys from Hilary Knight, Connor McDavid and William Nylander, and that all items will be on display \u201cvery soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tUSA Hockey did not reply to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn an email, the IIHF stated that the puck was immediately secured after the game ended. Typically, significant items are \u201care typically documented, authenticated and preserved in coordination with the appropriate stakeholders,\u201d the spokesperson said. \u201cIn this case, the puck was designated for archival preservation with the HHOF to ensure its long-term safekeeping and historical recognition.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe documentation was done by both the IIHF and the HHOF. The NHL, which has its own authentication process, is not involved with equipment at the Olympics.<\/p>\n

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\n\tExperts vary on how much a piece of memorabilia like that would fetch on the open market. Heritage Auctions pegged it to be worth between $20,000 and $40,000, while Goldin (formerly Goldin Auctions) and Steiner Sports had the prospective value of the puck in the six-figures range, at $100,000 and $500,000 respectively.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHockey is so far below baseball it\u2019s criminal,\u201d Ken Goldin, founder and CEO of his namesake auction house, said. \u201cIt\u2019s not the \u2018Miracle on Ice\u2019 or a major upset, but it\u2019s the first gold in 46 years.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIf the puck were ever to come to market, there\u2019s at least one potential billionaire buyer\u2014who happens to own the team Hughes plays for. \u201cHappy to bid on it!\u201d David Blitzer, co-owner of the New Jersey Devils<\/a>, said.<\/p>\n

\n\t(This story has been updated in the third paragraph with comment from the Hockey Hall of Fame.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When Jack Hughes scored the game-winning goal for Team USA at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics, he tossed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":477152,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[377],"tags":[5,1272,151,4,2602],"class_list":{"0":"post-477151","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hockey","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-jack-hughes","10":"tag-new-jersey-devils","11":"tag-nhl","12":"tag-olympics"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116148729908735214","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477151","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=477151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/477152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}