{"id":480964,"date":"2026-03-02T15:13:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T15:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/480964\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T15:13:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T15:13:22","slug":"quinn-hughes-jokes-he-was-in-no-shape-to-return-after-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/480964\/","title":{"rendered":"Quinn Hughes jokes he was in no shape to return after Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Quinn Hughes has become a household name after winning gold at the Winter Olympics with Team USA<\/a>. As his fame has continued to grow, Hughes has been making the rounds on TV<\/a>, appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and SNL.<\/p>\n

Now, he has spoken out about the post-Olympic experience and returning<\/a> to the NHL with Charles Barkley and Ernie Johnson on The Steam Room podcast.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, kind of what you said with the dream team is how electric the practices were and how fun it was just getting to, you know, know those guys and be around superstars like that, and the camaraderie. That’s what I enjoyed so much about this experience,\u201d Hughes said of the experience before turning his focus to getting back to the NHL.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs far as trying to reset and come back to the Wild, I think it\u2019s a little bit easier for me just because I know we have a chance to win this year, but I\u2019m not going to lie to you, we had a crazy three days, like I was in no shape to play last night probably. When you win a gold medal, you know how it is, Chuck?\u201d Hughes added.<\/p>\n

Hughes had a successful Olympics, scoring a goal and adding seven assists in six games, including scoring the overtime winner in the quarterfinals against Sweden. He has also returned to the Minnesota Wild<\/a> and has been successful. In three games since the Olympic break, he has two assists. That includes putting up a helper in his first game back on the ice since returning from Milan. Still, Hughes just wanted to keep celebrating.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe celebrated, we had a great time. We were all depressed, man. We didn\u2019t want it to end. We didn\u2019t want to stop hanging out with each other,\u201d the gold medal-winning blueliner concluded.<\/p>\n

While Hughes is disappointed to be ending his Olympic celebration, he could be celebrating again come summertime. The Wild are 35-16-10<\/a>, which places them in third in the Central Division. While the team is third in their division, they have one of the best records in the NHL and could be looking to make a run come playoff time. Until then, they focus on the next game, which for Minnesota is on Tuesday night against the Tampa Bay Lightning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Quinn Hughes has become a household name after winning gold at the Winter Olympics with Team USA. As…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":480965,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5118],"tags":[5,161,38,5280,4,2602,1496,3255,162],"class_list":{"0":"post-480964","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-minnesota-wild","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-minnesota","10":"tag-minnesota-wild","11":"tag-minnesotawild","12":"tag-nhl","13":"tag-olympics","14":"tag-quinn-hughes","15":"tag-team-usa","16":"tag-wild"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116160233698941440","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480964","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=480964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}