Jack Hughes
American ice hockey player (born 2001)
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- Jack Rowden Hughes (born May 14, 2001) is an American professional ice hockey player who is a center and alternate captain for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL).
- National Development Team, Hughes was drafted first overall by the Devils in the 2019 NHL entry draft.
- He was a member of the United States team that won the gold medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics, and scored the game-winning goal in overtime of the gold medal match against Canada.
- Hughes is Jewish, had a bar mitzvah, and grew up celebrating Passover.
- He graduated from one of the Plymouth-Canton Educational Park high schools in Canton, Michigan.
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WikipediaJack Rowden Hughes (born May 14, 2001) is an American professional ice hockey player who is a center and alternate captain for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL). A product of the U.S. National Development Team, Hughes was drafted first overall by the Devils in the 2019 NHL entry draft.
Hughes has represented the United States men's national team internationally. He was a member of the United States team that won the gold medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics, and scored the game-winning goal in overtime of the gold medal match against Canada.
Hughes was born in Orlando, Florida, and grew up in Toronto, Ontario, before relocating with his family to Michigan for his high school years while playing for the US NTDP. Hughes is Jewish, had a bar mitzvah, and grew up celebrating Passover. His mother, Ellen Weinberg-Hughes, is Jewish and his father, Jim Hughes, is Catholic, and he studied at Iona Catholic Secondary School. He graduated from one of the Plymouth-Canton Educational Park high schools in Canton, Michigan.
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