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NHL prima Quinn Hughes became an Olympic leader for Team USA erstwhile helium deed an overtime extremity to assistance his state implicit Sweden successful the men's hockey qualifying round.
His statements aft the crippled whitethorn person made him a nationalist leader among galore Americans.
"It's special," Hughes told reporters of seeing American flags and proceeding "U-S-A" chants successful the arena.
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Quinn Hughes of the United States celebrates with teammates aft scoring a extremity successful overtime during a quarterfinal playoff lucifer against Sweden astatine Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena connected Feb. 18, 2026, during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games successful Milan, Italy. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
"I emotion the U.S., and it's the top state successful the world. So, I'm blessed to correspond present with these guys, and it was precise special."
Hughes' overtime extremity delivered the U.S. a melodramatic 2-1 triumph arsenic the squad continues its quest for a golden medal.
The U.S. couldn't link connected its archetypal 5 shots of overtime, but, connected the sixth, Hughes rang 1 disconnected the wrong of the station that crossed the enactment to springiness the Americans the win.
The Americans volition instrumentality connected Slovakia, portion Canada, which narrowly escaped being upset by the Czech Republic earlier Thursday, volition spell against Finland. Canada and Finland some rallied backmost from deficits to triumph successful overtime.
TEAM USA ADVANCES TO OLYMPIC MEN'S HOCKEY SEMIFINAL AFTER EXHILARATING OVERTIME WINNER
Quinn Hughes of the United States celebrates with teammates aft scoring a extremity successful overtime during a quarterfinal playoff lucifer against Sweden astatine Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games Feb. 18, 2026, successful Milan, Italy. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
Hughes' postgame patriotism was a invited show for galore American fans connected societal media.
"American Hero Quinn Hughes," 1 idiosyncratic wrote connected X successful effect to the star's quotes.
One idiosyncratic wrote, "This is however each subordinate of Team USA should speech to the cynical media.."
Another idiosyncratic wrote, "Folks huffy successful the comments origin helium loves his country."
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The United States' Quinn Hughes celebrates aft scoring the winning extremity against Sweden during overtime of a men's crystal hockey quarterfinal crippled astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics successful Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Hughes' look of emotion for his state comes during a twelvemonth erstwhile different American Olympians person been openly captious of the U.S. Team USA athletes Hunter Hess, Amber Glenn and Mikaela Shiffrin person each made statements criticizing the authorities of the U.S. portion competing successful Italy.
Hughes present joins hockey teammate Brady Tkachuk successful openly praising the U.S. and expressing grant and gratitude for representing the state successful Milan Cortina.
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