{"id":2571,"date":"2026-02-27T19:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T19:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/giantnews.us\/?p=2571"},"modified":"2026-02-27T19:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T19:44:10","slug":"teeth-shattered-ice-stained-with-blood-but-it-was-his-moms-reaction-that-left-jack-hughes-completely-speechless-after-the-brutal-on-ice-collision-that-cost-him-his-teeth-fans-exp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/giantnews.us\/?p=2571","title":{"rendered":"TEETH SHATTERED, ICE STAINED WITH BLOOD \u2014 BUT IT WAS HIS MOM\u2019S REACTION THAT LEFT Jack Hughes COMPLETELY SPEECHLESS. After the brutal on-ice collision that cost him his teeth, fans expected outrage, panic, maybe even fury from his parents in the stands. Instead, Hughes just revealed a shocking behind-the-scenes moment that flipped the entire narrative and proved why his family has been his backbone since day one. As the young star of the New Jersey Devils replayed the chaos \u2014 the blood, the pain, the roar of the crowd \u2014 he admitted it wasn\u2019t the hit that stunned him most\u2026 it was what his mom said afterward. The emotional confession is now sending social media into a frenzy, with fans calling it the defining \u201chockey family\u201d moment that explains his fearless mentality and relentless drive."},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"mb7\">\n<div class=\"article-bookmark-menu df items-center\" data-testid=\"article-body-bookmark-menu\">\n<div class=\"article-add-to-google\" data-testid=\"article-add-to-google\">\u201cI\u2019m ready to get these things fixed as soon as possible,\u201d Jack Hughes said on TODAY.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"article-body__content\">\n<p id=\"anchor-0cc414\" class=\"body-graf\">Could Jack Hughes go from gold medal to gold teeth?<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-7419f2\" class=\"body-graf\">Jack Hughes\u00a0scored the game-winning goal\u00a0in overtime in the United States\u2019 men\u2019s hockey team\u2019s gold medal game against Canada at the\u00a0Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, giving the United States its first gold medal in men\u2019s hockey since 1980.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yWqGkt61\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"taboolaReadMoreBelow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-760x428,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2026_02\/1771941362154_tdy_news_8a_oly_hughes_brothers_260224_1920x1080-zn0dpd.jpg\" alt=\"Jack and Quinn Hughes Celebrate Gold Medal Win on TODAY\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"teads-adCall\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"anchor-183ef9\" class=\"body-graf\">His goal came after he lost some teeth when he was hit in the face by a stick from Canada\u2019s Sam Bennett in the third period. He said the first person to reach him after the injury was none other than his brother and\u00a0Team USA teammate,\u00a0Quinn Hughes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"MvZG3vc5\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"anchor-de461a\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cIt\u2019s funny how things work out because the first guy closest to me when I\u2019m laying on the ice is obviously my older brother, and he has the puck, and you can see it, he\u2019s like, he\u2019s looking at me to see what\u2019s going on with my teeth,\u201d Jack Hughes said on TODAY while joining the show alongside his brother Feb. 24.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-a14857\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cAnd I remember him coming up to me and being like, \u2018It\u2019s all good, man. It\u2019s only chips. You\u2019re going to be OK,\u2019\u201d he recalled, drawing laughs from Carson Daly, Hoda Kotb and Craig Melvin.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-2966c8\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cI could see him right there, and I saw his smile, and I was like, \u2018Uh oh, that doesn\u2019t look good,\u2019\u201d Quinn Hughes added.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"anchor-836a63\" class=\"styles_inlineImage__FvnTh styles_medium__MEKii\"><picture class=\"styles_image__i32F7\" data-testid=\"picture\" data-flavor=\"fit\" data-original-height=\"2745\" data-original-width=\"4117\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-560w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/rockcms\/2026-02\/jack-quinn-hughes-me-260224-dcc97f.jpg%202x,%20https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-560w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2026-02\/jack-quinn-hughes-me-260224-dcc97f.jpg%201x\" media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/rockcms\/2026-02\/jack-quinn-hughes-me-260224-dcc97f.jpg%202x,%20https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2026-02\/jack-quinn-hughes-me-260224-dcc97f.jpg%201x\" media=\"(min-width: 320px)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2026-02\/jack-quinn-hughes-me-260224-dcc97f.jpg\" alt=\"Ice Hockey - Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics: Day 16\" width=\"4117\" height=\"2745\" \/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"caption styles_caption__TCewG\" data-testid=\"caption\"><span class=\"caption__container\" data-testid=\"caption__container\">Gold medalists Quinn Hughes and Jack Hughes of Team USA celebrate winning gold Feb. 22.<\/span><span class=\"caption__source\" data-testid=\"caption__source\">Gregory Shamus \/ Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"anchor-f7c6fd\" class=\"body-graf\">Carson also asked about the timeline to getting his teeth repaired and whether he\u2019d consider gold replacements.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-622ea9\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cHe has enough gold for it,\u201d Quinn Hughes chimed in.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-intersection-ref\" data-activity-map=\"recommended-article-body-recommended\" data-testid=\"recommended-wrapper\">\n<div data-testid=\"intersection-observer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"anchor-abec19\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cIt\u2019s funny. Everyone in the media, everyone just wants to hear about my teeth, but I\u2019m ready to get these things fixed as soon as possible,\u201d Jack Hughes said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-d4bcce\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cBut hockey players are so tough, like every single guy loses their teeth and plays through some of the things,\u201d he said, adding he\u2019s ready to \u201cget my smile back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-78d95d\" class=\"body-graf\">Jack and Quinn\u2019s mother, Ellen Hughes, also appeared with her husband, Jim Hughes, on TODAY with Jenna &amp; Sheinelle Feb. 24. His mother said they\u2019ve been down this road before.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-3d0367\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cThe first time he lost a tooth, they were able to rebuild it and then he put a mouth guard in. I thought for sure the mouth guard would save him, but, obviously, I was wrong. He has such an infectious smile and hopefully they will get it back to the same level at some point,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-b1d76c\" class=\"body-graf\">Earlier on TODAY, Ellen Hughes, who also serves as player development consultant for\u00a0Team USA women\u2019s ice hockey,\u00a0was asked which was more agonizing to watch: the hit on her middle son or his gold-clinching goal.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.d3.nhle.com\/image\/private\/t_ratio16_9-size50\/v1708141089\/prd\/q1sctyyyvbs0vz5kbejd.jpg\" alt=\"Hughes brothers playing together for Devils in Stadium ...\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-44e600\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cDefinitely watching him get in the face with a stick,\u201d she\u00a0said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-c0c94c\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cI mean, I\u2019m so happy he wears a mouth guard. I can\u2019t even imagine how many more teeth he would have lost without a mouth guard. But it was right in front of us and I can tell you that Quinn, his brother, was on the ice and he saw the teeth go down,\u201d she said. \u201cWe saw him picking them up, and I was glad it was teeth and nothing more.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-b30c1f\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cWhat are you going to do? He\u2019ll have a good dentist. He\u2019ll get it fixed,\u201d she continued. \u201cAnd what a moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-96397d\" class=\"body-graf\">She also said she is still in awe that he would go on to score the goal.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-9d3fd4\" class=\"endmark body-graf\">\u201cWhen he scored, I wasn\u2019t even sure it was he that scored,\u201d she said. \u201cFor my husband and I, for all the parents, it doesn\u2019t really matter who scores. It\u2019s about winning. And I know the women felt the same way. And it was just such a historic moment. It didn\u2019t matter who scored. It\u2019s so much fun to be a part of.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI\u2019m ready to get these things fixed as soon as possible,\u201d Jack Hughes said on TODAY. Could Jack Hughes go from gold medal to gold teeth? Jack Hughes\u00a0scored the game-winning goal\u00a0in overtime in the&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>TEETH SHATTERED, ICE STAINED WITH BLOOD \u2014 BUT IT WAS HIS MOM\u2019S REACTION THAT LEFT Jack Hughes COMPLETELY SPEECHLESS. After the brutal on-ice collision that cost him his teeth, fans expected outrage, panic, maybe even fury from his parents in the stands. Instead, Hughes just revealed a shocking behind-the-scenes moment that flipped the entire narrative and proved why his family has been his backbone since day one. As the young star of the New Jersey Devils replayed the chaos \u2014 the blood, the pain, the roar of the crowd \u2014 he admitted it wasn\u2019t the hit that stunned him most\u2026 it was what his mom said afterward. The emotional confession is now sending social media into a frenzy, with fans calling it the defining \u201chockey family\u201d moment that explains his fearless mentality and relentless drive. - GIANTNEWS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/giantnews.us\/?p=2571\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"TEETH SHATTERED, ICE STAINED WITH BLOOD \u2014 BUT IT WAS HIS MOM\u2019S REACTION THAT LEFT Jack Hughes COMPLETELY SPEECHLESS. After the brutal on-ice collision that cost him his teeth, fans expected outrage, panic, maybe even fury from his parents in the stands. Instead, Hughes just revealed a shocking behind-the-scenes moment that flipped the entire narrative and proved why his family has been his backbone since day one. 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