16 years after Sidney Crosby's overtime goal won gold for Canada in Vancouver, the United States made sure history didn't repeat itself. Jack Hughes, who was only eight years old when the Americans suffered heartbreak in 2010, won it for the USA with a laser into the net.

Jack Hughes skated to the penalty box late in Sunday’s third period, panicked that he had cost him and his teammates the biggest game of their lives. The American forward had just accidentally hit a Canadian player in the face with his stick while fighting for a loose puck in the corner.

Jack Hughes is an American hero after scoring the game-winning goal in overtime of Sunday's men's hockey gold-medal match between the United States and Canada at the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics, and he was just happy he gave his country a chance to celebrate.

Hughes scored the 'Golden Goal' 46 years in the making 1:41 into overtime, giving Team USA a 2-1 overtime win against Team Canada in the gold medal game of the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 at Santagiulia Arena on Sunday. It is the United States’ first gold medal in men’s hockey since the Miracle on Ice in 1980.

Jack Hughes’ overtime goal, which gave the United States its first Olympic gold medal in men’s hockey since 1980, drew an average audience of 26 million viewers on NBC and Peacock in the U.S., according to Nielsen’s Big Data + Panel ratings and Adobe Analytics digital data.

The Team USA men’s hockey team is living it up after Jack Hughes helped deliver the Americans a memorable Winter Olympics gold medal. However, Hughes and the men’s Olympic hockey squad have come under fire since capturing gold.

Ellen Hughes spoke with TODAY on Tuesday.