Connor Hellebuyck's miracle stick save helped Team USA capture first hockey gold since 1980 at Olympics

There would be no Jack Hughes' golden-goal moment in Milan if it weren’t for the heroics of Team USA goaltender Connor Hellebuyck, especially on one key save in the second period. 

Hellebuyck received praise throughout the contest and immediately after Hughes’ game-winning goal in overtime to clinch the first gold medal for the men’s ice hockey team since the 1980 miracle-on-ice Olympics in Lake Placid. 

But it was his reaction to stopping a puck in the second period with just his...