Who Is Connor Hellebuyck? The U.S.A. Hockey Goalie Nobody Wanted Who Just Won Olympic Gold

When Jack Hughes scored in overtime to clinch Team USA's first gold medal since 1980, the camera found him mobbed by teammates at center ice. But ask anyone who watched that game against Canada (including Hughes), and they'll tell you the same thing: the man who actually won it was standing in the net.

Connor Hellebuyck stopped 41 of 42 shots he faced in the gold medal game. He stoned Connor McDavid on a breakaway. He got his stick on a wide-open rebound with the net gaping. He was, as they say in hockey, standing on his head.