Report: Hall of Fame won’t give golden-goal puck to Jack Hughes

The Hockey Hall of Fame intends to keep the puck Jack Hughes slapped to score the gold-medal winning goal for the United States in the Milan Cortina Olympics, despite Hughes wanting to gift it to his father.

Philip Pritchard, the vice president of the resource center and curator for the Hockey Hall of Fame, told ESPN on Wednesday that Hughes has no claim to the puck.

"Unfortunately, in the easiest words, it was never Jack's puck to own," Pritchard said. "It's been donated to us now.