Jack Hughes knows that at some point, the chaos that has been his life since his gold-medal winning overtime goal for the United States at the Milan Cortina Olympics will end. The 24-year-old Hughes — his smile still missing the handful of teeth he lost in the Olympic final against Canada — received a loud and long ovation on the road in Pittsburgh on Thursday night, the latest in a series of “is this really happening?" moments since his overtime score on the final day of the Games gave the U.S. its first Olympic goal in men's hockey in 46 years. During a brief pregame ceremony that included a nod to members of the gold-medal winning U.S. women's team as well as Penguins and Team Canada captain Sidney Crosby, the crowd at PPG Paints Arena turned the volume way up when the spotlight swung to Hughes' No. 86.
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