It’s already been a special trip for Jack and Quinn. Their dad, Jim, was on the Team USA charter flight to Italy. And with the players staying in the Olympic Village, the Hughes brothers are rooming together instead of having separate rooms like players would have during the NHL regular season.
“I’m looking forward to that a lot, and just rooming with him, and, you know, spending time with him,” Jack said of Quinn. “It should be a lot of fun.”
Having Jack healthy is also a big boost for the U.S., which plays its first game in the preliminary round against Latvia on Thursday (3:10 p.m. ET, Peacock, USA, CBC Gem, SN, CBC).
The No. 1 pick by the Devils in the 2019 NHL Draft, the 24-year-old has 387 points (153 goals,…