It was Team USA Friend Fire Over the weekend, but it cost one of the stars season.
New Jersey Devils Jack Hughes striker was switched off until the end of the season after suffered a shoulder injury from his vicious spout with Jack Eichel on Saturday.
The team announced on Wednesday.
In their game in Vegas against Golden Knights, the devils wanted to get at least one goal back in the third period. Nico Hischier shot and Hughes couldn’t bypass the jump. Hughes then collided with Eichel and crashed strongly into the panels.
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New Jersey Devils Center Jack Hughes, 86, starts with ice after sustaining an obvious injury during a game against Vegas Golden Knights during the third period at the T-Mobile Arena. (Stephen R. Sylvanie/Imagings Images)
Both last month played in 4 nations for stars and stripes and were paired on the same line; Eichel immediately checked Hughes.
Come on slid off the ice Covered as his right hand seemed to him. New Jersey provided some updates, except that the day after the injury he flew to the east; On Wednesday, they announced that he had undergone surgery in Colorado.
“Obviously it didn’t look good …” said devil’s head coach Sheldon Keefe after the game. “It’s hard to see, especially a similar game he called earlier in the period.”
Luke Hughes, Jack’s brother, was emotional when he entered the locker room as the media gathered to perform interviews after the game, according to Associated Press.
New Jersey Devils Center Jack Hughes, 86, starts with ice after sustaining an obvious injury during a game against Vegas Golden Knights during the third period at the T-Mobile Arena. (Stephen R. Sylvanie/Imagings Images)
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She was a cold move for the devil, and another star on the team, Dougie Hamilton, recently suffered an injury. During the holidays, the devils came first in the Metropolitan Division, but they were 10-13-3 from Christmas.
Their playoffs, with 19 games that remain in the season, should be safe. But some teams are close to the games in their hand. Either way, a team that once considered himself a candidate Stanley Cup now is everything, but with their best player until next season.
If the playoffs are held, it would be their second time they have been playing in the last three seasons after making it only one of 2013 to 2022.
Vegas Golden Knights Center Jack Eichel (9) checks at New Jersey Devils Center Jack Hughes (86) after a collision during the third NHL hockey match on Sunday, March 2, 2025, in Las Vegas. (Ian Maule/AP Photo)
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This is the second season in a row, Hughes will play 62 games, as he also filed injuries last year. He had 27 goals and 40 assists this season. It was the first overall choice in the NHL draft 2019.
Fox News’ Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.
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