Everything you need to know about Jack Hughes, the US men’s hockey team

Ice hockey runs in the Olympic gold medalist’s family.

His father, Jim Hughes, is a former NHL ice hockey player and assistant coach. Meanwhile, his mother, Ellen Weinberg-Hughes, played collegiately at the University of New Hampshire and won a silver medal at the 1992 Women’s World Championship.

Jack’s brothers, Quinn and Luke Hughes, are also professional ice hockey players.

“Hockey was in my blood. I think I was born to be a hockey player. I spent so many hours skating and playing mini sticks, I think it was just meant to be,” Jack said in an interview.

Meanwhile, the matriarch shared the siblings’ skating skills.

“We were always big proponents of two hands on the stick, so they were pushing with their lower body behind their stick, and their shoulders were in the right direction when they turned,” Ellen said. NHL.com. “They wore protection so everything could be done at full speed. That meant they could rely on their balance to transfer weight from one leg to the other without worrying about getting hurt.”

Jack’s uncle Marty played four seasons of hockey for Boston College from 1997 to 2001, winning an NCAA championship his senior year. His cousin Ted Doherty, who was captain his senior year, skated at Boston College for four seasons from 2012 to 2016.