I wasn't going to cover the Winter Olympics here. Too much, too confusing, and I can't stand figure skating. But when both the USA men's and women's hockey teams beat Canada to win gold medals, both in OT by final scores of 2-1 at that, and both teams are chock full of BU alumni, well, I have to say something.
I had confused the Jack Hughes who scored the game-winning goal in OT with the Jack Hughes who played for the Terriers from 2023 to 2025. I was further confused that Jack's brother, Quinn Hughes, was also on the Olympics team, since brothers Quinn and Lane Hutson both played for the Terriers last year along with the other Jack Hughes. But it turns out the Jack Hughes who scored the winning goal on an Olympic team loaded with former BU players and has a brother named Quinn is in fact not the Terriers' Jack Hughes who played with brothers Quinn and Lane Hutson.
Seriously, it's so hard keeping white people straight. Y'all need more names. You don't all have to call each other "Jack" and "Quinn" and "Hughes" and "Hutson." From now on, I'm calling all white people "Buddy" and "Karen" to avoid mistakes.
But anyway, Team USA won its first Olympic hockey gold since the Miracle on Ice team when Mike Eruzione (BU, Class of 1977) scored the winning goal in 1980.
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