00:00Let's get to the championship rounds and the gold medal rounds.
00:03How do you do that, Joe?
00:04You got to win some of these knockout games, get to the quarterfinals,
00:07the semifinals, and continue to advance.
00:09Hughes scored a goal yesterday.
00:10It was in overtime.
00:11Let's hear from him.
00:13Hell of a game out there.
00:15You took down the game winner.
00:17I mean, what did that feel like?
00:18Yeah, just a relief.
00:20Just really enjoying being here with this group and the guys
00:23and trying to extend it as long as I can.
00:25Right on.
00:26And then USA flags all over the place.
00:28You could hear the chance.
00:29What's that atmosphere?
00:30Yeah, it's special.
00:31I mean, you know, I love the U.S.
00:36It's the greatest country in the world,
00:37so happy to represent it here with these guys.
00:39And, you know, it's really special.
00:42Nice.
00:42Last one.
00:43What are you taking from tonight into Slovakia?
00:47I don't know.
00:47I think you just want to move on and be ready to go
00:49and get your feet up the next 24 hours and then be ready to go.
00:53Right on, man.
00:53Can you tell us what you saw in that final play?
00:56I mean, I just tried to create some space for myself
00:58and, you know, I was able to get it to my forehand and get shot off.
01:05When you – the definition of, like, a skilled athlete, like in hockey,
01:08like, understand, like, there's other sports, like football,
01:10you have great skills, and the NBA, great skills, great athletes.
01:13But to be able to do this on ice while you're skating,
01:15just watch that overtime goal and figure out yourself.
01:17Like, ooh, I think I could have been an NHL player when I was a kid.
01:20No, you can't, Joe.
01:21My goodness, man.
01:23Yeah, and, Dottie, I mean, the way he did it.
01:25And, again, you know, these guys, I noticed it in the Canada overtime game as well.
01:31I mean, these guys were sucking wind in overtime, make a sweat.
01:35Like, yeah, no.
01:36These guys were – they were huffing and puffing,
01:38and they tried to get him off that ice.
01:42And he just – he refused to get off the ice.
01:45And a couple of minutes later, or a couple of seconds later, actually,
01:48is when he ends up scoring it.
01:50How are you skating to the left,
01:52and then you fire that shot all the way to the right was just unbelievable.
01:57It was the thing of beauty, and it's why Team USA is moving on.
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