Jack Hughes’ first Team USA chance bigger than a bonding experience

Source: New York Post

MONTREAL — It was Team Finland that got in the way of Jack Hughes and Team USA in the U18 World Junior Championships in 2018, and it was Team Finland that got in the way of Hughes and Team USA in the U20 World Juniors — on a late third-period goal by Kaapo Kakko, no less — in 2019. And it is Team Finland against which Hughes and Team USA will open their quest for the 4 Nations championship here Thursday, following Wednesday’s Team Canada-Team Sweden tournament faceoff. “I lost the U20 and U18 finals to Finland, so I know first-hand how good their country is,” No.