Jack Hughes scores Team USA's biggest men's hockey goal in 46 years

No miracles. Just magic.

Jack Hughes. Overtime. One goal away from a gold medal. And not for a second did Team USA's 24-year old forward from the New Jersey Devils waver.

His left-handed shot was true, past Canada's goalie Jordan Binnington, through the 5-hole.

Pandemonium for the Americans in Milan.

For the first time in 46 years, the United States of America is the men's hockey gold medal winner at the Olympics.

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Team USA was golden for the first time in 1960.

And everyone remembers 1980, of course, the semifinal Miracle On Ice win over the Soviet Union. That United States team needed to cap off that incredible game by beating Finland in the gold medal match.

This clash with Canada wasn't like that, though.

The winning goal scorer against the Soviets, Mike Eruzione, said earlier on Sunday that "this isn't a miracle."

He called this the best Team USA men's hockey team ever. He's right.

They have more talent, more speed, more strength, more skill, than any that has come before.

So too did this Canadian team.

The NBC hype video before the game called it a "Clash of the Titans." It might have been the two best hockey teams ever assembled, sharing the same ice on a Sunday afternoon in Italy.

The U.S. struck in the first period, Matt Boldy on the goal of the tournament, slicing through two defensemen and flipping a backhand shot in.

The Canadians answered in the second with a well-placed shot from Cale Makar.

Throughout, U.S. goalie Connor Hellebuyck stood on his head, including one of the most improbable stick saves ever on what looked like a certain goal.

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That all set the stage for the final moment.

Jack Hughes was lacking some teeth from taking a high stick in the third period.

He couldn't stop smiling that bloody smile, though, because he had just scored the biggest goal for Team USA men's hockey in nearly half a century.

No matter how many teeth are in your mouth, every American had something to smile about on Sunday.

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