Jon Cooper accomplished one of his dreams when he won two Stanley Cup trophies as the head coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Hughes, in a January interview, discussed Team USA's gold-or-bust mentality, Olympic ice surface concerns, and whether he or his brother would have a better chance of winning a medal in figure skating.

Jack Eichel in the fall of 2021 still did not believe he and the rest of the world’s best hockey players would be going to the Olympics in Beijing a few months later, even after the NHL reached an agreement to do so. “Don’t hold your breath,” Eichel said at the time.