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Hilary Knight celebrates with fans after the women's hockey gold-medal game. Andreas Rentz / Getty Images
Team USA gold medal-winning brothers Quinn and Jack Hughes and gold medal-winning women’s captain Hilary Knight will appear together on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Monday night, NBCUniversal announced Friday.
The Hughes brothers combined for 15 points in the Olympics, with Quinn scoring in overtime to beat Sweden in the quarterfinals and Jack, with missing teeth and a bloodied mouth after being high-sticked late in regulation, scoring in overtime to beat Canada in the gold medal game.
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Knight, in her fifth and final Olympics, scored the tying goal late in regulation to force overtime in the United States’ eventual overtime win over Canada in the gold medal game.
Quinn plays defense for the Minnesota Wild, and Jack plays forward for the New Jersey Devils. Knight, the longtime face of USA women’s hockey, captains the PWHL Seattle Torrent.
“The Tonight Show” on Monday will also feature guests Nicole Kidman, Luke Thompson and a cooking demo by Chef Mario Carbone, the network announced. The show airs at 11:35 p.m. ET on NBC and streams Tuesday on Peacock.
The Athletic also reported Thursday night that Quinn Hughes is expected to appear on “Saturday Night Live” this weekend. There’s a chance his brother, Jack, will also appear with him on “SNL,” league sources told The Athletic. Jack’s Devils play in St. Louis at 4 p.m. CT, and if they can make it back to the New York/New Jersey area on time, he plans to hustle over to the NBC Studios.
Heated Rivalry actor Connor Storrie is scheduled to host “SNL.”
Quinn had a busy week.
After winning the gold medal on Sunday, he flew with his U.S. teammates Monday to Miami to celebrate the victory. Then it was off to Washington, D.C. on Tuesday for a trip to the White House to meet President Donald Trump. Wednesday, he flew from Washington to Minneapolis on Wild owner Craig Leipold’s private jet where he caught up with his Wild teammates for their trip to Denver to face the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday evening. Then it was off to Salt Lake City to face the Utah Mammoth on Friday. He will return to Minnesota on Saturday morning but his stay will be brief, as it will be off to New York for SNL. Quinn will wrap up the week on Sunday in Minnesota and play the St. Louis Blues. Monday it is back to New York to appear on Fallon before heading back to Minnesota to play the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday.
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Michael Russo is a senior writer covering the Minnesota Wild and the National Hockey League for The Athletic. He has covered the NHL since 1995 (Florida Panthers) and the Wild since 2005, previously for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel and Minneapolis Star Tribune. Michael is a five-time Minnesota Sportswriter of the Year and in 2017 was named the inaugural Red Fisher Award winner as best beat writer in the NHL. Michael can be seen on NHL Network; and heard on KFAN (100.3 FM) and the Worst Seats in the House podcast (talknorth.com). He can be found on Instagram and X at @russohockey and Bluesky at @russohockey.bsky.social. Follow Michael on Twitter @RussoHockey
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