Jack Hughes’ whirlwind Olympics victory lap included a brief wedding detour.

The star Devils forward and Winter Games hero found himself at the center of wild romance rumors last week when a report suggested he would soon wed the daughter of billionaire Indian-American business exec Nikesh Arora.

“Indian-American tech mogul Nikesh Arora’s daughter, Ayesha Arora, is set to marry Jack Hughes in a traditional Hindu ceremony in Jodhpur. The high-profile guest list included Gautam Adani, the Ambani family, US officials and others,” a report published by local media in India read.

Naturally, the claims made the rounds online and landed in front of Hughes’ agent, Pat Brisson, who addressed the speculation surrounding his client Friday by telling Forbes, “The mix-up was a case of mistaken identity.”

Forbes noted in its report Friday how bride Arora “is several days into wedding celebrations for her upcoming nuptials to a different man with the same name,” with outlets misidentifying him as the Olympic gold medalist.

Hughes, who has been romantically linked to pop singer Tate McRae since late 2025, is just days removed from his gold medal triumph at the Milano Cortina Games, where he scored the overtime goal against Canada for Team USA in the men’s hockey final.

The 2-1 victory in extra minutes kicked off a lively stream of celebrations and controversy for the men’s squad.

While taking a celebratory phone call from President Donald Trump last week, the commander in chief joked about having to invite the gold medal-winning women’s hockey team to the White House or else, “I do believe I probably would be impeached.”

The remarks elicited laughter from the locker room, with members of the team, including Hughes, 24, and older brother Quinn, 26, speaking out in support of their female compatriots.

Over the weekend, the Hughes siblings appeared on “Saturday Night Live” with Team USA captain Hilary Knight and her teammate, Megan Keller, who scored the game-winner versus Canada in the women’s hockey final in Italy.

The golden tour continued Monday when Hughes, Quinn and Knight visited “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.”

We’ve not only reached the finale of these Winter Olympics, it’s the marquee hockey matchup of the century.

USA and Canada will play for gold in men’s hockey Sunday morning, marking the highly anticipated 4 Nations Face-Off rematch from last year.

The Canadians are favored at -125 on the moneyline, with a total set at 5.5 goals.

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What our Post expert thinks about USA vs. Canada

The United States enter this game having only one scare against the Swedes in the quarterfinal. They prevailed on Quinn Hughes’ overtime game-winner and went on to drub Slovakia, 6-2.

Canada has had a rockier trip through the knockouts, trailing both Czechia and Finland before rallying with its unprecedented scoring depth.

The Canadians roster the two leading scorers of the tournament with Connor McDavid and Macklin Celebrini’s 13 and 10 points, respectively.

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MILAN — Sidney Crosby skated Saturday morning with Team Canada, but no determination has been made yet on his status for the gold medal game Sunday against Team USA, coach Jon Cooper said.

Team Canada closed its practice to reporters, so there was no chance to see what Crosby looked like on the ice or with whom he skated with.

“I haven’t spoken to him yet,” Cooper said. “We’re gonna meet tonight and have a determination of what’s gonna happen tomorrow. He won’t put himself in harm’s way and he’s not gonna put the team in harm’s way. Obviously, we’d love to have him. That determination will be made tonight.”

Cooper said Crosby will not dress in a limited role, or to serve as an inspiration, a la Victor Hedman in Sweden’s quarterfinal game.

“It’s too important,” Cooper said. “We don’t want to have somebody in there as an inspiration when we could have a player that could be capable of helping. You never know if guys are gonna get hurt in the game. He wouldn’t want to do that either.”

He also fielded a question about whether it was allowed for Crosby to be behind the bench as a de facto assistant coach, saying he didn’t know, but it won’t happen.

Cooper did confirm that Canada will be without defenseman Josh Morrissey, who suffered an upper-body injury in the first game of the tournament.

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He deflected when asked whether Morrissey — who practiced fully before Canada’s preliminary-round finale against France and looked set to return — suffered a setback.

“Josh, in the end, he just wouldn’t be able to perform at what he could,” Cooper said. “We made the decision.”

Be sure to have your alarm clocks set Sunday morning.

Team USA and Canada men’s hockey are set to face off for Olympic gold at 8:10 a.m. ET on Sunday, so fans will have to wake up early to see the championship game.

There are a couple of reasons behind the early start time, with the main one being — like many of the events at the 2026 Winter Olympics — the six-hour time difference between the eastern United States and Milan Cortina.

The time difference means that the gold-medal match will start at 2:10 p.m. locally before the closing ceremonies that evening.

The championship game is also the last event for this year’s Olympics before the closing ceremonies, which are expected to kick off at 2:30 p.m. ET and 8:30 p.m. in Milan.

Men’s hockey is typically one of the last events of the Olympic Games, with the championship game often being held on the final day alongside women’s cross-country skiing.

Even NBC host Mike Tirico was apologetic about the early start time and sympathetic to the fans during the broadcast on Friday while explaining the reasons behind why the game starts in the morning for viewers in the United States.

Team USA secured its ticket to the championship game on Friday with a dominant 6-2 win over Slovakia, with center Jack Hughes scoring two goals in the effort.

Hughes’ performance comes after Team USA decided to shift the 24-year-old up to the third line, with coach Mike Sullivan saying that the Devils star “could impact the game more.”

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“We thought [Hughes] was playing real well, and so we thought by moving him up and getting him more ice time, he could impact the game more,” Sullivan told reporters Friday morning. “It was just a decision on our part based on how Jack has played and we think he’s getting better with every game he’s played.”

Team Canada’s semifinal win on Friday was not as easy, however, as they trailed Finland by two goals for a chunk of the game.

Canada then scored three unanswered goals, with Nathan MacKinnon scoring the game-winner with just 35 seconds left in the third period.

Amber Glenn needed to give herself some reassurance.

On Friday, the American figure skater hit the ice to complete the jump that knocked her down in the standings during Tuesday’s short program and ultimately cost her a medal at the Milano Cortina Games.

Glenn, 26, shared the moment on TikTok, taking viewers with her as she completed the jump — a triple loop — which she failed to execute Tuesday.

She completed a double loop instead and was given zero points for an invalid element, with her score of 67.39 dropping her to 13th place.

“Come with me to do the jump that cost me an Olympic medal,” Glenn said in the video.

Upon skating backwards, Glenn launched into the jump and landed it cleanly.

“That’s fine. I’m fine. I’m fine,” she said immediately afterwards in relief. “Everything’s fine.”

The Texas native’s short program left her in tears as she skated off the ice.

Glenn rebounded Thursday with a season-best free skate score of 147.52.

In the four-minute program, Glenn landed the triple loop and the triple axel, which she is known for, and pumped her fist after she finished.

Her only mistake came in touching the ice on her final jump.

“I just thought, ‘I’m going to do what I do best, which is enjoy skating,’” Glenn said, “and that’s what I did today.”

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Glenn finished fifth with a total of 214.91, with her teammate, Alysa Liu, taking gold to end the U.S. women’s 24-year figure skating drought with a score of 226.79.

Although her individual run at the Olympics didn’t result in a medal, Glenn is walking away from this year’s games with her head held high.

“I’m ecstatic. I’m happy that I did my job,” she said afterward. “Of course there’s so much that I wish I could have done better, and there’s going to be so many ‘What ifs?’ after this. But to tell myself that I did what I could, that’s enough.”

Glenn is the oldest woman to represent the United States in singles figure skating at the Olympics since 1928.

US figure skater Maxim Naumov may not have won a medal but he made his late parents proud on Friday night as he competed on the Winter Olympic stage. 

The 24-year-old lost his parents, Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, last year when they were among the 67 people killed after American Airlines Flight 5342 crashed into a military helicopter on approach to Ronald Reagan National Airport and fell into the dark depths of the Potomac River.

Over a year on from their deaths, Naumov finished his Winter Games debut with an emotional free skate Friday night. 

It wasn’t a perfect program. Far from it. Naumov fell twice on quad salchows and was uneven throughout. But the point total wasn’t the point.

Naumov finished 20th overall with a total score of 223.36, combining the short program and free skate, but he insisted that he was proud of his performance following the emotional challenges of the past year. 

‘To be honest, I just feel proud,’ Naumov said afterward. ‘I feel proud of the journey that it took to get to this point. That is what I look toward right now. What it took to get here has been indescribable, inwards, getting up every day when I didn’t want to and pushing through the difficult times and the uncertainty of it all. I’m able to have some perspective on that. And I’ve had a lot of perspective in lots of areas in my life this year and skating is no different.

US figure skater Maxim Naumov finished 20th in the Winter Olympic men’s single skating 

The 24-year-old fell twice throughout his free skate program, finishing with a score of 223.36

‘So yes,’ Naumov said, ‘there were some mistakes today, but man, I’m just happy and proud to be standing here today and getting through all the difficulty of this year and still standing on my feet and continuing to push onward.’

Just as he did after his short program, Naumov clutched a photo of his late parents as he awaited his score. After it was announced, he kissed the photo which showed him at three years old on the ice with his parents.

Naumov had finished fourth at the national championships in Wichita, Kansas, last January before heading home to the Boston area, while his parents – world pairs champions-turned-coaches – stayed behind to participate in a youth development camp.

Their plane was carrying more than two dozen members of the tight-knit figure skating community when it crashed.

Vadim and Evgenia were crowned pairs world champions in ice skating in 1994 and were the people who introduced Naumov to the sport, remaining a key influence over his career up until their death.

He wanted to fulfill a dream that he shared with his parents by making it to the Olympics; they were fifth at the 1992 Albertville Games and fourth at the 1994 Lillehammer Games. 

After January’s championships, Naumov said of his grieving process: ‘Once a week I try to have that space with them, in whatever capacity that might be.

Naumov clutched and kissed a photo of his late parents as he awaited his score

Naumov said that he was proud of his performance following the year’s emotional challenges

‘It could be a photo, talking to someone about them. It could be anything. It’s been therapeutic in a way.’

To this day, Naumov wears around his neck a gold chain with a cross, which he received on his baptism day. On his finger is a white gold ring with a single diamond, which his father once wore on his pinkie and passed down to him several years ago. 

‘I mean, there’s parts of life that are difficult, you know? But I think within those difficult times and moments of like, talking about this story, it’s still such a privilege to share,’ he said back in January. 

‘My intention is to share it as much as possible, because not only do my parents deserve all the praise and recognition and the fact that I wouldn’t be here without them, but also to inspire other athletes, or people in general, to know that there is a way. No matter what, there is a way.’ 

Naumov’s US teammate, Ilia Malinin, who had been the favorite for the gold, also missed out on medalling after suffering a collapse in the free skate, which saw him tumble out of podium contention into eighth.