Sidney Crosby Gives Honest Take on Jack Hughes, Hockey Hall of Fame's Golden Goal Puck Dispute

Sidney Crosby is apparently not joining in on Jack Hughes' bid to reclaim his historic Olympic memorabilia from the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Crosby, who scored an overtime Olympic golden goal for Canada in 2010, was asked Wednesday about Hughes' pursuit of the puck with which he secured Olympic gold for Team USA in February.

"I didn't even think about it that way, to be honest with you," Crosby told The Athletic's Devon Henderson. "I was just happy that I scored the goal. I was happy that the puck was going to the Hall of Fame. I didn't even think about it that way."

Hughes' puck, Crosby's puck and the puck Megan Keller used to score in overtime for the United States women's hockey team at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics are all currently on display in the HHOF in Toronto.

Crosby's puck is featured alongside the net, stick and gloves involved in his Olympic overtime goal against the United States.

The Pittsburgh Penguins captain said in a May 2010 statement that he was "happy" to see the memorabilia displayed at the Hall.

ESPN's Greg Wyshynski first reported Wednesday that Hughes said he was "trying to get" the puck back from Toronto.

"Like, that's bulls--t that the Hockey Hall of Fame has it, in my opinion. Why would they have that puck?" Hughes asked Wyshynski.

Hall of Fame curator Philip Pritchard told Wyshynski on Thursday the HOF had legal claim to the puck, which he said was "never Jack's puck to own."

"It's been donated to us now. For every artifact that's been donated, we have a paper trail and signed paperwork of where it's come from," Pritchard told Wyshynski.

Pritchard continued, per Wyshynski: "Part of being a nonprofit registered charity in Canada is it becomes kind of a legal document that we've received it as a donation. We've insured it, we've preserved it, we conserved everything. It becomes part of our institution."

Hughes initially said on Feb. 26, four days after USA's gold medal win over Canada, that he had lost track of the puck after scoring 1:41 into the overtime period.

An International Ice Hockey Federation spokesperson told Sportico's Justin Birnbaum the following day the puck had been "immediately secured after the game ended" and "designated for archival preservation with the HHOF to ensure its long-term safekeeping and historical recognition."

Hughes told Wyshynski he wants the puck for his father, who has collected memorabilia from the NHL careers of himself and his brothers Quinn and Luke.

Auction house estimations of the puck's value range from $20,000 to $500,000, according to Birnbaum.