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What two gold medals, a pair of wool socks, and a toothless hockey player teach us about showing up.

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Feb 25, 2026
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Jack Hughes scored the golden goal missing two front teeth.

Let that land for a second. The kid took a stick to the face in the third period, looked down at the ice, saw his own teeth, and his first thought was draw the penalty. Then he climbed back over the boards in overtime — blood still on his chin — and buried the puck between the legs of Canada’s g…

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