Quinn Hughes

Quintin Jerome Hughes born October 14 1999 is an American professional ice hockey player who is a defenseman for the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League NHL Hughes was drafted seventh overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the 2018 NHL entry draft and played his first seven seasons with the team serving as captain from 2023 until his trade to the Wild in 2025 Before the draft he was considered a top prospect Showing impressive offensive prowess as a defenseman since the beginning of his time with the Canucks he was nominated for the Calder Memorial Trophy as the leagues best rookie in 2020 He holds several Canucks and NHL records for defensemen and won the James Norris Memorial Trophy in 2024 as the NHLs best defenseman Following success with the USA Hockey National Team Development Program Hughes joined the University of Michigan for the 201718 season There he set a new record for most assists by a Michigan freshman defenseman and was named to the AllBig Ten Freshman Team and the AllBig Ten Second Team Internationally Hughes has represented the United States at the 2018 and 2019 World Junior Championships He made his senior national team debut at the 2018 World Championship where he helped them win bronze and played a pivotal role in the American victory at the 2026 Winter Olympics Hughes is from a family of ice hockey players his younger brother Jack was drafted first overall by the New Jersey Devils in the 2019 NHL entry draft while his youngest brother Luke was drafted fourth overall in the 2021 NHL entry draft also by the Devils His mother Ellen WeinbergHughes played for the United States womens national ice hockey team and his father was the director of player development for the Toronto Maple Leafs Description above from the Wikipedia article Quinn Hughes licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia