Wyatt Cullen

And I think just being around those guys, practicing with them every day, um, just competing with them in the gym on the ice and practices helped me grow my game so much.

And I think I couldn't be more grateful for everything that they gave me these past two years.

And, uh, yeah, there's obviously so much talent to play with too, and, um, couldn't be more grateful for my line mates and,

and teammates who helped me out.

They're keys to my success this year for sure.

Yeah, yeah, obviously that was a pretty special moment.

You see there's so many guys that came through the program on that Olympic roster, and, yeah, obviously that kind of motivates us all, motivates us a lot.

You know, going into the Worlds, obviously we didn't, you know, do what we wanted there, but I think it motivates us

to keep going for the World Juniors and more to come with wearing the USA jersey in the future.

We were in the hotel room actually with our team.

I think we were in Muskegon actually.

Yeah, we watched it during breakfast.

It was pretty cool, a pretty special moment with our team.

Yeah.

Yeah, I think, honestly, after the Christmas break, I kind of, you know, started to hit a big stride.

I had a big second half of the year, I would say.

And I just kind of kept getting better and better every week this year.

And I kind of maxed out or played my best hockey at the end, which I think is big.

And, yeah, I just grew so much throughout the whole course of the year.

Yeah, my whole life it's always been Jack Hughes.