It will also worsen his accuracy on shots from medium and low danger. By placing the puck wide and passing or shooting, you are limiting your ability to control exactly where you want the puck to go. The issue is that he will try to position the puck slightly too far away from his body before attempting the pass or shot. Hughes is inconsistent with his passing and shooting. When it comes to Hughes’ shooting and passing ability, there are some things to address throughout the course of his NCAA and AHL development. #2022NHLDraft /gvna7WabWa- Josh Tessler December 14, 2021 Opens up ice for a teammate on a consistent basis and allows that teammate to attempt a pass to the low slot. He's constantly looking to lure attackers in. The more I watch of Jack Hughes, the more I like the player. Then his defenseman comes into the zone, Hughes completes a drop pass while skating towards more centered ice and that allows the defender to pinch up and skate into more opened ice and then complete a pass to the slot. The manipulation offers Northeastern with a better chance of generating a high danger shot instead of Hughes trying to play the puck around the attacker. When entering into the offensive zone, he will draw the attacker to him, cut left, bring the attacker with him. It’s just a few instances where he struggles to maintain possession. While there are instances where he struggles to stick-handle around traffic or maintain possession, he has excellent hands. In addition, he will try to slide in between two attackers by skating vertically to them and windmill to get past but that didn’t work. When pushing the puck slightly wide, he struggles to maintain possession. When at open ice, he will occasionally lose the puck when curling and dragging the puck when on the move. Sometimes he will struggle to complete a wind-mill around an attacker when he’s at half-wall and looks to play the puck around the attacker, but gets stripped. Hughes will struggle with stick-handling and puck security when facing pressure at the boards. uxHIze5Yqi- Josh Tessler December 13, 2021 Cradles the puck towards his body and nets a wrist shot goal. Then shifts his body towards the net-minder. In the offensive zone, he positions himself towards his teammate in a 2-on-1. Later, he stick lifts the attacker's stick blade at the blue line and nets control of the puck. Afterwards, he will then curl the puck towards his body and fires a wrist shot. If he gains control of the puck from the teammate off of a pass or he is the one carrying the puck in on a 2-on-1, he’ll position his body towards his teammate and then quickly switch to facing the net to try to confuse the opposing goaltender. His ability to keep good pace with his teammate allows the teammate to provide him with a quality short-range lateral feed opportunity and can lead to backdoor deflection goals. In 2-on-1 situations, when his teammate has control of the puck and is moving the puck towards the middle of the slot, Hughes keeps good pace with his teammate. But that often doesn’t end up deceiving the attack.

In scenarios where he gains control of a loose puck at net front but he is facing pressure from multiple attackers, he will try a spin move and attempt a quick shot. He will skate hard for the puck from the neutral zone or off the draw and shoots upon netting possession of the puck in the low slot. Jack Hughes loves to jump on loose pucks at net-front. Handedness – Left Hughes’ Style Of Play Offense Sebastian School’s varsity team and the USNTDP.

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Jack Hughes is in his freshman season for Northeastern University. Riley is a junior at Northeastern University. Jack’s brother, Riley Hughes was a seventh round pick in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft and was selected by the New York Rangers. After his time in QMAAA, he ended up playing for Cornell University, was part of Team Canada’s World Junior Roster in 1992 (tournament was played in Füssen, Germany and Kaufbeuren, Germany) and played in three games for the Boston Bruins in 1995-96. His uncle, Ryan Hughes played with Kent for the Lac St-Louis Lions. Kent previously worked for Quartexx Management as a NHL player agent and was recently hired by the Montréal Canadiens to serve as General Manager. Hughes’ father is Kent Hughes, who played for the Lac St-Louis Lions in the 1980s and then played division three hockey for Middlebury College. For those unfamiliar with Westwood, it’s a town roughly 35 minutes southwest of Boston along RT. Jack Hughes is a 2022 NHL Draft eligible prospect, who hails from Westwood, Massachusetts. Photo Credit: Jim Pierce/Northeastern Athletics

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