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4 Nations Faceoff: Jack Hughes Named to USA, Canada Snubs Devils Star Defenseman
Devils superstar Jack Hughes is named to Team USA’s 4 Nations Faceoff roster, Team Canada snubs defenseman Dougie Hamilton.

In the second and final round of 4 Nations Roster reveals, Team USA revealed New Jersey Devils superstar Jack Hughes has been named to the roster. However, star defenseman, Dougie Hamilton, was snubbed from Team Canada.
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Upon the initial roster releases, in which each country named their first six players, no Devils were named to any of the four teams.
For Team USA, the first six players named over the summer were defensemen Adam Fox, Quinn Hughes, and Charlie McAvoy, as well as forwards Jack Eichel, Auston Matthews, and Matthew Tkachuk.
Team Canada announced their initial six players are defenseman Cale Makar, and forwards Sidney Crosby, Nathan Mackinnon, Brad Marchand, Connor McDavid, and Brayden Point.
Now, Jack Hughes is joining the star-studded USA roster.
Hughes joins his brother, Quinn, playing on the same team as the eldest Hughes brother for the first time in their professional careers.
Thus far in 2024-25, Hughes has collected nine goals and 21 assists in 27 games. The Devils forward has scored at over a point per-game pace in each of the last three seasons. In the 2022-23 season, Hughes registered a career-high 99 points (43g, 56a), breaking the Devils’ franchise record for points in a single season previously held by Patrik Elias (96).
Hamilton being left off Canada’s roster is a bit surprising. However, when you consider he missed most of the 2023-24 season to injury and has only really started to turn his game up over the last handful of games, you can begin to make some sense of his omission.
Through 28 games this season, Hamilton has registered five goals and 21 points.
Canada named Cale Makar, Devon Toews, Alex Pietrangelo, Colton Parayko, Josh Morrissey, Shea Theodore, and Travis Sanheim as their seven defensemen.
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