Likely No. 1 pick Hughes tops Ovi’s U18 mark

Jack Hughes, the consensus No. 1 prospect for the 2019 NHL draft, continued breaking records at the IIHF World Under-18 Championship on Sunday.

With an assist in the second period of the United States’ bronze-medal game against Canada, Hughes passed Alex Ovechkin for the most career points at the tournament with 32. Hughes had tied the mark with a goal earlier in the period. Both played in 14 games.

The Americans beat the Canadians 5-2 to take home a medal for a 16th straight year.

Hughes finished with three points in the game, giving him 20 in total, setting another record for most points by a U.S. player in a single tournament. He fell just one point shy of tying Nikita Kucherov‘s world record set in 2011.

U.S. forward Cole Caufield remained tied with Ovechkin for most goals in a single tournament with 14. Caufield missed an open net on a pass from Hughes early in the third period.

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