Quinn Hughes to appear on ‘SNL’ and ‘The Tonight Show’; brother Jack may join

We know what Quinn Hughes has done on the ice to transform the Minnesota Wild.

Since his mid-December acquisition, the Wild have scored the most goals in the NHL, earned the most points in the Western Conference and have the most prolific defensemen in the league.

Well, he’s also now putting the usually anonymous Wild on the national stage.

Fresh off winning a gold medal in Milan at the Olympics, scoring in overtime to beat Sweden, leading the United States in scoring with eight points and having a point in all six games he played, the superstar defenseman will not only appear on “Saturday Night Live” on Saturday night, but he’ll also fly back to New York on Monday to appear on “The Tonight Show” with Jimmy Fallon.
Wild president of hockey operations and general manager Bill Guerin confirmed Thursday night, with the Wild playing the Avalanche in Denver, that Hughes will fly to New York on Saturday for his “Saturday Night Live” 11:30 pm appearance at NBC studios and then return to New York on Monday for an afternoon taping of Fallon. After each production, he will fly back to Minnesota to play the St. Louis Blues on Sunday at 4 pm CT and the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night at 8:30 pm CT, respectively.
What’s more, according to a league source, Hughes’ younger brother, Jack Hughes, who scored the “Golden Goal” to beat Canada in the gold-medal game, will appear on “The Tonight Show” with Quinn on Monday and may even be on “Saturday Night Live” if the Devils can return to New Jersey in time after playing the Blues on Saturday at 4 pm CT.
It’s uncertain if any other USA Hockey players will be on either show.
Quinn Hughes had a crazy schedule this week.
He won the gold medal Sunday. On Monday, he chartered with his United States teammates from Milan to Miami for a party at the ultraclub E11EVEN. On Tuesday, he flew from Miami to Washington, D.C., to visit the White House and be honored during the State of the Union with his USA teammates. On Wednesday, he boarded Wild owner Craig Leipold’s private jet in Washington and flew to Minneapolis, where he met up with his Wild teammates and flew to Denver via charter to play the Avalanche on Thursday night. After the game — a 5-2 win — he’ll fly to Salt Lake City to play the Utah Mammoth on Friday night. After that game, he’ll return to Minnesota and land Saturday morning. On Saturday, he’ll fly to New York for “SNL.” On Sunday, he’ll return to Minnesota to play the Blues. On Monday, he’ll fly back to New York to do Fallon. On Tuesday, he’ll fly back to Minnesota to play the Lightning.

On Wednesday, he’ll hopefully be able to sleep.

Hughes assisted on one of Joel Eriksson Ek’s two goals in Thursday’s win at Colorado to extend his assist and point streaks to 11 games, the longest active streak in the NHL.
He has 35 points in 27 games since joining the Wild.