Quinn Hughes forgot gear in brother's car before first game after Vancouver Canucks trade
Quinn Hughes’ debut with the Minnesota Wild couldn’t have gone better.
The former Vancouver Canucks captain scored a goal and was named first star in a 6-2 Wild win at home over the Boston Bruins.
But Hughes’ first game with his new teammates nearly hit a snag.
He forgot his gear.
Hughes had travelled on the Canucks’ team jet to New Jersey, ahead of the first game of Vancouver’s five-game eastern road trip. He was traded Friday night, though, so instead he boarded a plane to Minnesota.
Wild GM Bill Guerin accompanied Hughes from New Jersey to Minnesota on Saturday, without a key piece of luggage.
“When we landed [in Minnesota], it was shortly after that that we realized we didn’t have his gear,” Guerin said during Sunday’s Wild game on the television broadcast.
“They put his gear in his brother Jack’s car, and I don’t think they knew that. Quinn and Jack didn’t know it. I just figured they had put the gear on the plane. So we had somebody fly it in [Sunday] morning.”
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Guerin was nervous that weather delays might disrupt the delivery of Quinn’s equipment.
“You guys have no idea what a bad night’s sleep I had… I was up at five o’clock this morning just thinking that plane better be in the air.”
Asked post-game about the equipment drama, Hughes responded with a wry smile.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
So, whose fault was it?
“It was definitely on me. I’m glad I’ve got some really good people in my corner that were able to make it work for me.”