""I rushed myself back and didn't do enough to help the team win," Hutson told NHL.com's Mike Morreale."
""I don't have a gold medal around my neck," he said. "Could have scored a goal in OT. Could have done plenty of things better.""
""It was obviously huge having him back," Eiserman told FloHockey postgame. "He did a really good job tonight. He's our backbone, so it was really good to have him back and doing his thing out there. He did a really good job coming back, and it's tough that we couldn't give him another game.""
Team USA fell 4-3 in overtime to Finland in the quarterfinals, ending hopes of a three-peat at the 2026 World Junior Championship. Cole Hutson returned from a two-game absence caused by taking a puck to the back of the head and led the team with 26:53 of ice time, recording a goal and an assist. Arttu Valila scored 2:11 into 3-on-3 overtime to win the game. Hutson finished the tournament with four points in three games and leaves the U-20 World Juniors as the USA's all-time leading-scoring defenseman with 15 points (4g, 11a).
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