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New Jersey Devils take Plymouth's Jack Hughes No. 1 in 2019 NHL draft

Selected by the New Jersey Devils with the first overall pick of the 2019 NHL draft, Jack Hughes has plenty of Michigan connections.

The consensus best player in the draft, the 18-year-old winger spent the past two years in the United States National Team Development Program based out of Plymouth. He tore it up this past winter with 112 points (34 goals, 78 assists) in 50 games as the captain of the U18 National Team.