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Now it was Hilary Knight’s turn to provide some big laughs. saturday night live Reporters said this following a week of unrest involving the Olympic gold medal-winning U.S. women’s and men’s hockey teams.
Knight, captain of the U.S. women’s team, made a surprise appearance during the game, along with teammate Megan Keller and brothers Jack and Quinn Hughes from the men’s team. fierce rivalry On Saturday night, SNL star Connor Story delivered his opening monologue.
While the Hughes brothers were already on stage with their stories, Knight and Keller joined in, drawing loud and long applause. The four athletes wore U.S. jerseys and wore gold medals around their necks.
Knight said at the beginning, “I thought it was just us, but I thought I’d invite everyone.”
The comment was an apparent reference to the controversy that erupted when the men’s players received a congratulatory phone call from President Donald Trump after Sunday’s 2-1 overtime victory over Canada in Milan-Cortina.
President Trump addressed his team on speakerphone and, after inviting men to the State of the Union address, added that women should be invited as well. The president later said he risked impeachment if he didn’t invite women, a comment many saw as sexist, prompting laughter from the players.
Knight said Wednesday that the joke was “offensive and unfortunate.”
Meanwhile, many of the men said they laughed while taking part in the celebrations. Boston Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman admitted he “should have reacted differently” to President Trump’s comments.
On Wednesday, the women’s hockey players on the U.S. team were asked if they felt “disrespected or slighted in any way” by President Donald Trump’s call to the men’s team, and the players laughed when the U.S. president joked that the women’s team should also be invited to the White House. Defensive player Caroline Harvey said the call-up was “not something we’re focused on” and said she was happy to bring home Olympic gold.
The U.S. women’s team, which defeated Canada 2-1 in overtime three days ago, politely declined President Trump’s invitation due to travel plans. The players returned to North America late Monday night, much later than the men’s players, who traveled for commercial purposes and traveled on a chartered flight paid for by the NHL and the NHL Players Association.
Jack Hughes scored the men’s overtime goal.
For the girls, Keller scored an overtime goal and Knight tied it at the end of regulation.
Knight, who plays for the PWHL’s Seattle Trent, headed to New York the day after he was placed on long-term injured reserve. Keller, who plays for Boston, scrambled to New York just hours after playing in the Fleet’s 3-2 shootout victory in Ottawa earlier in the day.
Megan Keller scored 4 minutes, 07 seconds into overtime, and the United States defeated Canada 2-1 to win the Olympic women’s hockey gold medal.
Jack Hughes plays for the NHL’s New Jersey Devils, and Quinn plays for the Minnesota Wild.
After Quinn Hughes said the last time men won a gold medal was 46 years ago in 1980 in Lake Placid, Knight had another punch line.
Knight went on to say that the last time a woman won was in 2018.
Jack Hughes laughed and replied, “Good Burn,” then turned to Story and said: “This gold medal is not just for us, it’s for all hockey fans. It’s for you too.”
When Story asked if he could try on one of the medals, all four players turned and said, “No.”
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