Hilary Knight and Megan Keller poke fun at Hughes brothers and Team USA men's hockey during SNL appearance: 'We thought we'd invite the guys, too'

"Knight and Keller's joke was a reference to the U.S. men's congratulatory call from President Donald Trump in their locker room just moments after Jack had scored the Golden Goal in overtime to down Team Canada. During the call, Trump invited the Olympic champions to his State of the Union Address in Washington, DC, and added that he "had to" also invite the similarly accomplished USA women's team."

"In response, the U.S. men laughed at what seemed to be Trump's attempt at degrading the women's team's gold-medal achievement. The moment, caught on video, spread like wildfire on social media, with many lambasting the men's team for laughing at what appeared to be a sexist joke from Trump, who has a long history of sexist remarks."

""Don't worry, we saw your show," Keller opened. "It was gonna be just us, but we thought we'd invite the guys, too," Knight said to a raucous reaction. "Yeah, we thought we'd give them a little moment to shine," Keller said."

Connor Storrie hosted a hockey-themed Saturday Night Live episode featuring U.S. Olympic gold medalists Hilary Knight, Megan Keller, Jack Hughes, and Quinn Hughes. During the opening monologue, Knight and Keller made jokes about the men's team, referencing controversy surrounding a presidential congratulatory call. After the men's team won gold, President Trump called their locker room and made a comment about also inviting the women's team, which the men laughed at. The moment was widely criticized on social media as sexist. Knight and Keller's SNL appearance humorously addressed this incident, with their jokes receiving notably enthusiastic crowd reactions. Some men's team members, including goaltender Jeremy Swayman and defenseman Charlie McAvoy, later expressed regret about their collective reaction.

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