The captain of the U.S. women’s hockey team has spoken.
Chicago-area star Hilary Knight addressed a comment made by President Donald Trump about the women’s hockey team following their win at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games that sparked controversy.
“I just thought the joke was distasteful and unfortunate,” Knight said on Wednesday alongside fellow Olympians Alex Carpenter, Hannah Bilka and Cayla Barnes at the Seattle Space Needle ahead of their return to play for the Seattle Torrent of the Professional Women’s Hockey League.
The saga began days after the American women scored their gold medal victory against Canada with a thrilling overtime win, when the U.S. men’s team had followed suit with a gold medal win of their own for the first time in 46 years.
Trump, in a phone call congratulating the men’s hockey team on their gold medal, said that because he was inviting the men to his State of the Union address, he’d need to invite the gold medal-winning women’s team as well or he “would be impeached.”
“I must tell you, we’re going to have to bring the women’s team, you do know that,” Trump said when extending the invitation to the men’s team.
The room quickly filled with laughter from players, though one person was heard saying “absolutely” and another shouted “two for two.”
The moment was captured in a video from the team’s locker room, where the men’s hockey group celebrated with FBI Director Kash Patel, and it led to backlash on social media, for both the joke itself as well as the men’s players who laughed.
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