US women's hockey players crack jokes about men's team on 'Saturday Night Live' after Trump controversy

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Players from the men's and women's Olympic gold-medal winning hockey teams appeared together on "Saturday Night Live" amid recent political controversy. 

The men's and women's players had been publicly pitted against each other after President Donald Trump called the men's team following their gold medal win against Canada to invite them to the State of the Union, and joked that he would have to invite the women too or he'd be impeached. The joke prompted backlash, primarily from American and Canadian liberals, against the men's team after the players laughed in response.

Women's players Hilary Knight and Megan Keller were joined by men's players Jack and Quinn Hughes on SNL, and made light of the recent controversy. 

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Knight appeared to reference Trump's joke.

"It was going to be just us, but we thought we’d invite the guys, too," Knight said. 

Knight delivered another punchline after Quinn Hughes said the last time the men won gold was 46 years ago at the 1980 Lake Placid Games.

Knight followed by saying the women's team last won gold two Olympics ago, at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Games.

Jack Hughes responded, saying, "Nice burn. These gold medals aren’t just for us, they’re for all hockey fans."

"Heated Rivalry" actor Connor Storrie hosted the episode. 

Several mainstream media outlets penned op-eds condemning the men's team for laughing at the joke, visiting the White House to celebrate and attending Trump's State of the Union address. 

During an interview on ESPN's "The Pat McAfee Show" Friday, Hughes opened up