Hughes' brothers mom, who works for Team USA women's hockey, gives classy response about SOTU controversy

After President Donald Trump called the men's Olympic hockey squad to congratulate them connected their golden medal, helium received disapproval for what's been deemed by immoderate arsenic disrespect toward the women's squad that had the aforesaid fate.

Three days earlier Jack Hughes' aureate goal, Megan Keller did the aforesaid happening to Canada successful the women's golden medal contest.

Trump told the men's squad aft inviting them to Tuesday's State of the Union that he'd "have" to invitation the women's team, different "I astir apt would beryllium impeached."

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Gold medalists Quinn Hughes and Jack Hughes of Team United States observe aft the Men's Gold Medal lucifer betwixt Canada and the United States connected time 16 of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games astatine Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena connected Feb. 22, 2026, successful Milan, Italy. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

Hughes' mother, Ellen, a subordinate improvement advisor for Team USA women’s crystal hockey, was not bothered by Trump's comments.

"These players, some the men and women, tin bring truthful overmuch unity to a radical and to a country," she told "Today." "People that cheered connected that don’t ticker hockey, radical that person authorities connected 1 broadside oregon connected the different side, and that’s each some the men’s squad and the women’s squad attraction about."

"If you could spot what we spot from the inside, and the men and women sharing, you know, dorm rooms and halls and flex floors and the camaraderie and the synergy and the mode the women cheered connected the men and the mode the men cheered connected the women — that’s what it’s each about," she continued. "And the different things they cannot control. They attraction astir humanity. They attraction astir unity, and they attraction astir the country."

Megan Keller (5) of Team United States warms up anterior to the Women's Preliminary Round Group A lucifer betwixt the United States and Czechia connected Day 1 of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games astatine Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena connected Feb. 5, 2026 successful Milan, Italy. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

Hughes' brother, Quinn, who scored an overtime extremity against Sweden past week, said it was "amazing to walk immoderate time" with the women's squad successful the Olympic village.

"And past evidently ticker them, maine and Jack were there, we watched them triumph the golden medal. They came to our crippled and were capable to ticker us," helium said. "So conscionable the enactment backmost and forth, conscionable to get to cognize them a small amended was special, too."

The women's squad declined an invitation to Washington, D.C., citing schedules. Several members of the men's squad volition beryllium successful attendance aft partying successful Miami connected Monday.

Brady Tkachuk, Jack Hughes, Matthew Tkachuk and Quinn Hughes be a solemnisation of the USA Men's Hockey Team's Olympic Gold astatine E11EVEN Miami connected Feb. 23, 2026 successful Miami, Florida. (Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images for E11EVEN Miami)

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