Players from both the men’s and women’s Olympic gold-medal winning hockey teams recently appeared together on 'Saturday Night Live'. Their appearance comes in the wake of a political controversy incited by a joke made by President Trump, who invited the men’s team to the State of the Union after their gold medal win against Canada, suggesting he would also have to invite the women’s team to avoid potential impeachment. His comment drew criticism and backlash from various liberal groups in the United States and Canada, particularly directed at the men’s team for laughing at the president's joke.