The US men’s and women’s ice hockey teams have returned home after successful Winter Olympics campaigns but with controversy hot on their heels.<\/p>\n
Videos surfaced from the men’s locker room celebrating their gold medal win over Canada<\/a> with FBI director Kash Patel, who facilitated a call with US President Donald Trump in which he made a joke about having to also invite the women’s team to the White House.<\/p>\n “We have to, I must tell you, we’re going to have to bring the women’s team, you do know that,” he said.<\/p>\n “I do believe I probably would be impeached [if the women’s team was not invited].”<\/p>\n Trump appears to mock US women’s hockey team<\/a><\/p>\n After the US men’s hockey team won gold at the Olympics, Trump’s locker-room joke about the women’s team sparks backlash online.<\/p>\n The women’s team won gold in identical circumstances to the men, beating Canada 2-1 in overtime two nights earlier.<\/p>\n The men’s team was widely criticised for laughing at the comments<\/a>, with players stressing the close connection between the teams.<\/p>\n Megan Keller posted a photo with fellow overtime hero Jack Hughes with their gold medals, while Hannah Bilka and Hayley Scamurra posted shots celebrating with Matt Boldy and Tage Thompson of the men’s team.<\/p>\n Loading Instagram content<\/p>\n Hughes and his brother Quinn did a series of interviews on Tuesday morning in the US and both stressed how proud they were of the women’s team’s achievement.<\/p>\n Both were at the women’s gold medal match and Jack said one of his first thoughts after scoring the game winner in the last event of the Milano Cortina Games was of Keller.<\/p>\n “I’m just so proud to join her as a gold medallist,” he told the Today Show, describing him and his brother as “superfans”.<\/p>\n Do you have a story idea about women in sport?<\/p>\n