Overview
- USA Hockey said the Olympic champions appreciated the recognition but could not attend because of timing and prior academic and professional commitments.
- Travel and league schedules complicated attendance, with players returning to North America late Monday via Atlanta after learning of the invitation Sunday night, as the NHL resumes Wednesday and the PWHL on Thursday.
- In a locker-room call after the men’s gold-medal win, Trump offered to bring the men’s team to Washington for Tuesday’s State of the Union and praised the goaltender’s performance.
- During that call he added that the women should be invited or he would be impeached, a remark that drew criticism across social media.
- Circulating videos from the men’s postgame celebration showed Kash Patel celebrating in the locker room with a gold medal, prompting further scrutiny of the optics.