Quinn Hughes joins ‘Heated Rivalry’ star on stage of ‘Saturday Night Live’
Quinn Hughes is continuing to revel in the spotlight after his Olympic gold medal victory with the United States.
It’s now been a week since Hughes and his brother Jack defeated Canada in Italy, and they’ve been busy celebrating ever since. The brothers visited the White House and attended President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address early last week, but they had a bit of a different appearance on Saturday night.
Quinn and Jack made their Saturday Night Live debuts decked out in their Team USA jerseys and gold medals. They stood next to Heated Rivalry star Connor Storrie, who was this week’s host of the show.
The ex-Vancouver Canucks captain even had a chance to get some lines in during the monologue when Storrie told the crowd he wasn’t sure he pulled off playing a hockey player.
“No way, man, I hear you were great,” Quinn said.
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The three also had some playful banter where they joked about not seeing the show and tiptoeing around its overt sexual nature that often overshadows the actual hockey. Everyone seemed to be having a great time, but things were brought to another level when Storrie had USA Olympic women’s players Megan Keller and Hilary Knight join the trio on stage.
Keller and Jack both scored the golden goals for the USA in their respective tournaments.
“Don’t worry, we saw your show,” Keller said with laughter.
There has been some controversy over the relationship between the men’s and women’s USA Olympic hockey teams. In the wake of the men winning gold, their locker room phone call with President Trump included a disrespectful joke about reluctantly inviting the women to the White House.
Knight made sure to get a joke in referencing the drama, which the crowd ate up.
“It was going to be just us, but we thought we’d invite the guys to,” Knight said.
“Yeah, we thought we’d give them a little moment to shine,” Keller added as she nudged Quinn with her elbow.
It seems as though both teams are putting the drama behind them and coming together to celebrate their accomplishments. It would be nice, if it weren’t for both teams defeating Canada in the gold medal game to do so.