{"id":68175,"date":"2026-03-02T20:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T20:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hilary-knight-reflects-on-incredible-support-for-u-s-womens-hockey-after-trump-comments\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T20:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T20:16:09","slug":"hilary-knight-reflects-on-incredible-support-for-u-s-womens-hockey-after-trump-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hilary-knight-reflects-on-incredible-support-for-u-s-womens-hockey-after-trump-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Hilary Knight reflects on &#8220;incredible&#8221; support for U.S. women&#8217;s hockey after Trump comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Olympian\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/snl-usa-hockey-stars-heated-rivalry-connor-storrie\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Hilary Knight<\/a><\/span>\u00a0said it&#8217;s been &#8220;incredible&#8221; how much support the U.S. women&#8217;s hockey team has received since <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/2026-milan-cortina-winter-olympics-womens-hockey-gold-medal-us-canada\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">defeating Canada<\/a><\/span> at the 2026 Games in Italy and following President Trump&#8217;s controversial comments.<\/p>\n<p>In a congratulatory call to the U.S. men&#8217;s hockey team, who also won gold, Mr. Trump invited the men to his <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-mens-hockey-team-state-of-the-union-gold-medals\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">State of the Union speech<\/a><\/span> and added he&#8217;d have to invite the women too or risk being impeached.<\/p>\n<p>Knight, a five-time Olympic medalist, previously referred to the president&#8217;s joke as &#8220;distasteful and unfortunate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To double down and have people support us, you know, when we returned back from that journey was incredible. So, we&#8217;re just excited to share that with our respective communities and continue to do our thing and be awesome representatives and be great humans,&#8221; she said in an interview with &#8220;CBS Mornings&#8221; on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. women&#8217;s hockey team\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-womens-hockey-team-declines-state-of-the-union-invitation\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">declined Mr. Trump&#8217;s invitation<\/a><\/span> to the State of the Union, citing scheduling conflicts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Due to the timing and previously scheduled academic and professional commitments following the Games, the athletes are unable to participate,&#8221; a USA Hockey spokesperson said in a statement. &#8220;They were honored to be included and are grateful for the acknowledgment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;Incredible ride&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Knight, the captain of the women&#8217;s hockey team at the Olympics, said it&#8217;s been an &#8220;incredibly epic journey.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/19\/f68cb41c-861c-49d1-b9dd-9f6b38bd07e2\/thumbnail\/620x443\/3a22f87419136e6d1a0a6d81561306a7\/gettyimages-2262525055.jpg#\" alt=\"Hilary Knight, No. 21 of Team USA, celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal during the women's gold medal match Feb. 19, 2026, in Milan, Italy. \" height=\"443\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/19\/f68cb41c-861c-49d1-b9dd-9f6b38bd07e2\/thumbnail\/620x443\/3a22f87419136e6d1a0a6d81561306a7\/gettyimages-2262525055.jpg 1x, 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