As the U.S. Men’s hockey team heads to the White House following their Olympic win, the gold-winning women’s team are offered a trip to Vegas with Flavor Flav

The women’s and men’s U.S. hockey teams jointly made history at this year’s Milan-Cortina Games, both receiving gold in an Olympic sweep. Despite both teams achieving wins, only the men’s team received a phone call from the White House. 

The men’s U.S. hockey team faced controversy over the weekend when a video of the phone call with President Donald Trump went viral. In the video, the president jokes that he would “have to bring the women’s team” to the State of the Union Address or likely face impeachment. The team then laughed in response. 

Following the remark, a spokesperson for the women’s U.S. hockey team declined the invitation on behalf of the Olympic gold winners. 

“We are sincerely grateful for the invitation extended to our gold medal–winning U.S. Women’s Hockey Team and deeply appreciate the recognition of their extraordinary achievement,” the USA Hockey spokesperson said. “Due to the timing and previously scheduled academic and professional commitments following the Games, the athletes are unable to participate.”

Rapper and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Flavor Flav, in turn, invited the group to join him in Vegas for “good times.”

“If the USA Women’s Hockey team wants a real celebration and invite, I’ll host them in Las Vegas,” Flav wrote on social media on Monday.

The rapper, who is an Olympic enthusiast and sponsor for the U.S. women’s water polo team, later posted a formal invitation on social media, to which he said the team has officially accepted. 

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In an Instagram post shared by the U.S. women’s hockey team, many brands showed up in the comments to offer partnerships, including StubHub, Liquid I.V., TOMS and BÉIS Travel.

The women’s Team USA defeated Canada 2-1 in overtime on Thursday. In similar fashion, the men’s team defeated Canada 2-1 on Sunday, also in overtime. 

Tuesday morning, members from the men’s team flew from Miami to Washington D.C., in what appeared to be a U.S. government plane, shown in images posted by forward Matthew Tkachuk. The team met with Trump for a photo-op in the Oval Office.