{"id":9784,"date":"2026-03-01T13:49:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T13:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=9784"},"modified":"2026-03-01T13:49:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T13:49:23","slug":"the-hughes-brothers-megan-keller-and-hilary-knight-joined-heated-rivalrys-connor-storrie-to-open-snl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=9784","title":{"rendered":"The Hughes brothers, Megan Keller and Hilary Knight joined Heated Rivalry\u2019s Connor Storrie to open SNL"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex flex-col text-sm pb-25\">\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:f137cdf5-fadb-4247-9f56-4a4dfe5d3348-0\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-2\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"0600db4d-07ca-4df6-b48e-6662a3f97fa7\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-2\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word light markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"432\">Hockey stars <strong data-start=\"13\" data-end=\"54\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Jack Hughes<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"56\" data-end=\"97\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Quinn Hughes<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"99\" data-end=\"140\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Luke Hughes<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"142\" data-end=\"183\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Megan Keller<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, and <strong data-start=\"189\" data-end=\"230\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Hilary Knight<\/span><\/span><\/strong> made a surprise appearance on <strong data-start=\"261\" data-end=\"302\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Saturday Night Live<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, joining <em data-start=\"312\" data-end=\"328\">Heated Rivalry<\/em> creator <strong data-start=\"337\" data-end=\"378\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Connor Storrie<\/span><\/span><\/strong> to open the latest episode of the iconic comedy show.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"434\" data-end=\"689\">The group appeared during the show\u2019s traditional <strong data-start=\"483\" data-end=\"496\">cold open<\/strong>, bringing a mix of sports energy and humor to the stage. Storrie introduced the hockey stars as they joked about rivalries on the ice and the growing popularity of hockey in the United States.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\ud83e\udd70\ud83e\udef6 #connorstorrie #megankeller #hilaryknight #snl #hockey\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DiJjLMkSO2c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"691\" data-end=\"996\">The <strong data-start=\"695\" data-end=\"714\">Hughes brothers<\/strong>, who all play in the NHL, received loud cheers from the audience, while Olympic and world champion players Keller and Knight added star power from the women\u2019s game. Their appearance highlighted the sport\u2019s rising profile and the personalities behind some of hockey\u2019s biggest names.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"998\" data-end=\"1170\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The cameo quickly caught attention on social media, with fans praising the unusual but entertaining crossover between hockey and late-night comedy on <em data-start=\"1148\" data-end=\"1169\">Saturday Night Live<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"z-0 flex min-h-[46px] justify-start\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-3 w-full empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"text-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pointer-events-none h-px w-px absolute bottom-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-edge=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9785\" src=\"https:\/\/grow24.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/21dsad-239x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grow24.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/21dsad-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/grow24.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/21dsad-815x1024.jpg 815w, https:\/\/grow24.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/21dsad-768x965.jpg 768w, https:\/\/grow24.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/21dsad-1223x1536.jpg 1223w, https:\/\/grow24.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/21dsad.jpg 1344w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hockey stars Jack Hughes, Quinn Hughes, Luke Hughes, Megan Keller, and Hilary Knight made a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live, joining Heated Rivalry creator Connor Storrie&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9785,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9784"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9786,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9784\/revisions\/9786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}