Ellen Hughes, the mom of Team USA men's hockey stars Jack and Quinn Hughes, is speaking out about the controversy surrounding the team's gold medal win. "I think at the end of the day, it's just about the country and the moment that these players, both the men and women, can bring so much unity to a group and to a country," Ellen said in an interview with Today on Tuesday, February 24. "People that cheered on that don't watch hockey, people that have politics on one side or on the other side. And that's all both the men's team and the women's team care about.