Canada’s historic upset blamed on coach – ‘Arrogant guy, not a player’s coach’ | Sports in a nutshell

Canada’s elimination from the medal games for the second year in a row at the World Youth Hockey Championship was a historic fiasco that was seen for the first time.

Canada’s fifth place in the World Youth Ice Hockey Championship was a huge disappointment for the greatness of the sport in Ottawa.

The Czech Republic silenced the hall of more than 18,000 spectators with a 4-3 decisive goal 40 seconds before the end, punishing Canada in the quarterfinals, as in the previous year.

– Terrible feeling, hard to even find words for this, super talent of losers, only 17 years old Gavin McKenna hurt.

Canada collected 55 ice minutes, the Czech Republic ten. The winning goal was scored with superiority.

– The referee work was terrible, said McKenna about the IIHF tournament line.

SaiPa’s ex-defender took the Canadian pilot

Played at SaiPa in the 2018–19 season Brenden Kichton was one of many Canadian head coaches on social media Dave Cameron’s66, of reviewers.

– I played under Cameron in Vienna. He is an arrogant guy, and not a “players” coach at all. He threatened to send young Austrian players down to the second division almost every day. No wonder he didn’t even pick the best players for the tournament. A very self-centered guy, put Kichton’s ex-pilot in exceptionally harsh words.

Pilot in charge Cameron received criticism on his neck already during the tournament before the final stomach-churning.

The player selections, the ever-changing lineups, the team’s indiscipline (the top of the ice box statistics) and also why Canada skipped ice practice as the only tournament country, aroused consternation.

– Because we were tired. There is no other option for tired players in such a situation, Cameron justified his decision.

Editor of The Athletic Scott Wheeler was one who brought up skipping training even before the Czech fiasco. Canada also shockingly lost to Latvia in the opening series.

Cameron also served as youth coach in 2022, when Canada won gold again. Last year, Canada lost in the quarterfinals with a different coach.

– Don’t point the finger at young people. Address them directly to Dave Cameron and the upper echelons of Hockey Canada. The names were on the wall when the list of players for the selection camp was announced. And don’t tell me this team wouldn’t have looked different if they had Zayne Parekh, Beckett Senneck and Andrew Crystal. Will they ever learn, criticized the reporter for ESPN Rachel Doerrie.