Don Cheery rips into Hockey Canada amid lack of full-time coach and GM for WJC

Hockey Canada has received its fair share of criticism lately. After leaving several high-profile players off the 2024-2025 World Junior roster many fans were confused and upset with the decision making. Combining that with a somewhat sluggish start to the tournament has Canadian fans voicing their concerns.

The team lost 3-2 in a shootout to Latvia on Friday in one of the biggest upsets in tournament history. They followed that up with a lackluster 3-0 win over Germany. Meanwhile, the USA took down Latvia 5-1 and crushed Germany 10-4.

Former Canadian ice hockey player Don Cherry shared his thoughts on Hockey Canada on his podcast "Don Cherry's Grapevine Podcast."

"Hockey (Canada) needs a full time coach," Cherry said.

His son and co-host Tim Cherry chimed in.

"And a GM, that's for sure, right ... I just think Hockey Canada doesn't want to pay. Too cheap," he said.

"Doesn't want to pay, then see the crowds ... You have Michael Misa, who was on pace to score 140 points in the OHL and has 30 goals and 30 games. I mean, he didn't even get invited to camp. He didn't even get invited to camp. Wasn't even invited. I would say they need a full-time coach and GM, no doubt about it. And you know what? Has to have total control," Cherry said (0:30 onwards).

It was puzzling for many to see players like Michael Misa, Zayne Parekh, Beckett Sennecke and Carter Yakemchuk left off the team by Hockey Canada. Even more surprising was the fact that many of them didn't even receive an invite to camp.

Hockey Canada has a huge upcoming game with their bitter rivals

Hockey Canada will look to silence doubters when they take on the United States of America in one of the best rivalries in hockey.

Both teams will enter Tuesday's action with identical 2-0-1-0 records, good for seven points. This makes it a battle for first place in Group A. Though their records are the same, Canada has only managed to score nine goals through three games, whereas their neighbors have racked up 18 goals.

On the flip side, Canada has only given up three goals while the US has allowed nine.

Canada will battle the United States on Tuesday. The puck drops at 7:30 p.m. EST.