The Canadian national team lost 1: 5 to the United States in the preliminary round match of the IIHF World Championship, which takes place in Riga.
For the first time in the history of the world championships, the Canadians started the tournament with two straight losses and occupy the penultimate, seventh place in the standings.
Canadian fans have made no secret of their negative feelings about their team’s play on social media:
thaman8765678: “Team Canada is just awful. I’m ashamed to send such a bad team. “
nuggets: “Is it too late to call the real players in the NHL?” At the 2018 Olympics, the squad was even better. “
Canuckistani: “This is probably the weakest team in Canada in the history of the World Championships. There are no words”.
Chimpradamus: “On paper, the Canadian team looked just pathetic. And these expectations were fully justified. Simply horrible “.
PanniniClau: “I didn’t expect a miracle. But I didn’t expect that either. “
Brodeur30: “It’s a shame, why did you go there at all”
XeroKaos: “Just a mediocre team. I hope they can win at least a few matches. “
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