Hockey fans believe Zayne Parekh and Carter Yakemchuk took shots at Team Canada after yesterday’s loss at the World Juniors. The Canadians fell to Latvia in rather shocking fashion last night, losing 3-2 in a shootout. The biggest culprit was their lack of scoring, as they struggled to find goals in regulation and went 0-8 in the shootout.
To no surprise, many fans took to social media to suggest Canada made some mistakes in selecting their team, leaving too many offensive weapons at home. It appears that two players may agree, as fans quickly noticed both Calgary Flames prospect Parekh and Ottawa Senators prospect Yakemchuk like an Instagram post showing the box score of yesterday’s game. That wasn’t all fans seemed to notice, either.
Many posted screenshots of Zayne Parekh’s X account, on which he retweeted highlights of Quinn Hughes and Cale Makar. The posts have since been removed from his page, but several who got the screenshots believe it may have been a slight at Canada for leaving him off the roster. Though both defencemen, Parekh and Yakemchuk are very offensively gifted.
Parekh has 11 goals and 36 points in 28 games with the Saginaw Spirit this season, while Yakemchuk has 12 goals and 29 points in 26 outings with the Calgary Hitmen. They were far from the only snubs on this team, either. Many were surprised to see players like Andrew Cristall, Beckett Sennecke, Michael Hage, and Michael Misa left off the team.
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